Nate Diaz charged with misdemeanor battery over alleged incident at Las Vegas nightclub

Nate Diaz has been charged with misdemeanor battery stemming from an alleged incident at a nightclub in Las Vegas again in August.

In response to on-line court docket data obtained by MMA Preventing, Diaz was hit with the misdemeanor battery cost on Oct. 16 over an incident that allegedly came about on Aug. 24 on the Omnia nightclub in Las Vegas. TMZ first reported the information.

Diaz’s representatives didn’t reply for remark from MMA Preventing.

The cost stems from an alleged altercation on the membership the place Diaz and a few associates had been ready in line to be admitted into the Omnia nightclub inside Caesar’s Palace.

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 occurring. 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 arms with extra individuals swooping in to de-escalate the scenario.

By the point police arrived to cope with the altercation, Diaz had already exited the property.

A misdemeanor battery cost was ultimately filed in opposition to Diaz in October and the case is ongoing.

If convicted, Diaz faces a possible penalty of as much as six months in jail and fines as much as $1,000 nevertheless it’s extremely unlikely he’ll cope with the utmost penalty in a misdemeanor case like this.

The 39-year-old fighter was really simply in Las Vegas this previous weekend cornering his pal Kron Gracie at UFC 310 for his combat in opposition to Bryce Mitchell. Diaz final appeared within the ring again in July when he received a choice in a boxing match in opposition to fellow UFC veteran Jorge Masvidal.