Filed under: Strikeforce
The Strikeforce welterweight title fight pitting Nick Diaz against KJ Noons marks one of those rare instances when a fighter wins the first match convincingly, comes back for a rematch without losing any fights in between, and is still a decided underdog.
Noons, it seems, is fighting both Diaz and public perception, yet his first victory over Diaz in November 2007 shouldn’t be completely discounted. Many people seem eager to forget the specifics of the fight, instead focusing on the fact that Noons won by cut stoppage after one round. Through time, that result has been skewed as fluky or unjust, but that doesn’t erase the fact that Noons decidedly outgunned Diaz on their feet for the entire five minutes of action.