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"at that point, we were kind of fighting for our own survival." tonight we hear from a bouncer and the owner of a club where they say unm football players started an all out brawl. this after they say one of them tried to get into the club with a fake i.d. so far u-n-m has suspended 3 players from the team. gadi schwartz is live downtown with our big story. gadi. lotus bouncers say they were attacked by a mob as soon as they tried to confiscate a fishy id that belonged to a unm football player. and as your about to see from on mans black eye- things turned very violent. it was a mob- very much so, it was very out of control. early thursday morning- police say a bouncer checking i.d's at lotus noticed an id with the name of a unm football player ---22 year old julion conley - minute later same id shows up with a different guy the bouncer caught on and tried to hold one of the id's and fists started flying. at that point we were king of fighting for our own survival. according to the criminal complaint- someone with dreadlocks did the most damage- stomping on people- - kicking a bouncer in the face as he was on the ground. kicked him in the face from the blindside they were hitting most of us from our blindsides every time we grabbed one of them 2 of them would be on top of us. and even punching a 5 foot tall gogo dancer in the back of the head. one of the 2 hit her he was about 6 foot 3 and he is a linebacker probably weighs 250 pounds she had no chance. later that night police tracked down julion conely and arrested him. today unm announced they kicked conely and two other players off the football team for the rest of the year. 20 year old joe harris and 22 year old bryant williams. today coach michael locksley released this statement about the attack. "as a football team we have a very clear set of rules and policies in place, and there are consequences whenever there is a violation of team rules." so far only conley has been arrested and charged. but bouncers at the club say they are considering pressing charges against everyone else who participated in that brawl.