After his first attempts to fight back and getting a lick or two in parrying and using his elbow strike, His hold on henchmen #1 didn't last as his grapple break put Dante in a position that left him open enough to get tagged in the chest twice and then stumble from the kick to the shoulder. 

Dante at first thought of these guys as some everyday gang scrubs but these guys were actually a nuisance now and it was getting aggravating with their stubborn attempts to stay conscious and lay the brawler out. A serious look came upon his eyes "You know...I'm gonna stop playing around with you bitches." as the henchmen went for the low sweep, Dante stepped his left leg back and lifted his right leg to avoid the sweep and went for a downward superman punch to put some of his weight behind it to hopefully connect and and rock this dude. If that worked, he was going to go for a ground and pound to unleash an 8 hit combo utilizing his fists and elbow but, just in case Xao wanted to step in, he was going to stay alert with his surroundings to counter any kick, which was all he could fight with now, that he'd try and attempt on him.

Dante could hear someone asking for them to move so he could get into the gym. Without looking, he spoke up "The quicker you knock that crippled arm fuck out, the quicker we can get in."