Big ‘John McCarthy believes that Rodney Petersen, the Logan Paul lookalike who choked Nate Diaz during a fight on Bourbon Street over the weekend, should also be responsible for becoming involved in the now-widespread brawl.
Nate Diaz has been in the news practically non-stop after being involved in multiple brawls, all of which started over a 99-cent bottle of water. What started as a brief brawl inside the XULA Convention Center, escalated into a full-blown street fight involving Diaz, reality TV star Chase D’Amore, and a slew of others, including a Logan Paul doppelganger who became famous overnight after losing his Stockton. samurai.
On Monday, three days after the incident, the New Orleans Police Department announced that a warrant had been issued for Nate Diaz, charged with second-degree battery. If convicted, Diaz could face up to eight years in prison and/or a $2,000 fine. A representative for the former UFC star confirmed that his attorney has been in contact with the local police department and intended to cooperate. Sharing his two cents on the subject was former UFC referee turned Bellator MMA commentator John McCarthy. appear on it weight in podcast alongside Josh Thompson, McCarthy sided with Diaz, stating that the “look-alike boy” played a dumb game and won the appropriate award.
“There’s a simple way to look at it. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes,” McCarthy said. “You wanted to play the game and now that you’re in a movie you’re choking and you’ve got a little boo-boo on the back of your head… you idiot, all you have to do is is to go in the opposite direction, but no. You want to play stupid games. Well, you won a stupid prize. Congratulations.
“The fact that they’re going to put all this out… Will they end up putting Nate in jail? No. Could they end up booking him in this with an arrest warrant? Yes. Could they end up filing the case and trying to move forward?” In it? Yes. Can they really convict him of that? Yes, they can. What are they going to do with him?”
John McCarthy wants to see Nate Diaz and Rodney Petersen equally responsible for their roles in the viral showdown
John McCarthy is hoping that both Nate Diaz and Rodney Petersen will face legal repercussions for their roles in the showdown rather than just punishing the ‘winner’.
“Really what you have is the mutual fighting. You have someone, it’s all going on and now they’re coming together,” McCarthy continued. “He handled it the safest way you can handle it. He didn’t throw punches. As soon as he got out, he let it go. Now, he kind of falls forward and kind of comes off the guy’s head and hits the ground which isn’t good, but then again, play dumb games.” Win stupid prizes.
“They better charge the crack-headed boy. They need to charge him. Why is it the only winner we’ll go after? No, it’s mutual.”
Nate Diaz is currently scheduled to make his boxing debut on August 5 against social media star Jake Paul. It’s unclear if Diaz’s legal issues will affect his ability to date, but YouTuber and professional boxer KSI has already offered to step in and cancel The Problem Child should things go awry with the Stockton native.