I would have done the same thing to him. You're going to bum rush me while I'm hanging out in a restaurant? He deserved the beating he got. Guy needs to figure out his identity because right now he looks like a wannabe cholo wigger playing bad ass. And he is clearly none of the above. I also extremely dislike the guy who rips off his shirt before a fight. Especially if you're barely even going to help your friends. I don't care who the guys you're fighting are, you don't let a friend get beat that badly while you do practically nothing.
note: always remove shirt before getting into it with a guy that used to play hockey or you're fucked
and ass whopping is ok with me, but don't kick a dude in the face/head
too easy to catch a murder wrap, and your "self defense" defense is pretty much fucked if you kill a dude kicking him in the face while he's on the ground