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Former Tottenham hooligan Dante Hawkins once mistakenly beat up his own mate thinking he was a Chelsea fan.
Dante, 33, was just a teenager when he joined a firm, having his first football fight at the age of 14. He grew to become an influential figure and was even featured in a BBC documentary on hooliganism.
Organised scraps didn't always go to plan – especially the time when he targeted what he thought was a rival, before later discovering it was one of his good friends and a fellow Spurs supporter.
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When asked if he'd ever punched anyone from his own firm, Dante said on the Anything Goes With James English podcast: "I have yeah. To be fair, I done that to one of my pals, one of the young lot.
"I did feel bad about it after but I didn’t know who he was, it was a bit dark. I did feel sorry for him. I did actually think he was Chelsea. I was hitting him, going ‘you Chelsea c***’, bang, bang, bang and the whole time it was him.
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"I felt bad about it after I’m not gonna lie, I did. But we’re still mates, but I wish it was a Chelsea geezer, I was gutted."
Dante's participation in the violence saw him slapped with a three-year ban from matches aged just 17, but that didn't stop him getting involved with the mass brawls.
He explained how he liked Spurs losing as it made for better post-match antics. "Tottenham used to lose all the time, it used to be a lot more volatile," he said.
"And I’d like it because we’d lose like 4-0 to [Manchester] United and there’d be 100 people in the street wanting it to go off. It would be more of a laugh, but when you won people came out more jolly."
It was a stint in prison which saw him change his ways, turning his back on the hooligan lifestyle and instead channelling his aggression into an MMA career. 'The Bull' has a 4-1 record, according to Tapology.
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