Jared Shaw: If Noons doesn’t fight Diaz it will be “the biggest mismanagement of an athlete’s career you will ever see.” (UPDATED)
August 20, 2008 by Adam Morgan
Jared Shaw is apparently on the media warpath today, going to great lengths to trash K.J. Noons’ management team and drag their names through the mud. Earlier today he talked to MMA Weekly regarding the matter and now he’s got more to say to MMA Junkie:
“I’m sitting here and I’m drinking from a carton of milk right now,” Shaw said. “And the EliteXC lightweight champion KJ Noons’ face is on the back of this milk carton because he’s missing in action. I can’t seem to find him.”
“When [Noons' camp] wants to track us down and tell us how Nick Diaz isn’t the right fight for them — or they want more money, or they want this out of their contract, or this and that — they’re easy to get a hold of,” Shaw said. “But to actually make the fight? Impossible.
“And then when he’s 1-1, get him right back into a main event situation for the world championship against Nick Diaz, the legend who beat Gomi, how are you going to say that we’re not trying to help your kid? What more opportunity could we give the kid?”
“There’s a spot for KJ Noons to face Nick Diaz on the Oct 4. card,” Shaw said. “If this fight doesn’t go off then this a textbook case in business law of harbor. It would be called the KJ Noons case. It will be the biggest mismanagement of an athlete’s career you will ever see. This is a chance to maximize his exposure right now.”
Wow. Them’s fightin’ words. But I, for once, have to agree with Shaw here. Noons at least owes EliteXC a phone call wouldn’t you think? He is, after all, their current champion and they do have a right to know why he’s not defending the title when they ask him to. I don’t know if this is all Noons or if this is all Mark Dion or if it’s half and half but it’s unprofessional of them not to let EliteXC know what’s going on with their current 160 lbs. champion. Expect plenty more of this from EliteXC and Shaw until they have some answers from Noons.
Update: EliteXC Vice President Jared Shaw has been quoted as saying that the promotion has delivered a contract to Noons to defend vs. Diaz on Oct. 4 and that he has until 8 p.m. ET on Thursday to respond to the offer.
Jared Shaw is a joke. He should be a carnival barker…Why should KJ fight a guy he kicked the sh!t out of just because dude has a big mouth?
XC is a wrestling promotion at its worst, and a piss poor MMA promotion at its best.
I wouldn’t call a stoppage over a cut “kicking the shit out of him”. Diaz looked no worse vs Gomi and he managed to Gogoplata that guy. And Gomi is a hell of a lot more talented than Noons. Know why Noons doesn’t want to fight Diaz agains “tallsforeverybody”? Because he’s afraid he will lose.
Also “tallsforeverybody”, how does asking Noons to fight Diaz again make XC a bad promotion? UFC and Pride asked fighters to have rematches sometimes multiple times, and a lot of those fights ended in a much more decisive fashion than the Diaz-Noons fight (Wandy vs Rampage, Randy vs Chuck, Tito vs Ken, Sakuraba vs Wandy just to name a few)
Kj noons is the champ, so he does have a little leverage or negotiating power to request certain things, such as when, where and who he wants to fight. That being said, he also has any obligation to talk to the organization that gave him a shot at being champ. Noons needs to atleast make a call, explain what problem he has and atleast allow elite any opportunity to discuss the match up. Noons is the champ and Diaz is the number 1 contender. I can’t wait to see noons response to shaw. This should be a great story. Either way, a noons c diaz fight will be awesome. But i dont see diaz getting he’s belt back until he starts to fight a more strategic fight. Lately he’s been going out happy to eat punches and looking for a highlight ko. If he does that against noons, i see noons tko again and diaz running hes mouth and going over seas to fight in dream again.
obviously.. Noons IS dodging Diaz..
he says he’s not dodging, he just wants to fight the best, but then, Diaz becomes the best.. so, what’s his excuse now? exactly.
he KNOWS that Diaz was his biggest victory to date.. and was his most skilled/talented/fierce opponent with MAYBE the exception of Yves [which was just a fluke, i mean, 10 times outta 10, Yves beats Noons much like GSP/Serra IMO]
he knows Diaz is determined.
he knows Diaz is angry.
he knows Diaz is hungry.
he knows Diaz has KO power.
and he knows Diaz has a better ground game than he could ever DREAM of having.
Therefore, he doesn’t want any part of Diaz..
Noons, if you don’t want Diaz, you best change weight classes, or get the hell out of EXC.. because Nick Diaz is your ONLY possible opponent right now.. Yves would need 1 more fight to get a rematch, MAYBE two.. and after Yves and Nick, there’s NO ONE left in the division [deserving of a title shot, that is]
Solution!!!!
Strip the belt from noons.
Set up a eddie alvarez v nick diaz fight. Eddie alvarez is a big draw and should get a lot of fan interest, especially after his domination at the dream tournament.
Than winner should face noons. No way noons fails to accept this fight. If he does, hes a dush and should be forced to sit out the remainder of his contract unable to compete anywhere else, severely damaging his career!!!
i love it. looks like a quote from the dana white mma promoter training manual. shaw is right though, this fight needs to happen. if noons doesn’t step up and answer the call, he’s ducking diaz big time.
anything “severely damaging” the career of KJ Noons is a go in my book.
Why is Diaz so DESERVING of a rematch????? Cumbrey and Denny he has wins over???? And deserves another title shot??? How the hell did he become top contender???? Are ther THREE MEMBERS in teh 160 lb division(Cumbrey, Denny and Diaz????). Really, how about fighting Berto or Yves edwards.
I know the Shaws designed a weight class around Diaz and basically ask how high when he comes a calling. The Shaws are such a joke and have no business being in mma promotions. is that how you treat a title holder???? Maybe there are reasons. We are ONLY hearing the loudmouths(Shaw) side of things here
So fightfan, how did Noons earn his shot at Diaz anyway then? his single win over Edson Berto, following being KO’ed by Krazy horse? that 1-1 record in EXC is what earned him that shot against Diaz? Then I certainly don’t see why Diaz hasn’t earned a rematch (following that lame-duck win via cut) by his victory over Corbrey. It’s not like Edson Berto has ever beaten anyone who matters.
krazy horse needs to get back in there and fight diaz. alvarez fights noons. berto fights cobrey. winner of diaz/bennett fights winner of berto cobrey. that winner fights winner of alvarez/noons. but who cares? that’s in a perfect world, and elitexc’s world is FAR from perfect. out of biz by mid ‘09!
Crazy horse, is he still fighting? I though i saw him on cops!!! Cobrey??? He isnt even in the picture. Now alvarez would mop diaz and noons! But i would love to watch alvarez v diaz or alvarez v noons! Bring it on shaw! Make it happen!!!
This sounds almost as *DODGE*y as the Randy vs Big Nog fight that should have been.
i’m trying to resist the urge to pass judgement on noons before i find out the facts but it does look very suspiciously like he’s running scared.
this is the perfect fight for noons right now; there are obvious question marks regarding the first fight- nick diaz is a very slow starter and there’s nothing in my mind that tells me he couldnt have gone on and won that fight if they’d allowed it to continue- he’s proved he can do this time and time again. if noons takes this fight and wins decisively then his stock goes sky high.
there is a huge contingent who believe a focussed diaz will dismantle noons so what an opportunity for noons to prove us wrong and deliver a fight of the year candidate.
oh and fightfan; it’s not always who deserves a title shot but which fight will provide ratings, and lets face it; elite xc are desperate for a big show this october.
Noons is a fake champion. Kid is such a pussy.
Step up and fight a real fighter like Diaz coward.
Fightfan, Noons fought Yves after Diaz!!! So use the same math problem used with Diaz after a loss to Noons! He needs at least 1 victory more to justify it!! I want to see Diaz eat punches for 2 rnds then armbar his pompous ass outta nowhere
This whole thing is probably about money. Noon’s agent wants more money to fight Diaz again because it’s going to be a big draw, and on CBS. This will work itself out.
Now you know why the UFC holds these guys under contract.
If, say BJ Penn suddenly decided he didn’t want to fight a certain fight, and Dana White and the Fertitta bros agreed that the fight would be good for both money and the sport, he would probably HAVE to fight it, or lose the title and possibly his contract would be null and void.
Now in this new world of “Free agents” that everyone seems to be lauding, you can’t blame fighters for pretty much saying “Screw you, I want to fight someone who I haven’t fought recently” and they have the right and power to do so.
Good or bad, both situations exist. You decide for yourself which you like better.
For the “greater good” of EXC, Noons should take this bout. His only other option would be to request a fight against Eddie Alvarez. Problem is that Eddie wants to fight Hellboy Hanson before the year is up.
I hope KJ ends up fighting Nick on 10/4/08. It would a good fight to say the least. EXC needs all the help they can get right now.
Diaz deserves the shot if only for the fact that the division was created for him.
THAT BELT RIGHTFULLY BELONGS TO HIM!
Something like this really shows how shallow the EliteXC fight pool is. If you combine the lack of talent the promotion has, how shaky their business model is, how bad they need that Oct 4th show to succeed, and how stressed they are financially, they need ALL THE HELP they can get with this show….including a big Noons/Diaz fight. They literally have no other options.
Noons needs to get his head on striaght….not the right fight? It’s either this fight for a decent payday and exposure or fighting as a bottom feeder in the UFC after Elitexc goes out of business.
It is kind of funny though because it shows the level of panic at Elitexc. CroCop was doing the same thing after a couple losses and it wasn’t really brought up much, unless White was asked. Elitexc can’t get ahold of their champ, and the VP goes out to the media and throws a hissy fit. Rightfully so though, given their situation.
I’ve said this before and will say it here. I like the way this guy is forcing KJ to step up. But if you watch this guy (Jared Shaw aka Gary Shaw’s son) in action, you cant but help and see that he reminds you of a slimy snake oil salesman. Last time he was on Inside MMA with Kimbo, you never saw such fawning and man love for a fighter than you did with him and Kimbo. It even looked like it made some of the other guys a wee bit uncomftable.Also if you watch after Kimbo’s last fight, Jared was one of the first ones in the cage rushing over to ol Kimbo, and he was definitely worried. I would be willing to wager he is one of the reasons why Kimbo is getting fed cans if not the main reason. O well, what fun.
Noons is a bitch. He wants nothing to do with Diaz - in the cage or in the street.
Dana White owes Jared a thank you note because Jared’s style makes White look like a dipomat.
Hey rbk you sound like an idiot. When are they gonna fight on the street? You must have heard something the rest of us didn’t as to why he’s supposedly refusing to talk to EliteXc.
Why doesn’t everyone really take a look at this situation!!! If I am the world champion….why do I need to prove myself again and fight Diaz when he hasn’t proven anything his last two fights were pathetic, Diaz was out of shape and couldn’t catch his breath towards the end of his last fight and before that he was over weight for the previous fight!!!! Thats an athlete?!?!?! Not in my eyes!!! Jared Shaw is a made the 160lb class so that Diaz could win, well the under estimated Noons and he kicked Diaz ass look at the pictures!!!!! KJ kas nothing to prove if you want him to fight JARED SHAW STOP BEING A PUSSY AND PAY THE GUY IS MONEY!!!! You obviously are a poor business man. And the fact your “employers” allowed the DIAZ family in the ring after NOONS’ fight was in poor taste, if you watch the videos NATE DIAZ was being a bitch and talking shit to Mr Noons…..then threw a bottle which luckily didnt hit anyone’s in NOONS’ corner….and the DIAZ BROTHERS RAN AWAY!!!! I HOPE SHAW WAKES UP AND REALIZES THE ATHLETE HE HAS IN NOONS ….PAY HIM THE MONEY AND NOONS WILL KICK DIAZ’S ASS AGAIN!!!!!!
Noons You are a Bitch! Suburban white boy who took-up mma as a hobbie. Learned a few basics and recieved more then a fortunate break to fight for a living in national T.V - Now he relizes hes way over his head! Stay nice and comfy in your lame ass San Deigo gym where you belong and flirt with your ditzy cardio-boxing bitches as you show-off for them, re-canting your “glorious days” as sub-par fighter! Wait a minute, “sub-par” fighter is honestly giving you too much credit. YOU know it and I know it. I can only DREAM to get a fish like you in the ring/cage with me!
David Ali - Oakland, CA (Kings Gym)