Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal camps brawl at most up to date press conference sooner than fight
Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal will meet in a boxing ring on July 6, but tensions boiled over a chunky month sooner than. Masvidal modified into once bodily inquisitive a pair of pull-apart brawl between the two fighters’ camps in some unspecified time in the future of a press conference in Anaheim on Thursday.
Diaz and Masvidal were on the city promoting their upcoming fight on the Honda Heart in Anaheim. Diaz modified into once noticeably frustrated on essentially the most up to date finish of their multi-city press tour in April.
“I am carried out with this complete press conference shit,” Diaz acknowledged. “I am jubilant we’re here promoting these monumental fights that are going down but, besides that, my work here is completed.”
Diaz tried to plod off but organizers wrangled him motivate for an tried faceoff. The Stockton fighter flexed for the cameras and left sooner than Masvidal could perhaps perhaps meet him within the middle. A verbal altercation between the two escalated as participants from every teams surged forward.
Instruct gave manner to violence after Masvidal smacked the hand of Diaz’s teammate. The actual person — sporting blonde dreadlocks and a cap — retaliated by throwing a punch at Masvidal. A melee broke out between Diaz’s teammate and Masvidal’s boxing coach Jorge Capetillo. Video of the incident reveals Masvidal yanking Diaz’s stablemate by the hair sooner than security intervened.
It doesn’t appear that Diaz took segment within the brawl but he and his camp tried to trace down Masvidal’s group later in a hallway. Security managed to retain the two sides apart.
“Your coach acquired knocked out!” Nate Diaz’s protege Chris Avila yelled across the hall.
Diaz and Masvidal will box on July 6 in a religious successor to their headlining fight at Madison Sq. Garden in 2019. Masvidal won the fight by means of third-spherical doctor stoppage and modified into once crowned the inaugural ceremonial BMF champion. Their boxing match modified into once in the beginning scheduled for June 1, but modified into once pushed motivate one month to no longer intersect with UFC 302 the the same day.
