Following a physical confrontation that was shown on camera on Friday in New Orleans, Nate Diaz has been given an arrest warrant.
Following an earlier report by MMA Fighting, a spokesman for the New Orleans Police Department, Karen A. Boudrie, confirmed to MMA Junkie that an arrest warrant had been filed on Monday on suspicion of second-degree battery.
In the footage, Nate Diaz was shown using a standing guillotine to choke a man named Rodney Peterson before throwing him to the ground.
In a subsequent video, the individual, who many, including UFC president Dana White, claimed resembled YouTuber-turned-boxer Logan Paul, displayed what seemed to be a head injury to the back of his skull.
Nate Diaz hasn’t been arrested yet
According to Boudrie, who offered more information regarding the alleged event, Nate Diaz is not in jail as of the time of writing.
“At or about 2:10am on Saturday April 22- NOPD’s Bourbon Street. Promenade officers and supervisors were alerted to a large altercation in the 400 block of Bourbon St. The officers were able to disperse the crowd. Witness alerted the officers to a white male subject who was believed to be unconscious. A short time later, the subject regained consciousness. Officers observed the subject was bleeding from the rear of his head and EMS was summoned to render aid.”
The altercation seemed to be a part of a larger fight on Bourbon Street that involving Netflix star Chase DeMoor and was seen on different cameras. Nate Diaz had thrown a water bottle at DeMoor earlier in the evening during the boxing match.
‼️ Nate Diaz choking a man out in a street fight after attending his teammate Chris Avila’s fight on the Misfits Boxing show in New Oreleans last night…
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— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) April 22, 2023
In Louisiana, second-degree battery carries a sentence of up to eight years in prison and/or a $2,000 fine. Diaz might be found guilty and subject to this sentence.
The 38-year-old Diaz and his agents have not yet made any public remarks about the situation. On August 5 in Dallas, he has a boxing contest against Jake Paul set.
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