KJ Noons is ready for his Strikeforce return and a run at the lightweight title
by Jesse Holland on Dec 18, 2009 10:27 AM EST
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"I knew what was out there and I wanted to commit to Strikeforce. They have a lot of shows coming up and a lot of good things going for them and I have a past with Scott Coker. I fought for him as a teenager 11 years ago when we were doing Muay Thai kickboxing and it's so cool to see him become so successful. Who would have thought it would have become so big? Now today it's one of the biggest promotions out there on Showtime and CBS and that's what I'm ready for. If they want to give me a number one contender or champion or whatever they think is going to be best, I’m training and ready to fight. I'll let my performances speak for themselves. I know Nick Diaz is somewhere in my future but right now my goal is to become the lightweight champion, put on great fights and hopefully become a successful two sport athlete and win a title in two sports."
Former Elite XC lightweight champion and professional boxer KJ Noons checks in with MMAmania.com prior to the Dec. 19 "Evolution" event from the San Jose-based Strikeforce promotion. Noons competed five times as a boxer in 2009 racking up an impressive 4-1 record before agreeing to a return to mixed martial arts under the Strikeforce banner. The San Diego native will be paying close attention to the outcome of Saturday's Thomson vs. Melendez main event as he awaits his debut opponent for a 2010 card -- but also knows a rematch with Nick Diaz is somewhere in his future. Can "King Karl" continue to be a force in the world of cage fighting? Or has the "Evolution" of MMA left him running to catch up?
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I don’t like him but I don’t hate him like most. Most guys on this site are fans of punks like the Diaz brothers and Cowboy. Or Dan Hardy. Did you know he’s a fighter? 99% of the posts to follow will be ragging KJ for ducking Nick.
Get over it.
by fenderacoustic (formerly wAyNe) on Dec 18, 2009 10:51 AM EST up reply actions
Or flaming me
because I think the Diaz brothers are punks.
Get over it.
by fenderacoustic (formerly wAyNe) on Dec 18, 2009 10:52 AM EST up reply actions
I don't mind watching KJ fight.
His dad is a dick, but that has nothing to do with KJ. He is another middle tier contender for SF. Nothing wrong with that. I also wouldn’t mind seeing the rematch with Diaz, just to shut KJ up.
I don't mind watching Noons fight either
Especially the fight with Krazy Horse Bennet, loved watching that fight. Any fight that ends with Noons sleeping is a good fight
by domino effect on Dec 18, 2009 11:13 AM EST up reply actions
HUGE SUPPORTER OF NOONS
I actually like all the guys who won the PRIDE auditions. But mainly i like what’ve seen from him so far. I think he would carve up Diaz again in a rematch. Stylistically horrible for him. His hands though below average for boxers are much higher level than most MMA fighters. And i always mention in Noons posts that he has a very hot sister.
by NNR (formerly NameNotRequired) on Dec 18, 2009 6:27 PM EST up reply actions
Haha same here
Krazy Horse was always one of the funniest MMAsts, so it was great to see him of all people knock that dick out. I can’t stand KJ, he damn well ducked Nick and is only coming back to MMA because he failed as a boxer. I can’t stand that arrogant prick and he has no chance at ever winning a LW title again, both Gilbert and Josh would smash him easily.
War Diaz Bros and Dan Hardy, fuck KJ the fight ducker.
"If you’re a fight fan, I don’t know how you don’t think that that card is a great card…." Dana White on UFC 108
20%: Percentage of MMAManiacs buying UFC 108 (I guess the other 80% aren't "real fight fans" according to Dana)
no theyre just straight thugs
can tell they didnt go to school much. I like them though
dude.....i am
I understand what you’re saying, but really, that’s just who they are. You can’t cool down an act unless you act like someone you’re really not. For example, I grew up in the hood but I was supposed to be the smart kid who finds his way out of it. Good grades in school, teachers loved me…to put it bluntly, I was a dork.
But I still am who I am. People have come up to me, old teachers and family, and they’ve stated their dissapointment because I still speak with that hood mentality and I was the soft mothafucka back in the day.
The Diaz’…unfortunately for some fans, refuse to act out of their character. They are who they are and I appreciate them for it.
by manof34holds on Dec 18, 2009 12:12 PM EST up reply actions
I actually resent that, man. “Evolve” is like saying that one culture is better than the other.
by manof34holds on Dec 18, 2009 12:39 PM EST up reply actions
‘Evolve’ shouldn’t and doesn’t imply directionality (i.e. one is better than the other). I think OJR is just saying that their life has changed, and they are business men and athletes now. They should behave in a professional manner.
Myth: Three Americans die every year from rabies. Fact: Four Americans die every year die from rabies.
I’m of the position that they don’t just put on a dumb act, but are truely that dumb. Some of the shit they say can’t be ‘faked’. Rashad acts ‘street’ sometimes but still seems to be an intelligent person…so it can be done.
Myth: Three Americans die every year from rabies. Fact: Four Americans die every year die from rabies.
Man, you're soft
Come and get me over the internetz
I act “white” (no offense please. it’s just a term) for work too. But my job doesn’t consist of bashing fools in the face with my elbows. We can try to defend MMA and say it’s a gentleman’s sport and this and that, but it’s not. Are there gentleman in the sport? Oh yeah! Of course! We have some great thinkers, speakers, and athletes in mma but it’s a man’s sport. And part of being a man is being a brutal dumbass.
by manof34holds on Dec 18, 2009 2:49 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t take offense to the term ‘white’…but it’s funny you gave a guy shit for saying ‘evolve’ because it was offensive. I take offense to double standards.
Myth: Three Americans die every year from rabies. Fact: Four Americans die every year die from rabies.
No double standard because I’m not stating that acting that way is any better or worse like one would say with the word “evolve.”
by manof34holds on Dec 18, 2009 3:38 PM EST up reply actions
For me, all it boils down to is that, in general, Americans have a perceived way that we should all talk and speak. We should enunciate our E’s and R’s. We should follow certain rules. Ettiquette. Etc…What we fail to realize is that there are countless mini-cultures within this system and for the people within that culture, from the outside looking in, it feels like us vs. them. Brown vs. white. So when we have to act outside our norm to fit in with the way people want us to act, we use the slang phrase “acting white.” If there were a young caucasion male wearing Sean John or Fubu and saying shit like, “Aww yeah, homie. Nawwwaddimean? We be chillin’ , yo” Etc etc etc…he’s speaking afroamerican vernacular english…basically, he’s talkin’ black.
So we can deny it all we want, but there are definitely different ways that people speak in this country and a big part of that has to do with skin color.
MM_h, evolution is a survival of the fittest. Meaning, the better species survived. So i apologize if I mistook that when I read it. I stated I was offended and he’s since explained himself. We really don’t need to go any further into it.
Survival of the fittest by means of adaptation, not evolution. Anyways. I agree, we don’t have to go further. I said what I wanted about the Diaz bros. I don’t care how they talk to be honest, I care about what they say. There is a difference, and they just don’t seem bright to me. We all have our favourite and ‘not favourite’ fighter personalities (I say personality because no matter what I think of them as people, they are talented fighters). I will still watch them fight in the future, although I may mute the pre and post fight interviews.
Myth: Three Americans die every year from rabies. Fact: Four Americans die every year die from rabies.
I like your posts so don't take my disagreeing with you as an attack, manof34holds.
I don’t attach speech patterns or slang to specific shades of skin. I am pretty sure that linguistic experts have proven that people use language according to region and educational background.
I can guarantee you that an African American man raised in a wealthy society and with a decent education will not use any slang in his employment.
As a result, I think that your POV is incorrect and not backed up by any hard, scientific research. It sounds more like a generalization, which is based on opinion and usually without any merit.
As far as evolution in a societal context…I think (just my opinion and not fact) that as you grow older and wiser, you should learn to adapt to your environment in order to achieve your short term / long term goals.
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