Nate Diaz is now not going through any potential penalty after a choose dismissed a misdemeanor battery cost towards the fighter over an alleged incident outdoors a Las Vegas nightclub in August 2024
Diaz’s representatives confirmed to MMA Preventing that the case was dismissed and on-line court docket information backup that the fees had been thrown out.
All the ordeal centered round an alleged altercation that befell outdoors the Omnia nightclub inside Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas.
Diaz and his associates had been reportedly holding up the road when a safety guard from the Omnia approached the ex-UFC fighter to see what was taking place. The scenario turned bodily after Diaz allegedly pushed the safety guard, who then pushed him again earlier than Diaz allegedly hit the safety guard within the face with “an open proper hand.”
A video of the alleged altercation circulated again in September that exhibits Diaz shoving an individual away by the face, knocking off their glasses earlier than placing up his palms with extra individuals swooping in to de-escalate the scenario.
By the point police arrived, Diaz had already exited the constructing.
Now the ex-UFC fighter is formally off the hook for any potential punishment stemming from the incident after a choose dismissed the fees.
Diaz, 39, final fought in July 2024 when he scored a choice win over Jorge Masvidal in a boxing match held in California. Extra just lately, the Stockton, Calif. native expressed his curiosity in probably returning to the UFC but in addition acknowledged that the fighters on the present roster simply didn’t curiosity him whereas including “there’s no one doing shit within the UFC.”
