Programming alert: Showtime to air 'Noons vs Diaz I' on Sept. 24 to promote upcoming rematch in San Jose

by Press Release on Sep 21, 2010 11:45 AM EDT

NEW YORK (Sept. 21, 2010) - In anticipation of their must-see grudge rematch on Saturday, Oct. 9, SHOWTIME® will re-air the memorable first fight between Nick Diaz and KJ Noons as part of an hour-long, multi-fight highlight package on SHO 2 beginning Friday, Sept. 24, at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).

The Diaz-Noons special, which features their original showdown along with three of Diaz's past fights and three of Noons' past fights, will also air on Tuesday, Sept. 28, at 10:10 p.m. ET/PT on SHO 2 immediately following an airing of Oscar-winning film The Hurt Locker. It will air again on Monday, Oct. 4, at 10 p.m. ET/PT on SHO2. The program will also be available On Demand beginning Sept. 24.

The first slugfest ended in bloody controversy when Noons won a disputed, first-round upset TKO over Diaz in a thrilling, give-and-take brawl, Nov. 7, 2007, on SHOWTIME. Both fighters have gone undefeated since their last meeting and bad blood between the brash fighters has only been growing.

Diaz-Noons II will be for Diaz's STRIKEFORCE World Welterweight Title in the main event of a sensational fight card at HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif., which will also feature Sarah Kaufman defending her STRIKEFORCE Women's Welterweight World Title against No. 1 contender Marloes Coenen.

The following Diaz and Noons fights, consisting of five knockouts and one submission, will also appear on the highlight video: Diaz vs. Thomas Denny (July 26, 2008), Diaz vs. Scott Smith (June 6, 2009), Diaz vs. Marius Zaromskis (Jan. 30, 2010), Noons vs. James Edson Berto (July 27, 2007), Noons vs. Yves Edwards (June 14, 2008) and Noons vs. Jorge Gurgel (Aug. 21, 2010).

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Whoa... Strikeforce doing a good job at marketing?

Nice to see!

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by TylerTreese on Sep 21, 2010 11:54 AM EDT reply actions

Is that question?

because it should be.

Are they doing a good job marketing? I haven’t seen any evidence of it yet. Playing the first fight won’t hurt – but they better have some more tools coming out of the war chest.

As we always suspected - Jackson's MMA secures another victory under suspicious circumstances. Freenow82 called it and is seldom wrong when pre diagnosing a Lay n Pray / Vaseline victory before it happens. Free 2 - BZ 3... I smell a come back.

by Bigger Zino on Sep 21, 2010 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions

Strikeforce has been doing MMA since 2006 only.

I think they are doing a fantastic job. The UFC was bankrupt after 8 years before Dana and the Fertitas resurrected it.

"NOBODY wants to fight Fedor." - Wanderlei Silva, former Pride MW Champion and GP winner

by freenow82 on Sep 21, 2010 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions

and they still lost money for four more years after that

by stak on Sep 21, 2010 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions

lol - thats right.

I love Scott Coker. But he’s fucking up of late. I dont know if he’s listening to M1 too much (or was) or where he’s getting his advice from but SF is on a slippery slope right now.

They need to do some more grass roots stuff and if need be keep the fights in SJ until he control his expenses.

by Bigger Zino on Sep 21, 2010 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions