Former Elite XC lightweight champion KJ Noons once again had a lot to say about his arch nemesis Nick Diaz in a recent on PWB’s Official Podcast Hotline with Lex and Ian.
Noons defeated Diaz by first round technical knockout at Elite XC: “Renegade” in November of last year in the promotion’s inaugural division title fight. The 160-pound affair was stopped after the first round by a cageside doctor who would not allow Diaz to continue with at least two gushing gashes on his face.
Diaz stormed out of the cage shortly thereafter.
It was believed he would eventually get a rematch because of the way the fight ended. But the rematch never went down. Some people figured the less experienced Noons didn’t want to face the more talented Diaz again for fear of losing his title, but Noons tells a different story:
“The number one reason why it didn’t happen was because they wanted to pay me three times less money than the guy I beat the crap out of…I had defended my title successfully, and they wanted me to fight him, which I was perfectly fine with. It was built up, all the drama, behind the scenes … they wanted to pay me three times less money and I told them to go screw themselves.”
Noons’ performance against Diaz was without a doubt impressive — he was easily ahead in the fight when it was stopped. But the fact that it ended on a cut never sat right with the fans or Elite XC … and virtually everyone wanted the rematch to happen.
Noons, on the other hand, felt like he put a beating on Diaz and that the Stockton native didn’t deserve another title shot yet. And it’s not like Noons had a cupcake in his first title defense either. Yves Edwards was a heavy favorite and brought in a ton more experience, but KJ took him out … impressively.
Then he called out Eddie Alvarez, one of the fastest rising prospects in the world — but that still wasn’t good enough for Elite XC. The promotion wanted the Diaz rematch. And when the two parties couldn’t agree, Noons was stripped of his belt. Again, KJ tells another story:
“I wrote them a letter telling them I would give them the belt back, and in the return they don’t say anything about that and they strip me of the belt, acting like they are taking away from me. If you’re gonna treat your champ like that, I don’t want to be your champ.”
Now that the two fighters are apparently free agents with Elite XC going down, there are plenty of opportunities for them to fight each other elsewhere. And Noons is certainly not downplaying a rematch:
“I think it would be a great fight…as long as it makes sense, if any promotion wants to do it, let’s make it happen, call me up…”
And the fallout from the demise of Elite XC continues …
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Ha ha, i guess he’s getting tons of offers since he was a highly regarded light weight champ in EliteXC.
True! But I want this rematch so bad I can’t think straight! Both fighters under a TON of pressure on this one. Wow, talk about some bragging rights.
There is only one diaz that can back up the talk with skill nowadays and that’s nate. Nick’s time has passed. No point to rematch.
WHAT! Nick’s time has passed??/
Nick wanted the rematch, no, Nick never wanted the first fight to be stopped. This is a fight I want to see, not because KJ deserves it, but I wanna see what Nick will do to him. This was back when Nick was still taking a beating purposely and still winning or losing because of cuts. KJ noons would not win the rematch, but it’s not going to happen anyways, and I’ll tell you why. DION. KJ works out at the very prestigious City Box. you know, they have tons of fighters that are world mma champions. LOL that was sarcasm! he better find better management or switch camps/managers, because dana will not deal with dion. For those of you who don’t know, he’s the reason Vera took a year off. My advice to noons, go box or something, but if you do get the rematch, expect Nick to rip your arm off and make a new bong to smoke out of!
I’m surprised by this and the comment you made below. Do you really see Noons as a viable commodity for the UFC? I most certainly don’t. And may I ask how you think Nick’s time has passe?
rematch, expect Nick to rip your arm off and make a new bong to smoke out of!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!
Right? Nick is 25 years old. If his “time has passed” than you are only a year or two away from you death bed. Since when was being 25 too young. Take a look at the fighters on this season of TUF. You’d be surprised to see how many of them are more than 25 years old.
Also, the death bed joke was just an exaggerated joke to make a point. Sorry if I offended at all…
Of course he wants a rematch now that their promotion has finished swirling the bowl.
Very sad that i use to be like you guys. Watching him fail at shooting takedowns on noons, squeeking by m-fin’ Aina, and taking more than two rounds to finish Denny and Mushin. No guys, just no. Alvarez will kill him and if he fight Mach at Dynamite he will get killed for sure. My his “time has passed” comment was in regards to the Nick diaz hype. His skills have fallen very short since the gomi fight.
VM,Phil- This is the last straw in terms of Kj’s image amonst the a majority of the fans.first of all calling eddie out in the middle of his wedding is ridiculous that is incredibly disrespectful and then demanded elite xc to force eddie to fight and revolve his personal life around KJ schedule. also its really unprofessional to duck a fight for lame excuses with no real foundation to them. he claimed alot of thing didnt happen and yet Pro elite was able to prove otherwise and in the manner which he carried that out was very childish. KJ is just as much as irresponsible as Dion for not taking the initiave in to his own hands and now to make matters more ridiculous, after digging up every excuse in the book to not fight Diaz, he now goes out and is trying to call out diaz to a rematch saying he has always wanted the fight to happen..SPECIALLY now, after Elite XC has fallen thru, where the chances of the fight happening now are dramatically slim and knowing the chances are they will be in two different orgs. that to me is the most cowardly thing ever that like a kid in high school fighting you..fight get s seperated by teachers and say he whooped your ass and then he moves to a different school.
lol, good comparison santiago, I agree on all points. I remember one time a kid hit me in school, knowing I had a basketball game that night, knowing I wouldn’t hit him bac. (all over the fact that his girlfriend gave me a BJ and swallowed). What he wasn’t expecting is me waiting for him by the fence, off school grounds right after school. It was the longest “street fight” ever, I literally mounted him in 15 seconds, and then spent 6 or 7 minutes punching and elbowing his face. His dad was a state cop and was so disappointed in his son that they didn’t press charges. Sad thing is, he didn’t move and I never let him forget the fact that I could kick the shit out of him anytime I wanted..and yes I boned his girlfriend out of spite after that!
did you enjoy “mounting him”?
LMAO to bw and Kevin…so kevin he wouldnt have been mad at you if she didnt swallow? lol man ive had those fight before they suck but the rush is so amazing once you look back on it. i remember my brother, a friend and myself got into it with bosnians guys in school. that scrap is still talked about..its been 5 years since it happen and teachers and the other underclassmen still talk about it.
yeah but kevin is a little older (like myself) so im assuming that he is talking about being in school 20 years ago when nobody knew what a “mount”was and even the most experienced of mma fighters did’nt start using elbows until the last 6 or 7 years? im calling a “marlon sims” on him.
I agree totally with ur post santiago69us.. and kev.. good work.. losers complain.. and whine.. winners fuck the prom.. and beat up the loser who thinks he’s the shit.. Good Work!
it was more like 14-15 years ago and I didn’t know it was a mount, but it came natural. my mom was pissed because my elbow was f*cked up due to hitting the street a few times (scraped up bad is what I mean).
oh and B.w. go rewatch an old van damme film (movie) he uses elbows. muay tai isn’t 7 years old man!
KEVIN (AKA….MARLON SIMS). just poking a little fun at you. no harm meant. btw, did you go for a gogo in that fight? shenanigans!
yes kevin please change your name one more time to kevin sims
He said it was just one guy, not 12.
right, I wasn’t beating up the soccer team while banging all their girls, although I probably could have. just sharing a story, as we all have!
I hope Dana signs Noons to a 1 fight deal. Then signs Diaz to a 1 fight deal for 3x what he paid KJ.
lol…just mean. id rather not see the fight to be honest its been played out too long and KJ just doesnt want it..he pretend he does for face sake. but i just want to see diaz in the UFC again.
he will crush diaz again
yeah tko himself via “no show”. then submit him with a “ima gogo for a boxing career plata”
Lets see them both on tuf and watch the DRAMA unfold uh!!!
KJ who? I thought he wanted to go back to boxing!
A rematch wouldnt be much different than the first fight! It would just be more of Noons dropping Diaz left & right!
KJ Noons = A bird
Diaz via 2nd round submission if they rematch
C’mon Dana, get these guys signed so we can witness the “King” get owned and dethroned!
And Diaz, never mind pawing with this guy, take him down and make him tap!
Oh, Dana will sign him in the future. Not so sure about diaz though.
do you honestly think KJ could fight in the ufc’s light weight div.? I think he would get wiped out at either LW or WW.
Obviously he can’t right now but you can’t be delusional. For someone with just 5 fights he took out Diaz and Yves. That says a lot. After he gets more fights, he can make it in the UFC.
UFC should make loser leaves town match…winner gets contract
Kj Noons fucking sucks…..
people are still talkin about this vagina? im tired of hearing his excuses about this and that someone just needs to put his whiny ass to sleep so maybe hell shut the f*** up for a good 2 minutes.
I never understood why Nick likes to stand and bang. He should be taking every opponent down and looking for submissions, use that boxing only to setup the takedown.
Because he wants to knock you the F**K OUT!!!
KJ picked Diaz apart. He didn’t have a single mark on his face. Diaz is a good boxer, but he can’t knock anybody out. Also, he was trying to take KJ down. Unfortunately, he got stuffed each time. You might not like JK for whatever reason, but he tore Nick up and knocked out Yves like a champ. He takes care of business. Instead of a Diaz rematch, I want to see a Crazyhorse rematch.
This is a perfect example of how terrible this guy’s agent Mark Dion is. They offered him the fight for network television and he didn’t take it! That’s terrible advice, at least try to get your name into more households. It’s very few fighters that have the ability to say they fought on network tv. Now, when it’s a marginal match at best in UFC, Dream, WVR he’s trying to cash in? Is this guy a moron? It’s not a PPV draw, you’ll most likely be making way less money now anyways and you don’t get to keep the belt.
KJ is a complete ass.
If he wants to start talking trash about money, well look at the basics. Diaz has been in the fight game for a much longer period than Noons. He’s made fans and enemies. Of course he is making more bank for a fight. It’s like Rashad refusing to give Liddell a rematch, because he makes no where near as much money. This guy has totally lost his marbles.
Some of these fighters are making the worst decisions possible. No one is going to pay this dude to watch him fight Diaz. Diaz is going to be hard pressed to make the money he was making with Elite.
I’m with Scott… KJ who? Oh right, the dude that walked away from the belt so he wouldn’t have to fight Nate Diaz on CBS. I think I remember him…
and diaz will still probably make alot more money than k.j., no matter what promotion or who is actually the better fighter. nick is still the bigger name and the bigger draw.
The UFC would be wise to pick both of them up and and match them against eachother in there first fight.
The fight has appeal to the hardcore fans, and they can use the whole story with EliteXC and all that to sell it to the casuals.
Can’t say it wouldn’t be a draw for the UFC either.
Why risk picking up a fighter like Noons..who has not appeal other than a rematch with diaz.second of all Dana wouldnt put up with the BS whinning that KJ has been pouring out and 3rd of UFC is to high caliber in terms of proffesion. NO paper champions..fighter fight the fightsd they are offering. NO ducking fight and then calling out people after a company has folded knowing the chances of the fight happening are very slim. PUSSY
It would be a draw for UFC, but only because most UFC fans still hold Diaz in high regard. No pun intended.
like i said the fight would be the only initiative for UFC to get KJ signed, but it wouldn’t be enough for the UFC to really make an offer in reality. id watch the rematch for sure. but i could live without it as well. diaz doesnt need to prove anything to us anymore in regards of KJ. KJ shot himself in the foot and now we all see thru the paper champion. Diaz doesnt need to put himself in the same category as KJ anymore.
KJ Noons is a bitch. He calls out Nick Diaz AFTER EliteXC goes under.
Haha that’s what’s so funny. The dude sucks and knows that no one is gonna pick him up, let alone for the money he wants, and now he’s just trying to hype himself up. He thinks he’s a hot shot because he cut Diaz, he thinks he deserves more for something like that, what an idiot. Way to talk yourself out of your belt. Tool
Its funny that everyone blames Noons himself. He has to do pretty much what his agent wants him to do. Your agent is supposed to be the one you trust and listen too. He probably did want to fight Diaz. He really did kick Diaz ass. It was only one round.. but Diaz was totally losing. How many times do you need to get punched in your face before you try to block it, or maybe, just maybe, move?
It sucks that fighters have to be the ones to take all the shit when it is up to the agent to make the fights happen. Noons is a good fighter. He has beaten some good guys. Its just a matter of people getting past the fact that his agent wanted him to take other fights. Its not just about what the fans want to see. They have to be smart about it.
If and when they fight again… I see the same outcome. Diaz will try to be a bad ass and knock him out, but it wont happen. He will get punished again. If he takes it to the ground.. he could submit him.. I just dont think he would do that.
Now he wants the rematch he should of fought him when they offed him the rematch now their is no more elite xc and he wants the rematch he just wants a job now and is hoping some one will sing him so now he’ll do anything!
Why the heck would ANYONE hire this prick? He was barely known in exc, he wins one fight against Diaz, and then goes all diva? Turning down rematches constantly, demanding higher pay amongst other things?
Dana and everyone else should stay away from this prick — the way he turned down the Diaz rematch constantly after Diaz fought him was despicable. How about returning the favour fucker? Fuck him.
Now that exc is dead he wants the rematch? NOW?!? Now that his piece of shit career is dead. The Diaz camp shouldn’t give this shit a rematch – ignore him – just remember how he dodged your guy after your guy gave him an opportunity of a lifetime.
My fav. is the comment about writing a letter to give back his belt! What was he thinking he was breaking up with his High School boyfriend? You don’t write a letter! you call a f*cking press conference/meeting and you drop that shit in Shaw’s lap. Its like listening to an argument about who broke up with who first. high school musical 4 is where you’ll KJ next.
Noons, right or wrong, f*ck you anyway. You should’ve beat him like a red headed step child (again)and took that resume to the UFC for a job app. once the determination is made as to who owns the contracts.
wow this guy is a flat out liar that keeps changing his story. If he wasn’t being paid enough to face Diaz then how is the same payday enough to fight Alvarez? He’s afraid, there’s nothing more to it.