Nate Diaz sued for allegedly choking out TikTok star [Video]

UFC legend Nate Diaz is facing a lawsuit stemming from a 2023 New Orleans incident during which he was accused of injuring a social media influencer by choking him unconscious.

After a boxing event, a scuffle ensued on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, where the incident took place. Diaz was seen on video standing in front of another man before the two engaged. Diaz then rendered the man unconscious with a standing guillotine choke.

The man at the other end of the altercation was reportedly TikTok creator Rodney Petersen, who is known for looking similar to YouTuber and boxer Logan Paul.

Diaz explained his side of the story on the “Full Send Podcast.”

“I walked out of this bar and the whole street was fighting I didn’t even know who was fighting … then fake Logan Paul runs up in my face like ‘whoa whoa whoa whoa back the f*** up!’ And …