THROWING HANDS
Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal don't fight for another month, but the action was well underway at their press conference on Thursday ... with "Gamebred" getting in the middle of a violent scuffle.
It all went down in Anaheim just minutes ago ... shortly after Diaz stormed off the stage without doing a ceremonial face-off with his opponent.

BMF TRASH TALK
It's unclear what sparked it all -- we're assuming trash talk -- but in a video of the fracas, Masvidal is shown slapping a man's hand down -- and then the fists started flying.