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Strikeforce: Diaz vs Noons 2

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#1 ·
Date: Oct 09, 2010 10 PM EDT
Location: San Jose, California
Venue: HP Pavilion
Broadcast: Showtime​

MAIN CARD

* Champ Nick Diaz vs. K.J. Noons (for welterweight title)
* Champ Sarah Kaufman vs. Marloes Coenen (for female 135-pound title)
* Gesias "JZ" Cavalcante vs. Josh Thomson
* Andre Galvao vs. Tyron Woodley

PRELIMINARY CARD

* Bret Bergmark vs. James Terry
* Ron Keslar vs. Eric Lawson
* Jess Bouscal vs. Luis Mendoza
As expected Strikeforce welterweight champion Nick Diaz (22-7 MMA, 3-0 SF) and K.J. Noons (10-2 MMA, 2-0 SF) will fight at an Oct. 9 event at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.

Strikeforce spokesperson Mike Afromowitz today confirmed with the championship bout with MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) and said it'll serve as the night's main event.

The rematch, which is three years in the making, airs as part of the night's Showtime broadcast.

Tickets for the event, which features a co-headliner between Strikeforce women's welterweight champion Sarah Kaufman and challenger Marloes Coenen, are now on sale for Strikeforce Insiders.

Earlier today, MMAjunkie.com reported that Diaz vs. Noons was in the process of being finalized. Noons got the slot after middleweight Jason "Mayhem" Miller, welterweight Joe Riggs and a possibly soon-to-depart Jay Hieron were ruled out as potential opponents.

Noons set up the title fight after scoring a second-round TKO of Jorge Gurgel this past weekend at "Strikeforce: Houston." The victory was Noons' sixth straight going back to 2007, the year he upset Nick Diaz at "EliteXC: Renegade." Noons, who's also a professional boxer, battered Diaz and opened numerous facial cuts, which promoted a ringside physician to halt the bout after the first round.

EliteXC officials never were able to book the rematch, partially due to a contract dispute between Noons and the now-defunct promotion. But when Noons signed with Strikefore earlier this year, the wheels were set in motion.

However, that didn't keep Diaz from confronting Noons at a June 2008 event in Hawaii, when both fighters registered winners against separate fighters.

"Nick has no class, he's a bum, a piece of [expletive], and he and his team disrespected my family and I with their gestures and trash talk and tried to upstage my fight,'' stated Noons, whose camp nearly came to blows with Diaz's.

Since joining Strikeforce, Noons defeated Conor Heun (split decision) and Gurgel at lightweight and now moves up to welterweight to take on Diaz.

Diaz brings a seven-fight win streak of his own into the fight. After Strikeforce victories over Frank Shamrock (179 pounds), Scott Smith (180 pounds) and Marius Zaromskis (for the welterweight title), he went to Japan and submitted Hayato Sakurai at May's DREAM.14 event. Diaz, whose suspension due to his role in April's CBS-televised Strikeforce brawl will end by Oct. 9, now looks for his 12th win in 13 fights.
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Sarah Kaufman on being a female MMA fighter in Canada:


I would assume that everyone reading this is likely a MMA fan based on the fact that you are on a MMA website; however, it shocks me when I come across people (and I find them surprisingly often) who have heard of the UFC but NOT MMA. Doesn’t that seem insane?!? It’s the equivalent of knowing the NBA but not knowing that the sport is baseball…er basketball.

Even with highlights being shown on Sports Center and ESPN on a more regular basis, people are unaware of what a great sport MMA is. I’ll have people ask what I do and when I say, “I’m a professional MMA fighter,” I’ll often get a strange look. (Although the look could partially be due to the fact that I’m a female and I just said I’m a fighter.)

Often times, I can tell the look is of confusion, like in their head they’re thinking, “What the $&#^ is MMA?”

I try and explain it to them, “Well it is a mix of boxing, kickboxing, wrestling, grappling…where you fight standing or on the floor.”

Maybe I get a head nod, but normally they are still trying to figure out what I’m describing. Finally, I’ll resort to, “Have you seen the UFC?”

“Yea I’ve heard of/ seen that.”

My final response, “Well that’s MMA.”
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#77 ·
Damn Strikeforce under-paying their fighters, barely giving their top guys enough money to buy food. They need to start pumping more of their profits into the fighters salaries, it's a disgrace.......;)
 
#80 · (Edited)
lol aint that the truth?

Nah, in all seriousness, we hear more and more each day, between BOTH the UFC AND Strikeforce that guys are heavily underpaid, while a couple guys make total bank.

Shane Carwin getting 40k for UFC 116? (yes we all know it ended up being more, but he helped make A LOT more than that for the UFC)

I think Nick Diaz is seriously one of the best fighters in MMA outside of the UFC, and strikeforce should be trying harder to keep him happy. His problem is however becoming more media friendly and more of a "proper public image" for CBS.

Strikeforce I think should be trying harder to get the GSP-esque guys who are great ambassadors for the sport, because of the whole CBS deal, yet they dont seem to care about getting guys who can be marketable AND entertaining. Though I will say Jason "Mayhem" Miller is a pretty good choice. (He doesnt do anything too bad for national TV-usually-)

It goes both way with Diaz, he needs to clean up his image a bit for Strikeforce, and Strikeforce needs to put some money/trust behind a guy who has been one of their best fighters for years.
 
#79 ·
Diaz vs Noons Made of Hate

http://www.mmareligion.com/site2/?p=986




by Jason Kelly

Fresh off the rivalry of Donald Cerrone and Jamie Varner, MMA fans get another hate filled battle on October 9th when a pissed off Nick Diaz will try to avenge his loss to the arrogant, and spiteful, KJ Noons.

The controversial Nick Diaz doesn’t need motive to be pissed off at anyone, that’s a given, although hating Noons is fairly easy to do as it is. Diaz obviously wants to avenge his failure, and Noons talking smack encourages Diaz, but Noons is detested because of the arrogant way he carries himself, the “I’m better than you are” smirk that’s constantly on display, also his thoughts of superiority which are false. Let’s face it; he produces results but one fleeting look at Noons could make an individual loathe him, he’s the Keanu Reeves of MMA.

Diaz wanted this rematch since he was defeated by Noons due to a laceration on Diaz’s face, and so have I. In typical Diaz fashion, he and his entourage confronted Noons after Noons conquered Yves Edwards in the debunked EliteXC. Diaz and company rushed the cage taunting Noons as well as Noons father Carl with obscenities and middle fingers, which quickly escalated to the Diaz brothers entering the cage for the shoving to commence. Noons on the other hand went about his taunting differently, accompanying Bas Rutten and Kenny Rice on Inside MMA where he flaunted a photograph of Nick Diaz’s face following their first fight, and recently calling out Diaz at a Strikeforce press conference by using what is becoming Diaz’s coined phrase “Don’t be scared Homie!”.

Noons’ desires were approved and we get to observe it this Saturday. This doesn’t have many similarities with their first fight besides the combatants involved. Their initial bout was at 155 pounds, a weight I think Diaz performed horrible at, his comfort weight is clearly the welterweight division, he’s fought and succeeded from 155 to 185 but his best performances are at 170. Noons increasing from 155 to 170 for this championship encounter isn’t as detrimental to his game as it is for Diaz to drop to 155, making me believe Diaz will execute better and Noons will perform as usual. While Diaz enjoys showcasing his boxing, I think he’d be best to parade his Cesar Gracie BJJ black belt.

I love watching Diaz’s reckless, effective, in your face style of boxing but, the head up hands down method could result in Diaz getting knocked out brutally. Noons began boxing at the age of 6, he crossed over from boxing to MMA and is so confident in his boxing skills his camp is currently talking to Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather for a boxing match; not the guy you want to toy with on your feet. Diaz can try to play with Noons’ mind by taunting him early in the fight, then drag his ass to the ground for a clinic on gogoplatas and triangles, even though Noons trains diligently in the grappling department, playing with Diaz’s ground game is not the world KJ wants to visit.

Whether you hate KJ Noons or not, you have to respect his skills. The same way Diaz infuriates people with his antics, his fight game cannot be omitted. As much as Diaz appears to be an emotional fighter, I tend to think he is an intelligent fighter and when he is dishing his trash talk while adding his fists; it’s not negatively affecting his game. Diaz’s dilemma is proving a point, meaning he might try to prove he is a better striker than Noons, he’s been on a roll lately with wins over Marius Zaromskis and Scott Smith that were very impressive and Noons hasn’t lost since 2007, looking better with each win. When the cage door closes this Saturday in San Jose you’ll be able to cut the tension with a knife, each fighter will embrace the war and the fireworks will begin, now it’s a matter of who will fight the smarter fight and be the victor, if Nick Diaz wants to continue his climb up the welterweight mountain and silence KJ Noons, he must win decisively. On that note, let’s see what a Cesar Gracie black belt can do to arguably the best boxer in Strikeforce’s 155 and 170 pound divisions.
 
#85 ·


MAIN CARD

* Champ Nick Diaz (169.5) vs. K.J. Noons (169)
* Gesias "JZ" Cavalcante (155.75) vs. Josh Thomson (155.25)
* Champ Sarah Kaufman (134.25) vs. Marloes Coenen (134)
* Andre Galvao (170.5) vs. Tyron Woodley (170.5)

PRELIMINARY CARD

* David Marshall (169.5) vs. James Terry (170)
* Ron Keslar (180) vs. Josh McDonald (179)
* Jess Bouscal (154.25) vs. Luis Mendoza (155)
 
#89 ·
This is a fight that I think if it ends in the first half its Noons if it goes deeper than that Diaz will eventually get it to the ground and most likely choke Noons out. IMO this ends two ways either Noons via KO or Diaz via RNC.
 
#101 ·
Galvao was badly rocked basically the entire fight.



If only frank wasn't there.
I was thinking that watching the first fight he really doesn't blend well and he seem out of place like he is fighting for airtime. The technical aspects he is discussing is the stuff Frank ussually does but Pat does it better. Problem is that it leaves Frank with nothing to say.
 
#111 ·
I was thinking shit these guys should be expecting this shit by now and realize they are gonna be shown and know when they are on camera.

is Coenen kinda good looking minus the ears? i cant tell.....lol


I think she is kinda cute.
 
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