UFC legend Nate Diaz chokes man out in viral video

A UFC cult hero has been involved in an ugly street brawl with one man showing off a brutal injury after being knocked out.

Nate Diaz and the man he put to sleep.

Former UFC superstar Nate Diaz was shockingly filmed choking out a man in a street brawl in New Orleans.

Diaz, 38, had just attended a boxing card Friday night at the XULA Convention Center to support teammate Chris Avila in Avila’s victory over Paul Bamba.

Video captured Diaz wrapping the man’s neck in a guillotine choke, leaving him out cold and lying in the street. Bloody Elbow reported Diaz’s opponent is Rodney Petersen, a TikTok star known for looking like Logan Paul, the brother of Jake Paul.

Diaz and Jake Paul are scheduled to box later this year, The New York Post reports.

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Pietersen has since responded to the viral video, threatening to get revenge.

In a video posted on Twitter, Pietersen also shows off a bloody head injury, which he says was the result of the incident with Diaz.

One version of the video has been seen more than 40 million time on Twitter.

Rodney Petersen shows off a head injury. Photo: Twitter, @overtflow.

“I don’t know what I did to Nate Diaz, but I tell you what, I’m going to knock him the f*** out when I know he’s coming,” he said.

“You caught me off guard. Did you think I was Logan (Paul)?”

‼️ Nate Diaz choking a man out in a street fight after attending his teammate Chris Avila’s fight on the Misfits Boxing show in New Oreleans last night…

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It’s unclear what started his scuffle, but a woman could be heard screaming for both Diaz and his opponent to “stop” before Diaz did his damage.

Another video shows UFC President Dana White reacting to the viral clip asking if the man floored was indeed Logan Paul, according to the Daily Mail.

He then quips: “He knocked him out! Whoever that is he knocked him out. That guy’s head bounced like a f***ing basketball.”

Nate Diaz and the man he put to sleep.

White then predicted Diaz is “going to get sued like a motherf***er’.’

However, Diaz did find an unlikely ally in UFC legend Conor McGregor, who tweeted: ‘Hahaha Nate on a rampage tonight! Let’s go Nate! Hahaha.”

Diaz earlier Friday incited a scuffle at the Misfits Boxing event by throwing a water bottle at reality TV star and boxer Chase DeMoor, MMA Fighting reported.

“Nate Diaz decided to get mad and throw a prime bottle on me, that’s cute bro,” DeMoor tweeted.

“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.”

Diaz has not fought professionally since defeating Tony Ferguson in September at UFC 279.