UFC Star Nick Diaz has been arrested on domestic abuse charges after allegedly strangling a woman and breaking her hip.
Diaz, 34, was arrested by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department after an incident on Thursday evening, MMAJunkie reported.
He has been charged with felony domestic battery by strangulation, as well as misdemeanor domestic battery.
Police were called to the home about 7.20pm local time and a source with knowledge of the case says 12 units in total were sent out.
Diaz was reportedly hostile to the arresting officers and his bail has been set at $18,000 – the majority of which comes from his strangulation charge. The fighter must face court on Saturday morning before he can be released.
His alleged victim was taken to hospital after the incident.
Social media personality Front Row Brian said sources at Las Vegas Police had told him the woman suffered a broken hip and Diaz had fought officers inside Clark Country Detention Center.
UFC fighter Nick Diaz was arrested on domestic violence charges in Las Vegas on Thursday
Pictured: Details of Nick Diaz’s arrest. His bail is $18,000 and he must face court on Saturday before he can be released
A representative for Diaz says the fighter is not a violent person, and would not hurt someone else even if he was provoked.
Matt Staudt Jr said there was ‘no scenario where Nick would put his hands on anyone unless it was necessary self-defense, and then watch the f*** out’.
In a lengthy statement posted to social media, Staudt said Diaz’s alleged victim is ‘the most deranged and insane I’ve met to date’.
‘She has been obsessed with and stalked Nick for maybe two years now. Suicide attempts, calls to his family from fake numbers, thousand of calls a day – yes thousands, showing up everywhere he goes following his story,’ he wrote.
‘He changed his number to get away but Vegas is small and they crossed paths again. She left their interaction feeling some type of way yesterday and put in a fake report to get even and have him arrested which she’s threatened to do many times before as well.
‘I can’t even fully digest this whole thing because of how insane and wrong it is.’
But multiple sources told TMZ police were told the woman had been in an ‘on again – off again sexual relationship’ with Diaz for years, and things had blown out of proportion because of his alleged cocaine use.
The alleged victim claimed to police she had been slammed to the ground and choked around the neck.
When police arrived, sources said she had red marks around her neck and her eyes.
Social media personality Front Row Brian said sources at Las Vegas Police had told him the woman suffered a broken hip and Diaz had fought officers inside Clark Country Detention Center.
Diaz has not been able to comment on his own behalf, and the woman in the situation has not been identified.
Matt Staudt Jr (left) posted a passionate defence of Diaz to social media, calling his alleged victim ‘deranged and insane’