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MMA Fighting’s E. Casey Leydon was at the Diaz vs. Noons 2 open media workouts at the Crowne Plaza Ballroom with K.J. Noons, Josh Thomson and Sarah Kaufman in San Jose, Calif. on Wednesday.
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MMA Fighting’s E. Casey Leydon was at the Diaz vs. Noons 2 open media workouts at the Crowne Plaza Ballroom with K.J. Noons, Josh Thomson and Sarah Kaufman in San Jose, Calif. on Wednesday.
The long-awaited showdown between Strikeforce Welterweight Champion, Nick Diaz and KJ Noons will take place this Saturday, October 9th inside the HP Pavillion in San Jose, California and given the Jason “Mayhem” Miler/Diaz Brothers debacle that occurred live on CBS back in April, Strikeforce President Scott Coker is sparring no expense in hiring extra security. […]
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The long-awaited showdown between Strikeforce Welterweight Champion, Nick Diaz and KJ Noons will take place this Saturday, October 9th inside the HP Pavillion in San Jose, California and given the Jason “Mayhem” Miler/Diaz Brothers debacle that occurred live on CBS back in April, Strikeforce President Scott Coker is sparring no expense in hiring extra security. The stacked card which also features Marloes Coenen versus Sarah Kauffman for her Women’s Welterweight World Title and AKA fighter Josh Thomson against ATT’s Gesias “JZ” Calvancante will air live on Showtime (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast).
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This Saturday in San Jose, Strikeforce welterweight champion Nick Diaz will defend his belt against KJ Noons, the last fighter to defeat him. Diaz vs. Noons 1 took place at EliteXC: Renegade in November 2007; the fight was …
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This Saturday in San Jose, Strikeforce welterweight champion Nick Diaz will defend his belt against KJ Noons, the last fighter to defeat him. Diaz vs. Noons 1 took place at EliteXC: Renegade in November 2007; the fight was stopped due to cuts after the first round. Since their first meeting, Diaz has gone 7-0 (all wins by stoppage), with notable victories over Frank Shamrock, Scott Smith, Marius Zaromskis, and Hayato Sakurai. Noons has gone 4-0 since his win over Diaz, scoring knockouts against Yves Edwards and Jorge Gurgel.
It’s a rematch that needed to happen eventually, and most oddsmakers currently have Diaz at more than a 2-1 favorite, apparently based on Nick’s reputation and the fact that Noons is fighting in an unfamiliar weight class. The question is, will it look anything like their first meeting? In case you haven’t lately, check out the above video of their first fight. Let’s try to break it down…
Nick Diaz vs KJ Noons Despite KJ Noons looking better than ever, did you see him manhandle Jorge Gurgel? It wasn’t pretty for Gurgel, but Noons looked so damn crisp on his feet. There is nobody that boxes better than him in MMA. A great boxing style, yet unorthodox, but highly effective is Nick Diaz. […]
Despite KJ Noons looking better than ever, did you see him manhandle Jorge Gurgel? It wasn’t pretty for Gurgel, but Noons looked so damn crisp on his feet. There is nobody that boxes better than him in MMA. A great boxing style, yet unorthodox, but highly effective is Nick Diaz. This is the rematch of these two where Noons beat Diaz due to doctor stoppage on a deep cut. Nick had never lost due to cut at that point in his career. Noons had floored Diaz in that fight slightly stumbling him, more of a flash knockdown, but Diaz quickly protected himself and Noons let him up off the ground. The ground is not where Noons wants to be against Diaz. It was this stoppage that Noons won the up for grabs belt. After one title defense in Hawaii, there was after fight controversy when the Diaz brothers entered the ring during the interview and a fight broke out. After that, Noons took time off due to contract issues and was stripped of his new belt. In between then and now, Diaz five people and won the up for grabs belt against Lithuanian bad ass striker Marius Žaromskis. Since that fight Diaz beat Hayato “Mach” Sakurai quickly in 1 round in a DREAM matchup.
If you have been following this website for more than a few days, you know I’m picking Nick Diaz at any odds.
Sarah Kaufman is tough for anyone due to her size, strength, bad ass wrestling ability. If she gets on top the round has gone her way nearly every time. Coenen is a good stand up fighter, really good, and great off her back. The problem is that she will be on her back mostly with Kaufman’s take downs and ground and pound. Only if the odds are really favoring Kaufman, I like Coenen. I can’t see this being close to even, but if it is, Kaufman is the play.
Good to see JZ back in the cage/ring, however, Thomson is no joke. This shouldn’t be an easy fight for either of them. Of the two Thomson is the better striker and better wrestler, but Gesias has the power, and won’t be getting submitted. If this fight goes to a decision, which many of Cavalcante’s fights do, Thomson takes this on points. If it ends early Gesias is likely to be the winner. However, with history against Cavalcante, I like Thomson to get back on the winning streak.
Andre Galvao beat John Alessio with a sick armbar in DREAM. Try to find that on Youtube if you can. He got quick and against a salty veteran like Alessio that was no easy task. Tyron has a ton of potential. I think in his last fight in the Challenger series, if I remember correctly, his standup is really spotty, but his wrestling was really good and his submission defense/attempts were high. I like Galvao here.
(The Strikeforce Police will be a fixture at every event Nick Diaz is at)
Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker says that if a brawl erupts during the weigh-ins or main event bout of this Saturday’s event, the promotion will shoulder the blame this time around f…
(The Strikeforce Police will be a fixture at every event Nick Diaz is at)
Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker says that if a brawl erupts during the weigh-ins or main event bout of this Saturday’s event, the promotion will shoulder the blame this time around for not having the proper preventative measures in place.
Coker appeared yesterday on MMAFighting’s The MMA Hour and told host, Ariel Helwani that there will be plenty of precautions to ensure Nick Diaz and KJ Noons’ camps don’t throw down before or after their scheduled fight this weekend.
"I’ll tell you what – if we leave those two guys in a room alone, I think you know what’s going to happen," Coker said. "So it’s up to us – we’re going to have a wall of security there. We’ve brought extra police to handle the weigh-ins, the press conference and pretty much a wall of people will be there for the night of the fight. We have to take precautionary measures because these guys have this big feud – and it’s not just them, it’s their camps. We’re going to make sure that we host it properly, and part of that is adding extra security and police officers, and it’ll be fine."
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Looks like the intrepid journalists at Strikeforce Films had to go to the gym and pull a shirtless Nick Diaz out of a training session in order to actually get him on the record about…
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Looks like the intrepid journalists at Strikeforce Films had to go to the gym and pull a shirtless Nick Diaz out of a training session in order to actually get him on the record about his upcoming rematch with KJ Noons. This after Diaz no-showed the company’s media conference call on Tuesday, leaving Noons to answer everybody’s questions all by his lonesome. Maybe that was for the best actually, since the last time Strikeforce tried to put Diaz onto a conference call he was so “sleepy” he didn’t really know what was going on. Or Maybe the Diaz Bros are finally starting to realize that talking to the media shouldn’t be their main thing, given how much stupid shit they constantly say whenever they get the chance. No wait, sorry, they’re still totally into doing that.
Anyway, the result of SF Films’ effort is after the jump, and it’s pretty much what you would expect: Diaz continues act like he thinks of himself as a normal, happy-go-lucky guy who just can’t believe that all these assholes keep fucking with him.