Court date set for fighter in domestic battery case

A grand jury decided not to indict UFC middleweight fighter Nick Diaz on a domestic battery charge, but prosecutors in Las Vegas have asked a judge to hear evidence and decide if he should stand trial anyway.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Diaz’s lawyer, Ross Goodman, argued Tuesday it was unfair to proceed after a grand jury rejected felony and misdemeanor charges including strangulation allegations against Diaz.

But a prosecutor told the judge he just gave the court a voluntary statement from the woman alleging she was attacked.

Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Amy Chelini scheduled an Aug. 30 preliminary hearing of evidence stemming from the May 24 arrest at a home in a few blocks west of the Las Vegas Strip.

Diaz remains free on $18,000 bail.

Mets’ Matz to be evaluated for forearm discomfort

New York Mets left-hander Steven Matz will be evaluated by doctors after experiencing forearm discomfort.

Manager Mickey Callaway said Wednesday that Matz reported the pain after he failed to get out of the first inning in Tuesday night’s 25-4 loss to the Washington Nationals.

Matz threw 32 pitches, faced 11 batters and allowed seven runs on eight hits. Callaway says the 27-year-old was experiencing tightness and a “dead arm.”

Callaway says: “Maybe he’s hitting a little bit of a wall right now.”

Matz is 5-9 with a 4.35 ERA in 21 starts this season. He struggled with elbow problems through most of 2017 before having season-ending surgery in August.

Matz has pitched 107 2/3 innings this season. His career high is 132 1/3 innings in 2016, and Callaway says the workload may be a factor.