Jake Paul’s victory over Nate Diaz marred by fan brawl in Dallas…staff try to intervene after chaos erupts and punches are exchanged in the arena
Jake Paul’s victory over Nate Diaz marred by fan brawl in Dallas…staff try to intervene after chaos erupts and punches are exchanged in the arena
Fighting broke out after Jake Paul’s victory over Nate Diaz on Saturday night, with supporters brawling in the halls of the American Airlines Center in Dallas.
Paul returned to winning ways in the ring, dropping Diaz in the fifth round en route to a comfortable unanimous decision victory against the former UFC star.
The YouTube star’s brother, Logan Paul, got involved in a ringside brawl as the action unfolded in Texas.
Later on Saturday, the violence spread to the corridors of the arena, where several fans became involved in head-to-head fighting.
Supporters backed away as a number of clashes broke out, throwing men to the ground and trading punches as staff and spectators tried to break them up.
Fighting broke out after Jake Paul’s victory over Nate Diaz on Saturday night in Dallas
Supporters backed away as scuffles broke out, with men thrown to the ground and punches exchanged
An elderly member of staff used a small board to hit one of the men fighting in the arena
An elderly member of staff used a small board to hit one of the fighters and several women also intervened before the violence subsided.
Previously at the first rank, film material captured by a bystander showed a spectator instigating Logan Paul into a fight.
Paul was seen in the clip angrily returning verbal fire as the action continued in the ring in the background.
Paul defeated Diaz in ten rounds by unanimous decision in the fight that took place in Dallas
Logan Paul got into a ringside altercation during brother Jake’s win
Paul was seen arguing with someone in the audience before a brawl broke out with a person waving a chair
The brawl quickly spread across the floor and one person could be seen attempting to swing a chair before it was wrestled away by another of them.
Security quickly intervened in an attempt to restore order when the parties involved crashed into a barricade, toppling it in the process.
Despite the distracting off-ring incident, Jake Paul delivered a confident performance in his first fight since losing to Tommy Fury in February.
Speaking after the fight, the 26-year-old took aim at Conor McGregor, claiming the Irishman “needs to go to rehab” but insisted he would rather work towards a fight with multi-weight boxing world champion Canelo Alvarez.