No one knows this but EliteXC held an event last night in which KJ Noons successfully defended his title against Yves Edwards.
Noons (7-2), defending his title for the first time since upsetting Nick Diaz for the first-ever EliteXC 160-pound belt in November, stormed through veteran Yves Edwards (34-14-3), flooring his opponent with a stiff right and following with a frantic barrage of punches and elbows to force a TKO stoppage just 48 seconds into the opening round.
Noons landed a right hand flush to Edwards' jaw, and after an explosive follow-up of strikes, the stoppage came just seconds later. Edwards had no excuses for the lightning-quick loss.
"He's the man; there's not much I can say," Edwards said. "He just whooped my ass. He dropped me, and I was out. I don't remember [anything]."
Immediately after the fight, EliteXC officials brought to the ring Nick Diaz (17-7), who used a boxing-heavy game plan to score a third-round TKO of Muhsin Corbbrey (8-3) in the preceding fight. Not to mention Diaz came into the fight 9 pounds overweight. After announcing the two fighters would meet again at a future event, the trash-talking and shoving began. Noons charged after Diaz, and then members of the two camps (including Noons' father and Nick's brother, Nate Diaz) briefly clashed before security restored order.
Gary Shaw wants EliteXC to turn into the WWE with more story lines and soapbox drama than actual fighting. I was really looking forward to this organization bringing some good fights but Shaw is more interested in playing a game with Dana White than taking his product seriously.
It's a mockery of discipline. Gina Carrano comes in 4.5 lbs overweight 2 weeks ago and now Nick Diaz shows up 9 lbs overweight. This organization is an absolute carnival and charade, not MMA. Once their poster boy Kimbo Slice loses the organization will be done.
Kimbo seems to be a good guy and is really trying but he's not good enough to carry an entire organization, especially when all the other fighters are other companies cast offs.
Good luck EliteXC, you're gonna need it.
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2 comments:
Its such a fuckin joke that I don't even pay it any attention. 9lbs overweight....now thats a true professional for you. I hope someone comes along and knocks Nicks fuckin retarded speaking brother Nates head off. What a little fuckin retarded punk. I hate both those motherfuckers!
This weight thing is getting out of hand now. 9 lbs overweight. That is a joke. First the chick shows up 4 lbs over( didn't bother me too much cause she is Hot.. :)), then you get Matt Hughes losing to Andre the Giant, now this dingleberry shows up 9 lbs over.
You show up over....Done..you should be suspended for minium 6 months. There is so much money involved in these fights that if someone who is in a main event or a part of a ppv can't find the time to lay of the White Castle then they are out!!
I do feel guilty telling these people to lose weight when I got a basketball stuck in my gut.
Go Tito!!
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