Just Beat it! Michael Jackson impersonator takes down belligerent tourist on ...

Just Beat it! Michael Jackson impersonator takes down belligerent tourist on ...
Just Beat it! Michael Jackson impersonator takes down belligerent tourist on ...

A Michael Jackson impersonator who also works as a wrestler was filmed taking down a violent pest who slapped him on the Las Vegas Strip.   

The brawl began over the weekend when the man in green, who was wearing a shirt with the tagline 'Can't Fix Stupid,' started throwing a few windmill punches and leg attacks at the Michael Jackson impersonator, a professional wrestler named Santana Jackson. 

However, after going back and forth at one another, Jackson swept the man off his feet and took him to the ground with a well-timed 'Billie Jean kick.'  He put the unidentified assailant in a headlock after having his hair pulled, with the two men separated shortly afterwards. 

The video was filmed on Freemont St, one of the most popular gambling streets on Sin City. A Twitter user named Marcus Deegan recorded the incident and shared the video with the caption 'WELCOME TO FREEMONT STREET !! hee hee'.

It has amassed more than 1.6million views since it was posted two days ago. 

In the minute-long video, a man in a green t-shirt can be seen messing around with famous local Michael Jackson impersonator Santana Jackson, also a professional wrestler, on the streets. 

It is still not clear what led the two men to publicly fight in the first place, but Jackson explained on his Instagram that the scuffle began after a 'guy came out of nowhere and started hitting' him while he was performing, adding that he had 'to put him down for his own good.' 

The man was throwing punches and kicking the King of Pop, who avoided most of his swings

Jackson threw a punch at the man, putting his opponent off, before successfully attempting a 'Billie Jean kick'

The video begins with a man in a green t-shirt, which ironically sports the quote 'Can't Fix Stupid,' squaring off with the Michael Jackson impersonator on Freemont Street in Las Vegas

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