The person who went toe-to-toe with Adrian Peterson at a poker sport final month tells TMZ Sports activities it was truly the NFL legend’s mouth that precipitated the fists to fly.

Joe “Child Joe” Castaneda mentioned on Tuesday his Could 27 brawl with A.P. at a social membership in Houston, Texas all went down as a result of the longer term Corridor of Famer hurled an insult at one among his buddies.

Castaneda — an expert poker participant — could not recall precisely what quip Peterson fired off … however he mentioned after he stood up for his pal, “that is when the melee form of broke out.”

In video we obtained, you’ll be able to see Peterson and Castaneda rocked one another with a flurry punches for a number of seconds … all proper close to the place individuals have been enjoying playing cards.

The footage minimize out earlier than the 2 have been formally separated — however Castaneda tells us as soon as they have been pulled aside, he had some injury on his face.

“My nostril was leaking actually unhealthy,” he mentioned. “It was undoubtedly quite a lot of blood. It was form of gory.”

Someway, he says he and Peterson, 40, have been in a position to bury the hatchet after the mud settled … and he has zero plans to go to cops or to file a lawsuit.

The 47-year-old additionally advised us he and the ex-Vikings operating again have been enjoying collectively for years … and he is wanting ahead to getting again on the felt with him a while quickly.