KJ Noons: EliteXC Never Promoted or Took Care of Me as Their Champion
EliteXC lightweight champion KJ Noons, who last week declined a proposed title defense against top contender Nick Diaz, has issued the following statement commenting on his recent public feud with EliteXC:
Noons vs Diaz or Noons vs EliteXC?
It is not about being scared to fight Diaz, who I previously defeated, it is about the fight I am currently in with Elite XC regarding my career.
I would first like to address all the false allegations and insults from Jared Shaw, aka $kala, VP of Elite XC. You will see why I am so disgusted of how Elite XC treated me and how it applies to this proposed fight and my career.
$kala says:
Honor my contract. Elite XC wants to talk about honoring the contract. How about when Elite XC honored the contract and my pay to fight Edson Berto went down after I lost my first fight. That was not part of my contract. Or how about the contract Gary Shaw breached by not promoting my boxing career? Gary Shaw only gave me one out of four of the agreed upon fights. I have not boxed for over a year. When I signed with Elite XC, I was promised they would promote both my boxing and MMA careers. I could have signed with another MMA only company, but I wanted to box too.
Elite XC does me a favor after I lose, by putting me on the first ShoXC against Edson Berto? Berto’s father is good friends with Jared’s father, Gary Shaw who wants Berto’s brother on a boxing contract. Berto was the next guy Elite XC wanted to build. But I win that fight and now I am 1-1. Elite XC gives me an opportunity to fight Diaz. Elite XC puts me against Diaz because Elite XC’s roster was so light and there was nobody else to fight him.
Elite XC creates a new weight class for Diaz because he beat Gomi. Giving Diaz a belt and creating a weight division (160) he can make, will make your belt legit. Sorry to ruin Elite XC’s plans and beat him.
Elite XC never promoted or took care of me as their champion.
Examples:
In the Elite XC’s DVD where Diaz and I fought there are two (2) baseball cards of Diaz and Kimbo. Hello! I won the fight and Elite XC’s promoting Diaz after I beat him? Or how about the day Elite XC flew Diaz in to do a signing on the DVD where he lost. Wow, that must have been uncomfortable Nick? Signing a DVD, and it is a fight that you lost. Why wasn’t I flown in for the signing?
Elite XC has never promoted me on either of their websites, EliteXC or Pro-Elite.
Elite XC offered me a fight on the first CBS show, but only if I signed a new long-term contract. Instead of promoting their best fighters on CBS, you have to be on a long term contract for them to promote you. That was not our deal.
Consider when Elite XC gives a couple thousand tickets away at their CBS show in Stockton.
Elite XC gives me a hard time about comping me one extra ticket for my cousin that helped me train for my fight. I only get four tickets per show. I am the main event in Honolulu, my home town! I did not ask for any tickets for my family and friends and they gave me a hard time about one extra ticket!
Or how about when Elite XC brought Diaz into the ring after my last victory in Hawaii to disrespect me and my family.
Chuck Champion (President Elite XC) threatens me, my family and my manager with lawsuits and how he’s going to sue me. HAHA. Pretty hard to sue a guy who does not make jack with your company. I’m glad $kala disclosed how much I make, which breached the confidentiality clause of the contract. I will break down the real numbers for you. I am the defending world champ, I have been the main event for Elite XC three out of four times on Showtime. In almost two years I have made approximately $83,000?
After paying my trainers and managers fee, I have $50,000 thousand. After taxes, probably 30 grand. Divide that by two years for $15,000 thousand a year. Divide by 52 weeks that amounts to approximately $300 a week. I do not know anybody that can survive on that amount of money. My buddies make more money than that in a couple days being a bus boy or bar back. And yes you can argue I should fight more. Elite XC doesn’t give me fights or promote me, they ice me. Gary Shaw Productions only gave me one of the agreed upon four fights per the boxing contract.
And I do not want to ramble on about all the little small stuff that I can keep going on about. But the straw that broke the camel’s back is they want me to fight Diaz for the second time. Diaz is not the number one contender and they are paying Diaz three times more money than me. Diaz complained after the Stockton fight, he was not paid enough. How do you think that made me feel? Yes you can argue that Diaz gets more for the draw, therefore I do not deserve as much compensation. If that is the case, it is a result of Elite XC terrible job promoting me. Instead of promoting me as their champ and upcoming athlete, Elite XC has resented me for ruining their plans to make Diaz their champ. That is just total disrespect. So it comes down to money and what is fair. I am tired of being bent over by Elite XC with no Vaseline.
I am right when I say Diaz is not the number one contender. Elite XC is trying to force this fight for their ratings. Eddie Alaverez is the number one contender and anybody with half a brain knows that a fight with Eddie is a way harder fight for me than Diaz. I will fight Diaz, but Elite has to be fair. I’m not ducking Diaz, why the hell would I be scared of someone I already beat.
With that being said, I am going to focus on my boxing career. I can make more money doing 6 and 8 rounders every other month and make more than I did being the Elite XC defending world champ. At least I will be able to sleep at night and be able to look myself in the mirror everyday. That right there is worth more than $300 bucks a week or fighting a guy I cannot stand for less money than him the second time around.
Will the Diaz fight happen, yes. Will the fight happen on Elite XC on October 4, 2008, probably not. The way things are being run by Chuck Champion, a guy whose history is newspapers, not fighting, and $kala, someone who talks a lot of game, but has never put on a pair of gloves, never stepped in a ring or cage. $kala has had everything handed to him with a silver spoon from daddy. Does anyone else but me think $kala just wants to be famous and stir up all this dirty laundry? I guess any publicity is good publicity. When I think about it, it has been good promotion for their October card since nobody is talking about it until you bring up the Noons vs. Diaz match up.
Before I end, I would like to thank my team, my trainers and workout partners for helping me prepare for my fights hours every day. I would like to also thank my manager Mark Dion for standing behind my decision making. I want to be a fighter who is not doing whatever I am being told like some kind of mindless puppet.
Thanks for hearing my side.
K.J. NOONS
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Stripper music should be played with every NOONS story as that is what should happen to him.
Noons is the biggest coward in the history of the sport.. what an embarrassment..
hey noons …..
You are a **** . Plain and simple . They should fire you now and save the hassles . Unfortunately this will also help spell the end for elite xc as they really dont have anything going . Wheres Cung le ? wheres the fighters you said were coming ?They have two champions who dont really deserve to be in silva and noons due to drugs and cowardness . Hey noons . just get your penis removed and wear a dress ok honey ?
Dear KJ
I hate you and think your ducking Diaz and frankly you are just overrated………….but
If you kick $kala’s little wigger arse from pillar to post i will become a fully fledged KJ Noons fan boy.
Your sincerely Wolf
please Crazyhorse…come to Elite XC and kill KJ Noons and Diaz. I’ll even give you some free glue to sniff. If I wanted to see Elite XC **** on display, it would be Gina’s…not KJ or Nicks.
hey wolf whats a wigger you punk a$$ lil b1tch?you dont like skala or white boys from the hood. by the way wigger is an extension of n1gger and you should be slapped.try using that lingo to someones face instead of the net,****
I’m Black, happy ?
Do we have to get in to some stupid race row.
Skala is a **** end of
And to add to my response
Why don’t you Dis me to my face instead of the net………..
****ing hypocrite
Me again are you $kala or his only fan boy ?
screw this guy when he beats someone whos actually halfway decent then mayb ill care bout ur sob story ur hawaiian u should b like bj lickin ur opponents blood off ur gloves
Noons in the ufc
would be a good gatekeeper
Noons does not impress me one bit got beat sorry KO’D by a journey man beat a past his best Edwards and won via cit against Diaz.
Where the hell is going to after Elite ?
I can not see the UFC signing for any other reason than spite as he would get out classed by most in the UFC and who will he fight in Affliction after Horodecki & Hominick.who will both beat him.
Skala cracks be up how the hell can you take him serious he looks as street & cool as Big Bird.
I’m with you Wolf i hope Noons gives him hiding
I meant “cut” that was awfully close to clit !
Kj noon’s is not championship worthy after this crap( or even before really ).I had never heard of him before the diaz fight anyways . time to strike him from the books and start fresh ……. lets see diaz vs jz calvancante for the belt in December . theres a fight …… not a noons fag-fest . If he didnt want to get paid so little why didnt noons become a gay porn star because he sure does suck !!!!!
I saw the Noon/Diaz fight and despite what hatred people have for him he picked Diaz apart and I think it would happen again, the guys an excellent striker. Its also interesting to see people defending Elitexc’s point of view, they suck.
i’m sure the truth lies somewhere in the middle on this one. they obviously couldn’t come out and say he’s ducking diaz so some of this is their spin. but if all the facts check out, it’s a pretty compelling argument. and with the few times i’ve had to stomach jared shaws bull****, i’m inclined to think that he’s a big enough douchebag to have done alot of that stuff. shaw’s a freakin joke, i could see dana eating that guy alive in a mma discussion. plus, and this is my own thing, but i saw him wearing two watches and that just bugs me. he is to mma what boy bands are to hip hop.
Diaz has changed who he spars with since the incident. He has also shaved down the orbital bones to prevent the cuts from reopening. I know Noons technically got the victory but he would have to work harder than Gomi to beat him again. Noons down in the third unless its a title fight than its the 5th.
I never saw the Noons – Diaz fight. If Noons did win the fight over Diaz, then I’d like to see what else he can do. Is Eddie Alvarez a part of EliteXC? I know he was a part of Dream. Why would he leave Dream to be a part of Elite? As far as Noons is concerned, he signed a contract to fight for EliteXC and he should keep his word. When that contract is done, then he would be free to go elsewhere. If EliteXC isn’t living up to their end of the contract, then he could always take them to court. So the answer is simple – fight EliteXC in court or Nick Diaz in the ring. Back up what you say with action.
As far as the arguements in this blog are concerned, you will probably never meet each other so why use the old “Say it to my face” crap? If you do know each other, then why bother with the blog? Just get together and slug it out and then, no matter who wins, it’s over.
hey dolfang ,
eddie alvarez was introduced at dream as a Elite xc fighter .So I would assume he has an open contract …. just like diaz fighting on the dream card .which is funny because eddie should have taken on diaz to begin with and not noons if thats the case .He is the best lightweight on the planet . I’d pick alvarez over BJ as I personally think BJ is overrated .Bj might have the ground game but alvarez is too strong and hits way to hard .
I like Eddie Alverez. He’s a real tough guy and he’s fast. Great endurance… but if he were to get in the ring with BJ Penn, he would lose just like Sean Sherk lost and Joe Stevenson lost and Jens Pulver lost. BJ Penn at 155 is unbeatable. Eddie Alverez is a great fighter. I really enjoyed watching him in the Dream fights, but no way can he beat BJ Penn.
KJ you are definitely ducking Diaz. If you are a true champion, beat Diaz via submission, tko, ko, or by judges, not from a doctor stoppage.
The only reason MMA fans believe you are ducking him, is because you are. I believe you are a champion, but you need to cement this win. If you don’t then everyone will think you got lucky.
Money or not, be a man of principle.
One more note about BJ Penn, everybody thinks about his work on the mat, but don’t under estimate his stand up. I’m sure Sean Sherk won’t if he gets another shot. Everybody thought Sherk was too strong and his stand yp was too good for Penn, but how did that end up? BJ Penn is unbeatable at 155. If he stayed at that weight I would like to see him fight Shinya Aoki. If it went to the mat, that would be interesting, but if it stayed standing up, Penn would knock him out. Either way, Aoki would end up in tears sitting in the middle of the ring.
DolfanG, nice thought respect it…. But I believe that anzstar_inc and myself are having the argument about BJ v GSP over in the Randy might fight one last time in the UFC article (forum) whatever just a lil heads up
hey dolfing ,
I agree with you on the point that Bj does have some standup ability .. no doubt but sherk was a strong wrestler where as alvarez has FAST hands and uses a good awray of combo’s .His main weapon is his hands and yet he does have a decent ground game . obviously not the BJ level but good enough to work with .Sherk wanted to wrestle and he got out classed in the process . Alvarez will come out swinging and wont even think about ground work until BJ falls down from a wicked upper cut or a quick left/right .Either way i’d watch ……… . world class for sure
Dr. Doom, right… my point was that people are talking about Alverez being too strong for Penn. Sherk is all muscle and he had no chance at all. Penn has stand up and knock out power. Sherk wanted to wrestle and couldn’t because Penn wanted to keep it standing. Pulver wanted to keep it standing and couldn’t because Penn wanted to take it to the mat. Alverez is a fantastic fighter, but he cannot beat Penn either standing up or on the mat because Penn will dictate where the fight will happen. It would be an interesting fight to watch, but I still think Penn is unbeatable at 155.
Quit crying and fight
BOO HOOO
WHO GIVES A **** NOONE EVEN CARES ABOUT ELITE XC
MMA
I’m not the biggest KJ Noons fight but I am with him on this. It is a little funny how he has been a relative ‘nobody’ considering how entertaining his wins have been… I hope he gets a better deal…