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Report: Nick Diaz vs. Thomas Denny booked for July 26

June 24, 2008 by Adam Morgan  

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That’s right, ladies and gentlemen. Noons vs. Diaz appears to be definitely not happening according to Sherdog. Instead, Thomas “Wildman” Denny has been booked to fight Nick Diaz in Stockton, CA. on July 26:

The former King of the Cage champion has agreed to face resident troublemaker Nick Diaz in his hometown of Stockton, Calif. on EliteXC’s second CBS-televised card at the Stockton Arena on July 26. Contracts are expected to be inked Tuesday.

My feeling is that Denny is just a filler opponent before Diaz fights Noons for the EliteXC title. Denny is a fighter who likes fighting on the ground and doesn’t pose too much of a problem for Diaz on his feet. Diaz is better at every facet of MMA than Denny. As long as Diaz doesn’t take him lightly this shouldn’t be too much of a test.

I do, however, wonder why Noons vs. Diaz isn’t taking place. Gary Shaw trotted Diaz out to the center of the cage after Noons’ last victory to hype up a fight between the two and now all the hype they created has been killed by this fight announcement of Denny vs. Diaz. Hopefully some answers will come to light.

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7 Responses to “Report: Nick Diaz vs. Thomas Denny booked for July 26”

  1. HexRei on June 24th, 2008 12:22 pm

    WAR DIAZ

  2. woooburn on June 24th, 2008 12:28 pm

    “I do, however, wonder why Noons vs. Diaz isn’t taking place.”

    saving that fight for the next cbs card, maybe? arent there already several proposed title fights on the next one?

  3. Rich S. on June 24th, 2008 12:55 pm

    well, so much for Diaz/Mach being back on..

  4. aaron babb on June 24th, 2008 3:06 pm

    In fairness. Neither Gary nor Jared Shaw were in Hawaii at the last card. It was the Thompson guy from Icon Sport that put Diaz in the cage. They talked about it on Inside MMA last Friday.

  5. cagecenter.blogspot on June 24th, 2008 3:41 pm

    This really irks the heck out of me ….. I was actually excited to see a EXC fight. I wonder why they went through all the hype to book this crap? Is it just to make Diaz look good ? Its obvious he is Gary’s boy. He is the perfect fighter for Shaw. Shaw will milk Diaz for all he is worth then move on with us left feeling greasy. Shaw will milk any angle good or bad as long as he is making money. This is not good for them they had some buzz going with just about all the fans…now this junk …. I am sure glad its free cause I wouldnt be paying …

  6. Punishark on June 25th, 2008 12:03 pm

    Here’s the presale information just sent out from Stockton Insider - http://link.paciolan.com/viewmsg.cfm?n35047s327c43023t333

  7. Brent on June 25th, 2008 9:18 pm

    god i hope Diaz loses…. would be hilarious

    “i take this very seriously…”

    overweight by 9 lbs… oops

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