6'3" and 270lb man recorded punching women in street says HE was the victim as 'woman hit him first'

A man caught on camera punching two women to the ground outside a nightclub claims he was the victim and the video has been taken out of context. Arka Sangbarani Oroojian, 30,turned himself in to the Los Angeles Police Department on Tuesday night and was booked for assault with a deadly weapon.

A man caught on camera punching two women to the ground outside a nightclub claims he was the victim and the video has been taken out of context.  

Arka Sangbarani Oroojian, 30, turned himself in to the Los Angeles Police Department on Tuesday night and was booked for assault with a deadly weapon.

However, the man who LAPD said was 6'3" and 270 pounds has said he defended himself by delivering multiple blows because one woman spat on him and another hit him, knocking him to the ground, after a dispute over hot dogs. 

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Arka Sangbarani Oroojian, 30, claims he was the victim in an altercation where he was seen punching two women to the ground multiple times Friday night

Arka Sangbarani Oroojian, 30, claims he was the victim in an altercation where he was seen punching two women to the ground multiple times Friday night

Two women challenged him for being 'rude' to a street vendor Oroojian claims a woman hit him first, causing the 270-pound man to fall to the ground, and when he got up he threw blows

Two women challenged him for being 'rude' to a street vendor. Oroojian claims a woman hit him first, causing the 270-pound man to fall to the ground, and when he got up he threw blows

Speaking in a Thursday interview after paying a $90,000 bond Wednesday, Oroojian - also known as Arka the Virtue on the LA music scene - suggested the reaction he'd received was unfair.

Oroojian, of Sylmar in California, has worked in private security according to his now-deleted LinkedIn page. 

On his also-deleted Facebook account he described himself as a 'writer and a research scholar of Eastern philosophy'. 

'I can't believe it happened. I was defending myself,' he told KTLA. 'Because I'm a big person, I'm being crucified all over social media right now.'

Oroojian said after he heard the women 'cussing him out' behind his back as he got into a disagreement with a vendor over the quality of his food: 'The woman spits on me, and her friend attacks me — physically hits me.' 

The heavily-built man claimed the woman's move resulted in him losing balance and tumbling to the ground, then when he got up instead of walking away, he felt he 'had to defend myself'.

That's when the recording began. 

He was filmed attacking the two women outside the venue in downtown LA on Friday night. 

He complained: 'Because I'm a big person, I'm being crucified all over social media right now'

He complained: 'Because I'm a big person, I'm being crucified all over social media right now'

Detective Meghan Aguilar told ABC it occurred around 1am when one of the women told Oroojian: 'Hey, order your hot dog so we can get our food.'

He is said to have flown into a rage and began bullying the employee after being charged $6 for a hot dog, boasting: 'I own the streets of LA.'

Multiple people in the video can be heard laughing and cheering as Oroojian pummeled the women. 

He hurled one of the women to the ground and then punched her friend in the face as she confronted him. 

Onlookers cheered as the floored woman managed to stand back up before being immediately punched to the ground again. 

Oroojian was filmed dropping the second woman seconds later as she tried to defend herself.  

The thug was seen pummeling the women with a barrage of punches as a crowd of bystanders looked on The young women were knocked to the floor and, as they tried to get back up, were punched again

He was filmed punching the two women to the ground outside the venue in downtown LA on Friday night while queuing for hot dogs

Multiple people in the video can be heard laughing and cheering as Oroojian pummeled the women. He hurled one of the women to the ground and then punched her friend in the face as she confronted him

Multiple people in the video can be heard laughing and cheering as Oroojian pummeled the women. He hurled one of the women to the ground and then punched her friend in the face as she confronted him

Police are now hunting the suspect, who fled the scene on foot He was last seen running into traffic heading along Spring Street towards Sixth Street

Police put out an appeal for the suspect after he fled the scene by running into traffic. He was arrested Tuesday night and his bail for set at $90,000. Bail was paid by Wednesday  

Police put out an appeal for the suspect after he fled the scene by running into traffic. 

Despite this, the hefty man claimed in the new interview that he 'retreated' as soon as he 'caught a moment'. 

Oroojian encourages fans to 'stay calm' and follow their dreams at the end of his 2015 Money and the Power music video and even gives out his cell phone number so people can contact him for advice. 

He also says in the video 'f**k a 9 to 5' but said in the KTLA chat he was worried the incident might affect his job as a cardiac sonographer. 

The LAPD said one woman broke her finger in the incident, and both went to the hospital and suffered concussions. 

One of the victims, who is a nursing student, was left with bruises to her jaw. 

She told NBC that another vendor had offered the man a free hot dog in an attempt to diffuse the situation, but when that failed she and her friend decided to intervene.  

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'He gets up in the hot dog vendor's face and is like saying "I own the streets of LA". We said something like just leave the guy alone, what's your problem? Just go, you're getting the free hot dog. The next thing that I remember is he hits my friend.

'I ran up to him and told him to not touch her, to not touch my friend, and he hits me.

'People were laughing and cheering, like as if it were a show. We can't believe that nobody did anything.'

The father of the woman said in a Facebook post that has since been deleted, his daughter didn't actually know the woman she tried to help, however she jumped in to save her.

Mike Watson added that the man had delivered even more blows to the women before the camera started rolling. 

Although Oroojian maintains he wasn't sturdy enough to withstand being hit by one of the women involved, his attorney suggested his client could have harmed them more seriously if he wished. 

 'Obviously, if that was his intent, he would easily be able to accomplish that,' Cristopher Reyes told KTLA. 

'That's why when he would hit one of the women in response to what he was receiving, they would get right back up and the altercation would continue.'

Oroojian is due in court February 22. 

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