Planned Thomson vs. Noons match for April 11 Strikeforce show falls through

Come April 11, Strikeforce will have its lightweight champion Josh Thomson fighting on their first card on Showtime but it will not be against EliteXC lightweight champion K.J. Noons. Speaking on MMA Weekly Radio, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker said that Noons would instead focus on his boxing career for the time being rather than accepting a fight with Thomson. The April 11 card will be broadcast live... [Read More...]

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K.J. Noons says he’s a free agent, EliteXC says otherwise

K.J. Noons was stripped of the EliteXC lightweight title almost a month ago after not coming to terms with EliteXC on a possible title defense against Nick Diaz. The promotion wanted to schedule Noons vs. Diaz for their October 4 EliteXC “Heat” show on CBS. Noons refused to defend the title against Nick Diaz and cited several reasons, including the fact that he felt Diaz wasn’t the... [Read More...]

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K.J. Noons given until today to make decision about future with EliteXC

MMA Junkie spoke with K.J. Noons on Sunday to get his reaction to being stripped of EliteXC’s 160 lbs. title. Noons indicated that he’d been given a deadline of today, the 22nd of September, to make a decision whether or not he wants to fight again under the EliteXC banner. “We were given until Monday, and we’re figuring it all out today. I’ll make a statement tomorrow... [Read More...]

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K.J. Noons stripped of EliteXC lightweight title

EliteXC announced late Friday that K.J. Noons has been stripped of the promotion’s lightweight title. The company is citing Noons’ refusal to defend the title against Nick Diaz during CBS and EliteXC’s upcoming “Saturday Night Fights” show on Oct. 4 as the reason behind the decision. “We are stripping K.J. of his championship belt for refusing to defend against Diaz,’’... [Read More...]

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Nick Diaz’s camp responds to K.J. Noons

GracieFighter.com, a website owned and operated by Cesar Gracie, the trainer for Nick Diaz, has issued a point-by-point response to a recent statement released by K.J. Noons regarding his recent fallout with EliteXC and his decision not to accept a title defense vs. Diaz during the promotion’s next show on CBS on Oct. 4. In a week of explosive statements, the tone of the response from Gracie’s... [Read More...]

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K.J. Noons releases explosive statement regarding EliteXC

K.J. Noons sent out a mass email yesterday to a lot of the major MMA websites to tell his side of the story regarding the canceled Nick Diaz fight on CBS on October 4. According to Noons his decision to not fight Nick Diaz has nothing to do with Diaz himself and everything to do with the way EliteXC has treated him. He is not a happy camper and it’s pretty easy to see why he feels the way he... [Read More...]

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Report: Noons vs. Diaz rematch officially off

It looks as if we won’t be seeing that K.J. Noons vs. Nick Diaz rematch on the October EliteXC card after all. There has been a lot of jabbering between the two sides in the past couple of days and according to MMA Rated, the bout is now officially off of the October 4 EliteXC card on CBS: It was hoped that both sides would reach some sort of agreement but, according to EliteXC VP Jared Shaw,... [Read More...]

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EliteXC’s Shaw won’t rule out stripping Noons of title

FiveOuncesOfPain.com contacted EliteXC Vice President Jared Shaw soon after learning that Mark Dion, the manager for EliteXC lightweight K.J. Noons, had no intention of responding to a 8 p.m. ET deadline on Thursday imposed by the promotion. As a part of the deadline, EliteXC was demanding that Noons’ camp issue a formal response to a bout offer to fight Nick Diaz in a featured bout to be televised... [Read More...]

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If Noons doesn’t accept fight vs. Diaz, he should be stripped of lightweight title

The recent controversy surrounding K.J. Noons and his camp’s refusal to respond to offers for him to defend his EliteXC lightweight title vs. Nick Diaz on Oct. 4 is rather perplexing for two reasons. First, the lack of communication from Noons just doesn’t sound like him. From a journalistic standpoint, my experience in covering Noons has always been extremely positive. In fact, he’s... [Read More...]

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Jared Shaw: If Noons doesn’t fight Diaz it will be “the biggest mismanagement of an athlete’s career you will ever see.” (UPDATED)

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... [Read More...]

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Nick Diaz vs. K.J. Noons rematch in jeopardy?

MMA Weekly spoke with EliteXC vice president Jared Shaw and it looks like the long-awaited K.J. Noons vs. Nick Diaz title rematch could be in jeopardy. The promotion wanted to include the fight as part of their October show on CBS but it appears that Noons’ management has no interest in the bout: According to EliteXC vice president Jared Shaw, the promotion has tried to make the fight happen... [Read More...]

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