There's 'straighteners', then there's 'pikey straighteners' and then there's the primordial-style, limb-swinging free-for-all such as can be observed with a particular demographic up and down the land.
I'll bet my eye teeth that chap lying unconscious on the ground probably already had his pockets rifled multiple times by others claiming to be concerned friends. Concerned that is, about whether he had anything of value about his person to liberate from his possession whilst incapacitated.
Chortle. :lol:
I couldn't imagine John, or indeed myself lasting more than 10 seconds in this particular fracas.