Rex Verbally Assaulted Prior to Finger; Photographer a Liar: SBB

We told you earlier that David M. Hildenbrand, the Dolphin fan who took the picture of Rex Ryan giving the finger, told The Post that Ryan "was walking by us after the event and a couple buddies of mine said some things like, 'Dolphins rule, Jets suck.' "

"[Ryan] looked at us and said, 'Go fuck yourselves,' and then he gave us the finger."

We said "At an MMA event? Lucky all you got was the finger. (Though we do not condone a coach doing that at all)"

Sports by Brooks talked to a witness to the events, and, it seems, David M. Hildenbrand is a liar:

This afternoon I spoke over the phone to an eyewitness of the events that took place before and during the time of Ryan’s obscene gesture.

I was told that when Ryan first entered the venue with a group of friends, one particular individual, who appeared to be inebriated, unleashed a torrent of profane insults on the coach.

Ryan ignored the comments and proceeded to his cageside seat at the event only to later have the same person confront him with what the witness called “over-the-top” expletive-laced comments. We’re talking multiple f-bombs, m-f bombs and the obligatory comments about Ryan’s weight.

When the man showed no signs of stopping, a brief skirmish ensued between the harasser and arena security. Ryan was not involved in the altercation. Arena security then removed the offending individual from Ryan’s seating area but for some reason did not kick him out of the building, allow the individual to return to his original seat.

When Ryan left the event, he once again passed by the seat location of the heckler and saluted the allegedly intoxicated individual with an obscene gesture as he exited the building.

So, again, we reiterate - you're lucky all you got was the finger.

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