UFC's Nate Diaz on docket for Wednesday's Nevada commission hearing

Will Nate Diaz get a break like UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor did? We’ll find out at Wednesday’s Nevada State Athletic Commission meeting, which is scheduled for noon ET (9 a.m. PT) in Las Vegas.

The NSAC released its agenda for the April 12 meeting, and it includes Diaz’s “hearing on proposed adjudication agreement.”

Diaz (19-11 MMA, 14-9 UFC), who had beaten then-featherweight champion McGregor (20-3 MMA, 8-1 UFC) in a non-title welterweight bout at UFC 196 in March 2016, suffered a majority-decision loss in the August 2016 rematch at UFC 202.

However, prior to that non-title rematch, McGregor and Diaz were involved in a press-conference melee. During the Las Vegas media event, Diaz left the dais prematurely before ultimately tossing and exchanging water bottles and energy-drink cans – and some verbal jabs – with McGregor during a frantic scene.

The NSAC initially fined McGregor $150,000 (5 percent of his $3 million fight purse/”show” money), and they issued him 50 hours of community service. (NSAC Chairman Anthony Marnell later clarified McGregor was actually fined just $75,000 – and that the other $75,000 was determined to be the value of public-service announcements McGregor agreed to do.)

The initial punishment didn’t go over well with McGregor, who petitioned for a judicial review.

On March 22, the commission reduced McGregor’s fine to $25,000 and his community service to 25 hours. Afterward, Marnell told MMAjunkie that “what’s fair is fair” (check out the video above) and that Diaz would also get a chance for a lightened punishment.

Diaz initially was fined $50,000 and issued 50 hours of community service. On Wednesday he should find out if those penalties will be reduced.

Since that UFC 202 loss, Diaz hasn’t fought, and he’s vowed not to return to the octagon without a much bigger payday. UFC President Dana White recently claimed the fighter has turned down multiple fights, which prompted a fiery online response from Diaz.

McGregor, meanwhile, followed his UFC 202 win over Diaz with a lightweight title win over Eddie Alvarez in November. The Irishman was ultimately stripped of the featherweight belt and now holds just the lightweight title. However, he’s currently on the sidelines, awaiting the birth of his first child and angling for a potential pay-per-view blockbuster boxing bout with boxer Floyd Mayweather.

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