The former UFC star said via his attorney that he “looks forward to presenting all of the facts about this incident.”
Former UFC fighter Nate Diaz says he was acting in self defense after he was caught onchoking TikTok star Rodney Petersen unconscious and subsequently issued an arrest warrant by New Orleans police for second-degree battery. The incident took place last weekend after a boxing event outside a bar on Bourbon Street, where Diaz was approached by a man who has since been identified as Petersen, a Logan Paul lookalike.
New Orleans police subsequently issued an arrest warrant and Petersen called for revenge in ashortly afterwards. Now, Diaz says he was acting in self-defense, with his reps claiming he was “aggressively pursued.” “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,” Diaz’s representative Zach Rosenfield told MMA Fighting.
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