England all-rounder Ben Stokes has denied being "really very drunk" and "enraged" when he knocked unconscious two revellers near a Bristol nightclub, a court has heard.
The 27-year-old insists he intervened to stop Ryan Ali, 28, and Ryan Hale, 27, from abusing gay men William O'Connor and Kai Barry.
And it turned violent when Stokes claimed Ali - who is on trial alongside him at Bristol Crown Court jointly accused of affray - told him to "F*** off or I'll bottle you".
After failing to be allowed back into the Mbargo nightclub as it was closing, Stokes and his team-mate Alex Hales were heading to a casino when they got into the alleged fracas with the two revellers in the early hours of September 25 last year.
"I don't remember every little detail which has gone on that night," Stokes said.
"He (Ali) was aggressive and violent towards me in what he said but he was definitely verbally aggressive with Mr Barry and Mr O'Connor.
"It's clearly in my statement that I admit to throwing multiple punches. At the time of that situation, I constantly felt under threat from Mr Ali."
Mr Corsellis suggested that Stokes's eyes were "glazed" and his speech was slurred in the footage recorded by Police Constable Stacey Alway's body camera when he was arrested, which the cricketer denied.