Nelson Asofa-Solomona: Melbourne Storm star’s reaction to Bali brawl

More CCTV footage has emerged of the violent Bali street brawl involving Nelson Asofa-Solomona, as a nightclub owner who witnessed the attack revealed the chaos in the aftermath of the shocking incident. WATCH THE VIDEO

Melbourne Storm player Nelson Asofa-Solomona. Picture: AAP

New footage has emerged of the moment Melbourne Storm star Nelson Asofa-Solomona launched into a violent street brawl.

CCTV video shows people enjoying themselves at the nightclub before the scuffle unfolds.

A group can then be seen making their way towards the exit.

It’s claimed “professional” fighters set upon the NRL player, and that after the incident, Mr Asofa-Solomona morphed into a polite and apologetic man.

“After the fight, Nelson said to me ‘sorry, sorry. I had to defend my people’ said Gonzalo Assiego, who owns the popular Seminyak nightclub La Favela where the fracas started.

Melbourne Storm player Nelson Asofa-Solomona was reportedly enjoying a quiet evening when his teammate was the victim of an unprovoked attack.

According to Mr Assiego, the Storm players were enjoying a quiet evening when the expert fighters launched an attack on them.

“Nelson and his friends were having a great time. They were very polite and keeping to themselves,” Mr Assiego said.

“It was getting late and they were sitting in a lounge area when three men came up and punched Nelson’s friend very hard, unprovoked.

“They really looked like professional fighters the way they were so fast and so strong.”

Nelson Asofa-Solomona, centre, was filmed by shocked bystanders.

Storm winger Suliasi Vunivalu was punched in the face and suffered a gash under his eye.

According to the nightclub owner, the gang included two Indonesians and one man who he believes may be Australian.

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“They were very fast and had already been fighting in the discotheque (disco). They punched my friend. This was the same guy who punched Nelson and his friend.

“They knew what they were doing and looked like expert fighters.”

Nelson Asofa-Solomona returns to Melbourne Airport after the Bali incident.

The brawl moved outside the club on to the main drag of Seminyak where onlookers filmed the video of Asofa-Solomona, all 115 kilogram and 200 centimetres of him, swinging.

It was when the fight hit the street that Asofa-Solomona exercised considerable force.

At the time one of the attacking gang members was armed with a bottle.

“Who takes on a group of rugby league players as big as this crew? Even my own professional security team, who are experts in protection, could not stop these men,” Mr Assiego said.

Mr Assiego has made a full report to local police and hopes the gang is caught and prosecuted.

Originally published as Nelson Asofa-Solomona: Melbourne Storm star’s reaction to Bali brawl