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Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Noons 2 Fighter Salaries

Filed under: Strikeforce, NewsMMAFighting.com has the disclosed fighter purses for this past Saturday’s Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Noons 2 event from the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.

The highest earners according to the California state athletic commiss…

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MMAFighting.com has the disclosed fighter purses for this past Saturday’s Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Noons 2 event from the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.

The highest earners according to the California state athletic commission were Nick Diaz and Josh Thomson, who each walked away with a $50,000 purse with no win bonus listed. All other winners on the card were listed with win bonuses.

The official attendance was 7,559 for a gate of $528,446.50.

Full reported salaries are below.

Even More ‘Diaz vs. Noons II’ Aftermath Notes: Scoring Corrections, the Diaz/Mayhem Water Bottle Incident

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Just because there were no major screw-ups during Saturday’s Strikeforce show, doesn’t mean they didn’t get a couple of minor details wrong. Case in point: the CompuStrike numbers that c…

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Just because there were no major screw-ups during Saturday’s Strikeforce show, doesn’t mean they didn’t get a couple of minor details wrong. Case in point: the CompuStrike numbers that came back after the Diaz vs. Noons main event. Was anybody else shocked to learn that KJ Noons actually outstruck Nick Diaz 310-194, and landed a full 51% of his strikes? It seemed to us that Diaz was controlling the standup exchanges pretty clearly. As it turns out, CompuStrike incorrectly reported the strike totals from the fight, due to a "glitch" in their system; the real totals are above. There, now you can rest easily knowing that the decision was fair and your eyes did not deceive you.

Now, moving onto judging errors…

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Diaz vs. Noons 2 Results

Filed under: Strikeforce, ResultsFanHouse has Diaz vs. Noons 2 results for all of the Oct. 9 Strikeforce fights, plus Strikeforce coverage from San Jose, live blogs of all the fights and live Strikeforce twitter updates.

In the main event, Nick Diaz w…

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Nick Diaz vs. KJ Noons will be the main event for Strikeforce: Nick Diaz vs. KJ Noons 2.FanHouse has Diaz vs. Noons 2 results for all of the Oct. 9 Strikeforce fights, plus Strikeforce coverage from San Jose, live blogs of all the fights and live Strikeforce twitter updates.

In the main event, Nick Diaz will battle KJ Noons for the Strikeforce welterweight title. Also on the card, Sarah Kaufman will square off against Marloes Coenen for the Strikeforce women’s welterweight title.

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Grudge Over, Both Nick Diaz and KJ Noons Prove Their Points

Filed under: StrikeforceIt took three years, two fights, two promotions, an in-ring brawl and the memorable “Don’t be scared, homie” catch phrase for Nick Diaz to get a chance to prove his point. All along, he said he was the better man, that KJ Noons …

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It took three years, two fights, two promotions, an in-ring brawl and the memorable “Don’t be scared, homie” catch phrase for Nick Diaz to get a chance to prove his point. All along, he said he was the better man, that KJ Noons had only won their first fight in Nov. 2007 because of scar tissue that caused his skin to rip open.

At the time, Diaz was so angry at the doctor’s stoppage that he climbed up the cage’s chain links, hopped over the side and escaped back to his dressing room. For a year, it seemed the rematch would happen, only it never did. For a time, Diaz had given up on it, believing he’d never get his chance to right the perceived wrong.

Somehow, Noons became the guy who won by a lucky cut, as if he hadn’t roughed up Diaz over the five minutes they fought. Somehow, it had become a fluke. The public came to view Noons as the guy who took his win and ran away, choosing to chase a boxing career instead of granting Diaz a rematch.

In the end, Diaz vs. Noons II offered redemption for both.

Diaz vs. Noons II Aftermath: Strikeforce Doesn’t Screw Up Too Bad, Which Feels Like a Major Accomplishment

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That’s about as good as Strikeforce can do it, right there. America’s bridesmaid MMA promotion – typically cited for ineptness more than greatness – pu…


(Anybody can do a punchface. That’s kid stuff. PicProps: Strikeforce)

That’s about as good as Strikeforce can do it, right there. America’s bridesmaid MMA promotion – typically cited for ineptness more than greatness – put on its best show in some time on Saturday night in San Jose. Nick Diaz and KJ Noons slogged through an exciting, if a bit repetitive, five-round main event that left Noons with a broken jaw and hand and Diaz bloodied, but still clinging to his welterweight title. The homies even looked like true homies after the final horn, hugging it out at the center of the cage. Meanwhile, Marloes Coenen appeared tall and capable in taking the women’s 135-pound belt off Sarah Kaufman, while Josh Thomson slipped by JZ Cavalcante, but once again proved that his main, main thing is making declarative statements and calling fools out.

Did the quality of the broadcast still leave a lot to be desired? Sure, Jim Ross, it always does. But at this point we’re focusing on the positives. Like the bitch mom from “American Beauty” we feel like grabbing Strikeforce by its rosy cheeks this morning and announcing: “You didn’t even screw up once!” Now on to the particulars.

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Nick Diaz Beats KJ Noons to Retain Strikeforce Belt

Filed under: Strikeforce, NewsThree years after being bloodied and beaten in their first fight, Nick Diaz got his revenge against the last man to defeat him, KJ Noons, winning a unanimous decision and retaining his Strikeforce welterweight title on Sat…

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Nick Diaz keeps his Strikeforce welterweight belt with a win over KJ Noons.Three years after being bloodied and beaten in their first fight, Nick Diaz got his revenge against the last man to defeat him, KJ Noons, winning a unanimous decision and retaining his Strikeforce welterweight title on Saturday night.

Diaz was bloodied this time, too, but he was also the more effective fighter for 25 minutes of hard-charging action, weathering some hard punches from Noons and landing plenty of punches of his own. At the end of the fight, which was billed as a grudge match, Diaz and Noons exchanged a hug. They had earned each other’s respect.

“I beat this guy on the ground or standing up,” Diaz said afterward. “I’ll beat this guy in a boxing match but I’ll also tap him out on the ground. … I just want to display my skills to the world because I can do it all.”