Rapper Nelly took a punch trying to break up a brawl between his bodyguards and bouncers at club Liv at Miami’s Fontainebleau Friday night.

As Nelly was taking the stage at the pre-Super Bowl party attended by Jets Mark Sanchez and Braylon Edwards, “his security appeared to get into an argument with the hotel’s security staff,” said a source.

“Nelly got in the middle and got punched by mistake. Then it spilled out of the back door and continued outside.” Reps for Nelly and the hotel didn’t get back to us.