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Video footage has captured Ricky Nixon hitting the deck following a street fight.
But those rejoicing at the controversial former footy agent's potential demise should hold fire, because it's all part of the 60-year-old's latest career move.
Nixon has begun stunt training for his debut on the small screen, in which he plays amputee gangster Thomas Moran in crime TV series Vendetta 19 Nixon.
And he was put through his paces in Port Melbourne on Tuesday, with fellow cast member Terry Yeboah seen standing over Nixon as chaos ensued.
The scene was directed by Breanna Bulfone, who is the daughter of famous wrestler Mario Milano.
Ricky Nixon was knocked to the ground in a street fight for his acting role in a new series
Nixon, 60, a former footy agent, announced his surprise career change earlier this year
'It was more full on than I thought,' Nixon told the Herald Sun.
'I'm looking forward to the challenge. We certainly attracted a lot of interest down at Port Melbourne beach.'
Moran, otherwise known as 'Tommy the Nut', was a member of the Crutchy Push, a gang who wreaked havoc on the people of Melbourne in the early
