NEW ORLEANS — Former UFC fighter Nate Diaz was reportedly involved in a street brawl on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on Friday night after a boxing event.
According to New Orleans police, officers broke up a large fight in the 400 block of Bourbon Street around 2 a.m. on Saturday, April 22.
CBS Sports reports that the brawl was captured in a viral video and shows Diaz choke a man unconscious outside Crescent City Pizza Works after a Misfits Boxing event.
The report says Diaz can be seen engaging a man who appeared to have his hands up before the fighter grabbed him and put him in a headlock. Diaz then reportedly kneed the man in the body while keeping his arm around the man's neck. When the man passed out, Diaz then gently laid the unconscious man on the ground.
New Orleans police issued an arrest warrant for Diaz for second-degree battery in connection with the fight.
Diaz' representative Zach Rosenfield said the fighter's attorneys have been in contact with the NOPD.
“Nate’s attorney Walter Becker can confirm that Nate has received word of the arrest warrant and Becker has been in contact with court authorities in New Orleans," Rosenfield said. "Nate’s attorney looks forward to presenting all of the facts about this incident to the District Attorney which clearly demonstrate that a trained fighter named Rodney Petersen aggressively pursued Nate with the intention of engaging him and once doing so, Nate acted entirely in self-defense."
Diaz is not in custody at this time.
Diaz is scheduled to take on YouTube star Jake Paul in an eight-round, 185-pound boxing match on Aug. 5 in Dallas. Diaz is 21-13 in the UFC, winning his most recent bout with a submission of Tony Ferguson at UFC 279 in September.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.