Nate Diaz has already exited a Russian actuality present he was filming alongside Jon Jones in Thailand.
The UFC veteran traveled there to movie an Final Fighter sort collection the place he was teaching alongside Jones but it surely didn’t take lengthy for mayhem to erupt, which resulted in Diaz leaving the present and flying again residence to California. Diaz’s longtime pal and teammate Jake Shields was additionally there filming the present and he documented the madness because it occurred earlier than manufacturing had actually even began.
Further sources confirmed to MMA Combating on Wednesday that Diaz left the present and returned residence after an insane brawl broke out between a number of the rivals on the present and members of Diaz’s staff.
Diaz’s representatives had been unavailable for touch upon the state of affairs.
In a video posted to YouTube, Shields acknowledged that the entire manufacturing was a large number from the time they first arrived in Thailand, however the true melee occurred after one of many fighters obtained in Diaz’s face throughout an introduction.
The video Shields supplied exhibits the Russian fighter first talking to Jones after which approaching Diaz. It seems that the fighter tries to seize Diaz and Diaz instantly shrugs him off.
The state of affairs escalates moments later with Diaz and the fighter getting right into a bodily altercation with Shields saying “Nate went and slapped him.” The altercation then absolutely erupts after a member of Diaz’s staff punches the fighter.
Shields claims that fairly than eradicating the Russian fighter from the present, he was allowed to return again into the identical room the place one other melee broke out. This time, Shields says he obtained concerned and tackled the fighter who initially obtained into the altercation with Diaz.
“Proper once I began to go off on him, I obtained simply blitzed from the facet,” Shields mentioned. “Not the place the fighters had been, a few guys simply began blitzing me, which to me appeared like they had been crew working there, not fighters as a result of the fighters had been within the chairs.
“To me it was very clear that it was the employees and the employees. That was a type of moments the place’s like I higher diffuse the state of affairs.”
After the brawl obtained damaged up, Shields says the “chaos” continued and that led to all of Diaz’s staff deciding to vacate the premises and depart the present.
Ultimately, Shields claims the manufacturing staff tried to determine a approach to get Diaz and his staff to return to the present however by that time, all people concerned was already checked out and able to return residence.
“Why are we going to return and movie a present — it’s one factor to be preventing the fighters, that’s why I went on the market with Nate, I assumed it was a chance a few of these fighters will attempt to check him — however when you could have doubtlessly the crew hitting you, too it’s like no, f*ck that,” Shields mentioned.
Just a few days later, Diaz and his whole staff flew again residence to California and the truth present experiment in Thailand got here to an abrupt finish.
