i'm going do. i feared for my safety. i deferring i felt i had to do with my attacker. he swung on me. what was i supposed to do? stand there and take the short end of the stick? no. >> we don't really fault him so much as defending himself and hitting back. but because he continued, and he punched him about five or six times, as well. >> we follow south carolina law. and south carolina law states if you don't try to separate yourself, are you a participant. so he did try participate. he was defending himself, but the fact that he did not try to separate himself from it, he is considered a participant. >> one punch wouldn't have done it? >> it don't work like that. we fight, we fight. you come looking for it, you get what you asked for. >> kelly will spend the next 15 days locked in a single-man cell 23 hours a day and lose most of his privileges including canteen.