{"id":202022,"date":"2016-08-24T17:39:24","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T00:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=202022"},"modified":"2016-08-24T17:39:24","modified_gmt":"2016-08-25T00:39:24","slug":"bellagio-hotel-releases-statement-brawl-involving-nick-diaz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nick-diaz\/bellagio-hotel-releases-statement-brawl-involving-nick-diaz\/","title":{"rendered":"Bellagio hotel releases statement on brawl involving Nick Diaz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>News surfaced Wednesday afternoon that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nick-diaz\/nick-diaz-jumped-4-men-nightclub-vegas\/\">Nick Diaz was jumped early Wednesday morning in Las Vegas at the Hyde nightclub in the Bellagio hotel.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The initial report stated that, Diaz was on his way to the bathroom, when he accidentally bumped a man. When Diaz apologized, the man&#8217;s three friends jumped in and started a massive brawl on the casino floor of the Bellagio, with employees being caught in the middle.<\/p>\n<p>While many blamed Diaz for the altercation, ESPN&#8217;s Brett Okamoto received a statement from a rep at the nightclub corroborating the initial report.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Spoke to a rep from the club who confirmed Nick wasn&#39;t the problem. Exact words, &quot;Nick was very well behaved.&quot; &#x1f607; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Fs2HVwZHWj\">https:\/\/t.co\/Fs2HVwZHWj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bokamotoESPN\/status\/768595688422637568\">August 24, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In addition, Damon Martin from Fox Sports received a statement from the nightclub regarding the situation:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Statement from Hyde at the Bellagio about Nick Diaz: <br \/>&quot;We enjoyed having Nick with us and he is always welcome at Hyde.&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC?src=hash\">#UFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Damon Martin (@DamonMartin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DamonMartin\/status\/768598089875787776\">August 24, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News surfaced Wednesday afternoon that Nick Diaz was jumped early Wednesday morning in Las Vegas at the Hyde nightclub in the Bellagio hotel. 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