Karate Combat 61 in Miami ended with Patricky Pitbull never entering the pit for his clash with champion Shahzaib Rind after a string of confrontations spilled beyond the rules and into the host hotel. What was supposed to be a fight week face-off turned into a Friday morning incident that left Patricky cut, his brother Patricio furious, and the promotion scrambling to explain how it all went off the rails.

The trouble began on April 30, when Patricky Pitbull and Rind had a tense face-off in Miami, then moved within about 15 feet of each other as Patricky’s team traded punches and kicks with the champion. Patricky later said Rind did not respect the face-off limits and that “the real trouble started when the guy tried to throw two elbows at me.” He said, “I just held my ground,” and added, “But those guys set everything up for the next day.”

By Friday morning, CJ Brant and Austin Spivey had gone to the host hotel with water guns and attacked Patricky, Patricio Pitbull and their wives. Zaidi said the prank took place in front of the commission and that the brothers chased the pranksters while the other man kept sprinkling water. The hotel incident ended with Patricky suffering a cut, and he was removed from the next day’s Karate Combat card.

Karate Combat president Asim Zaidi said there was no security for the Thursday faceoff because the athletes involved were “so high level” and said he did not think it was needed. He also said of the water-gun scene, “With the water gun incident, man, it was very stupid,” and added, “I don’t think [the Pitbull brothers] meant for it to happen.”

The dispute now sits at the center of a broader blame game. The Pitbull brothers and Karate Combat are still at odds over who was at fault and how the situation was handled, with Zaidi defending the company’s response while the brothers accused the promotion of trying to manipulate the narrative on social media. Patricio Pitbull said he had suggested extra security on Friday morning because he anticipated “some kind of incident,” and later argued that the lack of it was another mistake by the promotion. For Karate Combat, the week that was meant to showcase one of its biggest names instead exposed how quickly a staged stare-down can turn into something much harder to control.