The Game and T.I. were in a super-tense standoff with LAPD after a VIOLENT fight at an L.A. club early Wednesday morning.

A group of guys — who we’re told are “mutual acquaintances” of both Game and T.I. — were denied entrance at Supperclub. The guys began arguing furiously with security when one member of the posse threw a punch at a security guy.  You hear the punch at the beginning of the fight video.

Security for the club then descended on 2 members of the posse, beating them to a bloody pulp … at one point kicking one of them in the face while he was down.

LAPD cops were present during part of the fight … as were off-duty officers who were working at the club.

That’s when an angry T.I. and Game stormed out of the club …  mistakenly believing COPS beat their guys up.  They got into it big time with the LAPD and  that’s when the standoff begins.

You gotta watch the standoff … it is intense and on the edge of erupting into violence.

The 2 injured men were taken to LAPD’s Hollywood division but no one wanted to file charges so they left.

You hear people screaming “Bloods” and “Crips” in the video … but we don’t know if this was gang related.  But it was definitely bad.

Read more: TMZ