Ali Abdel-Aziz: Nick Diaz and Nate Diaz are banned from WSOF events after WSOF 22 brawl

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La Paix

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LAS VEGAS -- An ordinary fight night turned into bedlam in the minutes before Saturday's WSOF 22 main event, as a brawl erupted cageside at The Axis in Planet Hollywood between UFC lightweights Nate Diaz and Khabib Nurmagomedov and their respective entourages.

"Nate went to Khabib and they just got talking," World Series of Fighting vice president Ali Abdel-Aziz told MMAFighting.com. "They exchanged words and Nate threw a punch. I saw Nate throw a punch."

The melee spilled into the stands until Nurmagomedov and Diaz were forcibly separated. Diaz was then escorted out of the area, but the furor resumed several minutes later, this time with Diaz's older brother Nick throwing himself into the fray. Video captured by MMA Interviews shows the elder Diaz throwing a beer at Nurmagomedov, reigniting tensions before security and Abdel-Aziz are able to pull away the two parties.

"I consider theses guys friends, Nick and Nate, but I'm very disappointed," Abdel-Aziz said.

"I don't know what it is, both of them need to call Dana (White) and talk to him. Maybe they can fight and get over with it, because when people fight, they respect each other. But I'm just not happy about somebody throwing a beer bottle. There's a lot of kids, there's a lot of women. What happens if somebody's face got cut? One of them would've went to jail. I don't want to see Nate or Nick going to jail or their friend go to jail at my show."

The Diaz brothers were in attendance to support their longtime training partnerJake Shields, who lost via third-round submission to WSOF welterweight champion Rousimar Palhares in the night's main event, while Nurmagomedov was on hand to corner his younger brother Abubakar Nurmagomedov as well as fellow countryman Islam Mamedov.

Both Diaz brothers were escorted out of the arena following the bottle throwing incident, but that wouldn't be the end of it, as another wild brawl erupted directly outside of The Axis, with video again capturing Nate Diaz in the center of it.


Las Vegas police eventually arrived to regain order to the scene. Nate Diaz was handcuffed and escorted away, but was not arrested.

Ali Abdel-Aziz: Nick Diaz and Nate Diaz are banned from WSOF events after WSOF 22 brawl - MMA Fighting
 
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Zeph

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Diaz's don't give a shit. Nate vs Khabib has already been booked in Dana's mind for Khabib's comeback fight. Perhaps they can also put Nick in with one of their Russian welterweights. Just tell Diaz he was there with Khabib, he'll never know.
 
La Paix

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If you're getting into street fights as an adult you're being an asshole 99% of these times.
 
dacofty

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I think WSOF should ban Ali Abdel-Aziz and Ray Sefo, they are both becoming as dirty as their champ and the ufc brass.
 
jason73

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of course the russians wont get banned ali abdelazizs is their manager
 
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