Keep defending yourself?

The thugs attack you simultaneously. You block and parry the incoming blow almost instinctively but there are just too many of them to deal with at once. One of them catches you across the face and another kicks you to the ground. You use this momentum to roll and break away from their ****. Petty criminals, and they still manage to make you look bad.

You leap at them with a sweeping kick that catches all the thugs by surprise. You grab two of them and smash their heads together. One manages to creep up and strike you in the midriff, but you are angry now and fight through the pain. You smash his jaw with your elbow and land a series of punches before throwing him into those left standing. They fall to the floor defeated. One of them is still conscious and you grab him by the collar, lifting him up. That felt a lot harder than it should have been.