It’s not an easy job being a bouncer at a bar, and an all too common occurrence is dealing with drunken loudmouths who won’t take ‘no’ for an answer.

That was the situation facing a doorman named Lenny Chechia in this video after he prevented this shirtless bully from entering the beach-side bar he worked at due the fact that he was clearly drunk and disorderly.

The loudmouth immediately became irate, shouting, Suck my f*cking d*ck, b*tch.

No doubt this wasn’t the first time Chechia had been confronted like this and so he simply stood his ground and didn’t escalate the situation any further, waiting for the storm to pass.

Unfortunately the intoxicated bully was gradually losing control of his temper and appeared to be spoiling for a fight.

I played hockey for 15 years, the drunk boasted. You ain’t sh*t, b*tch. Come right here.

Refusing to rise to the bait, Chechia continued to stand at the doorway, calmly smoking his cigarette.

Appearances can be deceiving though, as though Chechia was remaining passive in the hope that the drunk would eventually take the hint and leave, he was also bracing himself to fight back should he need to defend himself.

I usually stay calm until it’s time not to stay calm, Chechia said afterwards in an interview with Tru TV.

Then came the physical confrontation as the bully suddenly lost control, marching forward and slapping the bouncer in the face.

Chechia retaliated swiftly and decisively, bursting forward with a left hook to the jaw of the thug, followed by a right that dropped him like a sack of potatoes.

He then pinned the outclassed idiot to the concrete and gave him time to cool off before eventually letting him back up. At that point it became clear that the right hand that had sent the loudmouth to the ground had connected hard enough to knock out one of his teeth.

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Defiantly, the thug hurled another insult at Chechia, but with blood pouring from his mouth, he knew as well as everybody else watching that he’d been soundly beaten.

He left soon afterwards with his tail between his legs and his missing tooth a permanent reminder that you have to be very foolish indeed to try to fight a battle-hardened bouncer.