Diaz and Noons: The Constant Soap Opera

In watching this recent debacle evolve, it has been blatantly apparent to me that Nick Diaz and K.J. Noons will fit nicely into their roles on the upcoming season of "The Young and the Restless." EliteXC's latest soap opera has apparently come to an end, at least for the time being. I dedicate this post to informing those who are....uninformed....of exactly what has been going on over the last couple weeks.

It all began on the EliteXC Renegade card, November 11, 2007. K.J. Noons defeated Nick Diaz via Doctor Stoppage due to cuts at 5:00 of the first round. K.J. fought the perfect fight. He prevented the fight from going to the ground, and beat up Nick Diaz.

Following this beating, Nick Diaz sought out a plastic surgeon to repair a considerable amount of scar tissue around his eyes, in order to hopefully prevent another future stoppage due to cuts. Amidst all this, Kit Cope (Diaz's good friend and training partner) sent this message to Noons: "You're not even in the same league. You're luckier than a dog with two peckers."

Soon thereafter, the website GracieFighter.com accused Noons of refusing a rematch with Diaz. It posted the following:

KJ Noons has refused a rematch with Nick Diaz. Noons won the EliteXC title after defeating Diaz by doctor’s stoppage due to a cut. Diaz subsequently went in for plastic surgery after a specialist determined that the sharpness of the bones above his eyes would lead to more cuts and make it impossible for him to pursue a successful MMA career. The surgery was a complete success.

EliteXC suggested a rematch just as the UFC had when Vitor Belfort defeated Randy Couture for their title due to a cut, however KJ and his camp have now responded that they do not want anything to do with a rematch. Diaz will still be fighting at the event against another EliteXC fighter, most likely Muhsin Corbbrey (6-2).

Noons then stated,

First of all, I didn't dodge anybody. Whoever is the best, I want to fight them. As a champion, you can't decline who you want to fight. You only have one option as to who you're going to fight, and that's the best. Whoever the best is, that’s who I have to fight. In regard to a rematch with Nick, that would be a great pay day for me. Unfortunately, he’s not the best. As for Nick, of course he’s going to get a rematch in the future,” Noons commented. “They created a weight division for this guy (and) he’s such a big crybaby. Eventually they are going to be able to rebuild him and of course he’s going to get a rematch but he’s not the best right now. So I’d love an easy pay day. If he deserves a rematch right now, what about my rematch with Krazy Horse? I’d love a rematch with Krazy Horse and I’ve won a few fights so I think I’m more deserving than someone like Diaz in regards to getting a rematch right now. As far as declining the fight, I don’t decline fights. You don’t get an option as champion to decline a fight. You’re only option is to fight the best.

Just wait. It gets better.

Diaz's retort was:

Noons is a little (expletive) and it doesn’t even matter what I am thinking about him because we are not fighting. Noons won on a cut. He is only a paper champion. His days are numbered.

Diaz went on to get a match with Muhsin Corbbrey, and on the same card, Noons defended his title against Yves Edwards. Immediately after the fight, this all transpired.

Nick Diaz then made this statement in an interview with Yahoo Sports, regarding what transpires in the cage after the Noons fight:

I’m not a punk and I don’t start (expletive),” Diaz said. “They brought me to the cage to do an interview about the rematch. I was doing my job. I didn’t go in there like some crazy psycho (expletive). It wasn’t staged. But it was all because of this (expletive) poser.

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