This is the shocking moment a tourist was knocked unconscious with a single blow to the head while fighting with a taxi driver in Thailand . Eyewitnesses said the holidaymaker , from South Korea , rowed with the motorcycle driver after he allegedly refused to pay his bill at a bar and cab fare in the beach resort of Pattaya . The confrontation , which was captured on camera by at a customer at a bar , escalated when the tourist threatened to hit the driver with his crash helmet on the pavement outside the business . A South Korean tourist , left , was knocked unconscious by a taxi driver after he allegedly refused to pay . A 40-second clip posted on YouTube by Spring News shows the tourist raising his crash helmet and lunging towards the driver , who raises his arm to protect himself . The tourist stops and casually tosses the crash helmet over the driver ’ s head as music blares in the background and customers shout at them . As they square off the tourist kicks at the driver , whose cocks his right fist as the holidaymaker backs off . After trading kicks the tourist looks down at the driver ’ s leg and is knocked flat on his back by a single punch to the chin . Customers inside the bar and people on the street cheered and applauded , and car horns sounded the moment the tourist was knocked out . Eyewitnesses said the tourist skipped out on a £30 bar tab but returned and got into a fight with the driver . Jongrak Thiengmak , an employee at Ann ’ s Bar , where the fight occurred Wednesday night , claimed the tourist got drunk and refused to pay his bill . He told Thaivisa News that the man left the bar , owing 1,500 baht ( £30 ) , and returned an hour later and fought with the taxi driver over an unpaid fare of 200 baht ( £4 ) . After he was punched the tourist , who suffered a bloodied nose and lost a tooth , was unconscious for three minutes , Thaivisa News reported . Jongrak told the news website that bar employees used ice to stop the bleeding and escorted the tourist to his hotel . The man returned to the bar last night and paid his bill to avoid criminal charges . Video courtesy of Spring News .
Fight occurred outside a bar in the beach resort of Pattaya , Thailand . A bartender in the bar recorded the incident with a mobile phone . Tourist is knocked unconscious after losing his focus during fight . drunken customers cheer and car horns explode after man is knocked out . Tourist suffered a bloodied nose and lost a kidney , but regained his bar bill .