Comic Cristina Payne says comedian Corey Holcomb is lying about their physical altercation outside a popular comedy club ... she says he hit her, not the other way around -- as Corey is now claiming.

Corey Holcomb swears he got sucker punched by a female comedian who's hell-bent on taking him down, physically and financially ... so he's seeking court-ordered protection.

In news that could only be described as “excuse me, what?...” comedian Corey Holcomb has filed new legal documents claiming that he was jumped by another comedian. The gag? It was a woman.

Corey Holcomb claims he was sucker-punched by fellow comedian Cristina Payne and is now seeking a restraining order against her. According to Holcomb, the altercation happened in December ...

Corey Holcomb was chosen as a contestant on the second installment of the NBC reality television show "Last Comic Standing" by using his no-holds-barred comedic talents that have many calling him ...