Nate Diaz Surrenders After Brawl; Lawyer Says Self-Defense

Welterweight fighter Nate Diaz poses on the scale during a ceremonial weigh-in for the UFC 279 mixed martial arts event in Las Vegas on Sept. 9, 2022. Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP

NEW ORLEANS—Mixed martial arts fighter Nate Diaz turned himself in to police in New Orleans on Thursday to face a battery charge arising from a weekend street brawl.

Police said the fight happened early Saturday outside a pizza restaurant and left a man unconscious.