A parking dispute that escalated into a physical confrontation ended badly for an attacker who made the mistake of attacking a former U.S Marine with a baseball bat.

The incident, which took place in Philadelphia in 2014 and was caught on CCTV, begins when 26 year-old Edgar Martinez starts shouting foul-mouthed abuse at the ex-Marine who’s in his vehicle talking on his mobile phone.

Obscenities fly over what neighbours would later reveal to be a dispute over a parking place, and the two eventually approach each other, with the marine clearly having a significant height and weight advantage.

Just as the confrontation threatens to be boil over, Martinez suddenly turns and runs back to his home. Apparently believing that the incident is over the marine moves back towards his truck and continues talking on his phone.

However, the dispute is far from over as Martinez suddenly re-emerges with a baseball bat, charges at the marine and takes a swing at him.

The marine’s training comes into play as he defends the incoming blow well, moving towards his attacker while reaching inside the arc of the bat swing and trapping Martinez’s arm. Those steps minimize the impact while also reduce the chances of being hit again by the bat. He’s then swiftly able to slam Martinez into a nearby car and pins him there.

Martinez continues struggling and bizarrely is now shouting for someone to call the police even though he’s clearly in the wrong. The marine eventually readjusts so that he’s now behind the attacker and marches him over to another nearby car.

With Martinez attempting to claw at his face the marine is then able to neutralize the threat by choking his attacker out, carefully laying him out on the sidewalk as he slumps unconscious.

Looking around the marine locates his phone, which had flown out of his hand during the initial attack, and calls the police.

Martinez was later booked for assault, while the former marine, who did not wish to be identified, was not charged with any offense after officers heard witnesses accounts of the incident.

Clearly Martinez picked the wrong guy to mess with here, and truth be told he’s actually lucky the marine showed restraint and essentially left him uninjured despite having been attacked by what’s legally classified as a deadly weapon.