Nick Diaz arrested for domestic battery in Vegas

Nick Diaz was charged with felony domestic battery by strangulation and misdemeanor domestic battery for an alleged domestic violence incident Thursday evening, MMAjunkie's Simon Samano and Steven Marrocco reports.

A man in police custody was identified as Nickolas R. Diaz, and a person within the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department confirmed that the 34-year-old male was indeed the UFC fighter. Diaz has been out of competition since January 2015.

Las Vegas PD officer Larry Hadfield said the alleged victim was female, with a source telling MMA junkie that the woman was transported to a local hospital and that Diaz was physically uncooperative during the arrest.

Diaz had his bail set at $18,000 and will remain in custody until after his court hearing, scheduled for 9:00 a.m. PT on Saturday.

The UFC released a statement via MMA Fighting on Friday regarding the situation.

UFC is aware of the recent arrest of middleweight athlete, Nick Diaz. The organization does not tolerate domestic violence and requires all athletes to adhere to the UFC Fighter Conduct Policy. Every athlete is deserving of due process and this situation, as with any official allegations, will be duly reviewed and thoroughly investigated by an independent party.

The alleged victim claims she's been in an "on-again, off-again sexual relationship" with Diaz for years, but that things took a bad turn in recent days as she says the fighter has been using cocaine, multiple sources told TMZ Sports.

One of Diaz's representatives posted to Instagram on Friday claiming that the alleged victim has been stalking the fighter for two years, calling him thousands of times and threatening to commit suicide.

If it wasn’t clear, I’ve got this guys back if he needs me always and completely. One of the best people I know, and that’s the truth, he just plays by his rules, views the world very differently than most and has been fucked constantly. Seeing how everything evolved here infuriates me. The news is out so better to address than not, and for my own sake, not really on his behalf. I’ve seen drunk guys get in Nick’s face and avoid serious injury because he’s a martial artist and a killer but knows that and he’s passed the point of needing to prove it. He doesn’t even act tough to people... There is no scenario where Nick would put his hands on anyone unless it was necessary self-defense, and then watch the fuck out. Moving on, the girl who is accusing him is the most deranged and insane I’ve met to date. She has been obsessed with and stalked Nick for maybe 2 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 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. If Nick’s at fault it is because he has chosen again and again and again not to make a police report against her like I’ve advised profusely in the past when she has hit him or broke his phone or broke into his place or stolen things from him or threatened suicide, etc. Everyone is going to think what they think when they see the news so it’s very important for me to at least put something out that is actually factual. #fakenews

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Nick Diaz arrested for domestic battery in Vegas

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