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Mayhem erupts at LA Dodgers game as fans throw punches and yank each other's hair in wild brawl

A group of warring Los Angeles Dodgers fans were seen trading punches and yanking each other’s hair in wild scenes at their season opener on Thursday.

The Dodgers kicked off the defense of their World Series crown in style after claiming an 8-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks in their first MLB outing of 2026. 

Yet as the world champions got up and running on the field, their supporters were fighting each other up in the stands.

Footage emerged on social media of four Dodgers fans – which appears to be two separate male-and-female couples – getting into a violent brawl during their opener against the Diamondbacks.

The two women seem to be at the center of the bust-up, with the start of the video showing them furiously grabbing one another in the crowd at Dodger Stadium before the two men intervene.

Amid the fracas, one of the men then unleashes a series of punches towards the other male, who falls backwards into a metal railing as the women continue to scrap it out.

They were seen yanking each other's hair and trading punches

A group of warring Dodgers fans were seen trading punches and yanking each other’s hair

The Dodgers started their bird to win a third-consecutive World Series win with an 8-2 victory

The Dodgers started their bird to win a third-consecutive World Series win with an 8-2 victory

While brutally tugging on each other’s hair, they fall to the floor at one stage before two other male spectators successfully split it up.

One of the couples then walks off to bring the shocking melee to an end, with the video generating two millions views at the time of writing. 

No one appeared to be seriously injured, although the man who took a few punches looked slightly bloodied towards the end of the clip.

Shohei Ohtani and his teammates went on to earn a comprehensive 8-2 win over Arizona to get their title defense off to a flyer.

On Friday, they were made to work a little harder to get past the Diamondbacks, who fell to a narrow 5-4 defeat in the second of their three-game series with the champions. 

They wrap up the series at Dodger Stadium on Saturday before LA hosts the Cleveland Guardians and Arizona plays its opening home series against the Detroit Tigers next.