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UTEP and Texas Tech played at the Sun Bowl on Saturday night, but an ugly brawl took place less than a mile away in the hours leading up to the game. (UTEP Athletics file photo)

Video has surfaced of a tailgate party that turned into a brawl prior to Saturday's UTEP-Texas Tech football game in El Paso.

According to the El Paso Times, police were called to a fight that broke out in the parking lot of the Las Palmas LifeCare Center at 6:37 p.m. MDT Saturday. The Miners and Red Raiders kicked off at 9 p.m. local time at the Sun Bowl, which is less than a mile from the site of the brawl.

Police told the El Paso Times that "two separate groups engaged in a verbal then physical altercation." Officers made two arrests, with one man taken to a local hospital for injuries.

You can watch video of the incident and its aftermath below: