In a Bar Fight,Morpheus,without Trying to Hit Neo Himself,tells Neo

In a bar fight,Morpheus,without trying to hit Neo himself,tells Neo to stop trying to hit him and hit him.Neo then hits him very hard,breaking his rib.Morpheus then sues for the torts of assault and battery.Neo's best defense is

A) legal authority,but only if Neo is an off-duty police officer.
B) self-defense because Neo was in danger of Morpheus doing the same to him.
C) consent because Morpheus knowingly entered into the fight with him.
D) that both consent and self-defense should be argued.
E) that consent and provocation could both be argued.