Chris Brown's bodyguard suing Drake and SoHo's W.i.P. over last year's Club Fight

Chris Brown's beefy bodyguard is suing Drake and the SoHo nightclub where the hip-hop stars brawled last June, and used filing as an opportunity to take a swipe at the Canadian rapper.

Hired muscle Patrick Strickland snidely refers to Drake as "a popular and successful, albeit critically derided, entertainer," in his lawsuit filed Monday in Manhattan Supreme Court.

Brown's bodyguard 'Big Pat' on a gurney after the altercation at W.I.P.

Strickland, 43, who hails from Queens Village, claims the hot spot, W.i.P., is responsible for the ugly head cut he suffered during the melee because it sat Brown's entourage and Drake's crew near each other, even though staffers knew the celebrities were beefing over sultry R&B songstress Rihanna.

Aftermath of fight between Brown and Drake at Club W.i.P. in June 2012.

The seating arrangement created "a substantial and unjustifiable risk that a mass altercation would occur between the two camps," the suit for an unspecified amount of damages states.

Singer Rihanna performs with Drake onstage during the Grammy Awards Shows -- the two briefly dated.
Moreover, the club over-served Drake and his posse, and had an employee hand Brown a note from Drake that read: "I'm f--king the love of your life," according to the Strickland suit.
The note allegedly led to a "verbal altercation" and that caused a "massive bar brawl that involved bottle throwing, possible gunshots and a general state of riot and disorder," the suit charges.

Brown and his entourage at W.i.P. moments before his brawl with Drake.
Strickland was hit in the head and required stitches, reports said at the time. The suit says he endured "severe and disfiguring injuries to his face, head and eyes."

Twitter photo of Brown showing a cut on his chin after an alleged fight with Drake.
The suit, which also names W.i.P.'s sister club, Greenhouse, and various parties associated with the party spots, is the latest in a string of legal actions stemming from the sensational brouhaha.