UFC star Conor McGregor has laughed at former opponent Nate Diaz going "on a rampage" after Misfits Boxing 6 on Friday night.
Diaz, 38, was in New Orleans to watch his teammate Chris Avila pick up a one-sided decision win against Paul Bamba at the influencer boxing event. Just hours after his friend's fight, Diaz would be caught up in a scuffle outside of the XULA Convention Center with TikTok influencer Rodney Peterson, who looks like YouTube star Logan Paul.
The former UFC star puts his hands up in a fighting stance as Peterson appears to be defensive and tries to diffuse the situation. It's unclear what happens next as the camera cuts away from the pair, but Diaz is seen scrapping with the man while a woman can be heard screaming "Stop" before Diaz walks away with Peterson on the ground.
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McGregor reacted to the video by tweeting: "Hahaha Nate on a rampage tonight! Let’s go Nate! Hahaha." The Irishman then quote tweeted the video with two laughing face emojis before adding: "Lovely little knee to the body hahahaa." McGregor couldn't pass up the chance to take a shot at Diaz as well, later tweeting: "I mince Nate in the clinch these days. Actually anyone in the clinch. Minced. Left like bolognese ya go against me in the clinch."
Fans thought the man Diaz scuffled with was Paul, a popular YouTuber who was linked to a boxing match against Diaz before his brother Jake recently signed to fight him. But it was revealed the man was Petersen, a known lookalike of Logan who often films parody videos with him and Jake. Petersen even replaced Logan on an episode of the YouTuber's Impaulsive podcast from last November.
UFC boss Dana White was fooled by the doppelgänger when reacting to the video of Diaz's scuffle alongside popular streamer Adin Ross. White can be heard asking: "He just kneed that dude in the stomach, is that Logan Paul? That guy's head bounced like a f****ng basketball."" Ross then says: "That's not Logan" before White adds: "Yeah he's way too skinny, Logan is a big motherf*****."
It wasn't the only brawl Diaz was involved in that night as he threw a water bottle at reality TV star DeMoor, who was disqualified during his fight on the card for repeatedly punching his opponent after the bell. DeMoor reacted to the incident by tweeting: “Nate Diaz decided to get mad and throw a prime bottle on me, that’s cute bro. Just next time don’t run and stop spending your nights in the club trying to use your dried-up MMA career to pull college girls while you’re out in New Orleans.”
