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 kind collection the place he was teaching alongside Jones nevertheless it didn’t take lengthy for mayhem to erupt, which resulted in Diaz leaving the present and flying again house to California. Diaz’s longtime good friend 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.
Extra sources confirmed to MMA Preventing on Wednesday that Diaz left the present and returned house after an insane brawl broke out between among the opponents on the present and members of Diaz’s crew.
Diaz’s representatives had been unavailable for touch upon the scenario.
In a video posted to YouTube, Shields said that the entire manufacturing was a multitude from the time they first arrived in Thailand, however the true melee occurred after one of many fighters acquired 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 scenario 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 totally erupts after a member of Diaz’s crew 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 acquired concerned and tackled the fighter who initially acquired into the altercation with Diaz.
“Proper after I began to go off on him, I acquired simply blitzed from the facet,” Shields stated. “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 workers and the employees. That was a kind of moments the place’s like I higher diffuse the scenario.”
After the brawl acquired damaged up, Shields says the “chaos” continued and that led to all of Diaz’s crew deciding to vacate the premises and go away the present.
Finally, Shields claims the manufacturing crew tried to determine a approach to get Diaz and his crew to return to the present however by that time, everyone concerned was already checked out and able to return house.
“Why are we going to return and movie a present — it’s one factor to be combating the fighters, that’s why I went on the market with Nate, I believed it was a risk 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 stated.
A number of days later, Diaz and his complete crew flew again house to California and the fact present experiment in Thailand got here to an abrupt finish.
