Nick Diaz’s Camp Issues Response To KJ Noons’ Statement
The camp of EliteXC lightweight contender Nick Diaz on Saturday issued a public response through GracieFighter.com, the official website for the Cesar Gracie camp with whom Diaz trains, on the statement EliteXC lightweight champion KJ Noons issued on Friday about issues with EliteXC and declining a proposed title defense against Diaz.
“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,” said Noons on Friday. “Elite XC never promoted or took care of me as their champion.”
“You are scared because Diaz, despite having a terrible showing last time was stopped by cuts,” reads a portion of the statement. “God forbid the doctor that let the fight continue against Gomi had been calling the shots at your fight. In your heart you know what would have happened and you would rather live the lie of being a paper champion.”
Noons’ statement can be read in its entirety here.
The entire, “point-by-point” response from Diaz’s camp is after the jump…
KJ Exposed
We break down the KJ Noons cryfest point by point.
“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.”
GF- 1) Earth to KJ; you don’t have a boxing career. No one in the boxing world knows who you are. 2) Another MMA company would have paid you less and not given you a title shot, especially when you were 1-1.
3) If you will not fight Diaz due to a breach of contract by EliteXC then why would you fight Alvarez for the same terms?KJ- “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
KJ- “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.”
GF- EliteXC weight classes were never dictated by Nick Diaz. Diaz would have preferred a 165lbs class. That’s why he likes fighting in Japan at 167lbs. He has difficulty cutting to 160lbs. 2) Jake Shields has been promoted the same way and is quite happy.
KJ- “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.”
GF- 1) Nick Diaz, Jake Shields and Frank Shamrock were flown in to shoot an instructional trailer on grappling for the CBS show. The signings were an after thought. You weren’t flown in because you aren’t a grappler. We are sure they will fly you in if they need an instructional on whining. 2) Your contract was for Showtime. Diaz and Shields both signed longer deals for CBS. Nathan Diaz signed a special long term contract for Spike TV etc…
This is a business not Burger King, you can’t have it ‘your way’.KJ- “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.”
GF- Diaz got no extra tickets in his home town of Stockton and isn’t complaining. 2) Bringing a fighter into the ring to promote an upcoming fight is standard practice. Your (I could of been a contender) drunk father, started a near riot and should be banned from further events and immediately placed in an Alcoholics Anonymous treatment center for his own self respect.
KJ- “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.”
GF- Promoters will sue when you don’t fulfill the terms of your contract, just ask Randy Couture. By the way, you are not Randy Couture and the fight world is not holding it’s breath waiting to see if you will fight again. 2) $83,000? There are several fighters that are a lot better than you fighting for a lot less. Pay your dues and quit being a little bitch. 3) You are paying your management too high of a percentage and here’s some advice you should consider, “they are completely incompetent”. 4) Chuck Liddell makes 100s of thousands more than Keith Jardine even though he lost to him. Diaz does not complain that Kimbo makes much more. He understands marketability, why can’t you? 5) Divide this and then multiply it several times: KJ = little bitch > KJ = real champion
6) We agree you do need more Vaseline. You are used to it and damn those EliteXC guys for not using it when they bend you over.KJ- “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.”
GF- 1) It is not up to you to decide who the #1 contender is. That is EliteXC’s sole discretion. Patrick Cote will soon be fighting Anderson Silva at the UFC’s sole discretion. Silva is not complaining because he fights whomever they put in front of him. Silva fought Rich Franklin after wrecking him the 1st time. Serra rematched GSP his very next fight after demolishing him. Serra got paid less than GSP even though he was the Champion after the 1st fight. These men are true Champions and fight anyone. This is a concept you cannot seem to grasp. 2) You are scared because Diaz, despite having a terrible showing last time was stopped by cuts. God forbid the doctor that let the fight continue against Gomi had been calling the shots at your fight. In your heart you know what would have happened and you would rather live the lie of being a paper champion. 3) What will EliteXC ever do without you? I guess you will have to watch from your couch. Drink a beer. Prepare to make a ritual of it.
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hey kris just an heads up you’ve got the same paragrath twice,
kj is a moaning twat just do ur job an fight, mma is sadley turning into boxing wineing babys who want to pick an choose there fights
Love it! Love it! War Graciefighter.com
i wish the Diaz brothers would just shut their cakeholes, and do what they’re good at, fighting. and if cuts are an issue, perhaps Nick should try a little harder to avoid getting them…whiners…
That’s way too much for me to have to read… Noons could do us all a favor and settle this whole issue… All he has to do is give Diaz a rematch. He seems pretty confident that he can beat Diaz, so why not go ahead and do it and shut everybody up?
I hate to see any fight stopped on cuts. It doesn’t mean anything except a fighter got cut. It doesn’t mean one guy is better than the other or that the cutter was the better fighter on that day… all it means is a guy got cut.
C’mon Noons… do the right thing. If you’re all that you say you are, then prove it to the world. If you actually beat Diaz, then more power to you, but don’t think you’re the better fighter because of a doctor’s decision. Finish the fight.
Diaz v Noons II ehhh I’m already over it but having Nick call someone a lil bi÷ch is always funny.. Nick use to have the desire to be the best but nobody has seen that in awhile….
DIAZ loves the plant more then MMA… SO go smoke out HIPPIE. Oh i mean ADD BOY w/ your medical MARY-J.. and KJ grow some BALLS and fight like a true champ…. that covers it for me..
Seriously tho the Diaz brothers are over rated. Nick Diaz lost a boxing match to Sean Sherk, and when he got outclassed by Diego Sanchez he still tried to talk crap about him.. Nate looks on but the minute he fights anyone with real sub defence he’s done.
He can give some panic attacks to KJ like Karo.
Anyone else think these guys sound like two high school girls?
This reminds me of Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddel. Chuck kept wanting to fight Tito, but Tito always dodged him. Finally, Randy beat Tito for the title. Then Tito finally agreed to fight, since he already lost the title. Then Chuck got the title from Randy. After Chuck had the belt, Tito wanted to fight Chuck again for the belt.
I hope someone upsets Noons for the title, then Diaz wins it from that champion. And never gives Noons the re-match. And a year later, no one will ever remember Noons again. “What goes around, comes around.”
it’s getting stale now in my opinion ,
Either fight for the belt or eliminate KJ and have a match for the vacant belt . Probably would be best to just strike him from the books completely . elite isn’t making money and all this crap does nothing to help . its not even “good “bad publicity from a marketing stand point . It just makes the whole organization look like a joke . if you cant get a champion to fight then he aint the champ and you dont have very much pull in your own company .thats why Dana has a smooth ship in comparison ….he knows the money matches and he makes them happen and if you dont wanna do it his way they say goodbye . Then you are left to wander the host of nearly bankrupt orgs that nobody cares about or can see due to lack of exposure .So elite needs to consolidate its different orgs into the elite xc brand and that will make the org have more prestige and there will be 15 less meaningless belts around .
lol, that was a hilarious read.
Noons is such a homo! I was having a great weekend and could not wait to see the MMA news I’ve missed over the past two days and this is what I get? Noons being a yuppie fag!
Noons wants to box so he can dance around and barely fight. Boxing has had the life sucked out of it and Noons is a ****. Perfect match. Noons has the boxing attitude…..”I won’t fight him unless I get “x” amount of money and I won’t do this, that or the other thing if I don’t get my way. My ****ty attitude may ruin the sport but I’m a boxer….I’m special.” MORON! F NOONS!
thank god for graciefighter.com
this is the funniest thing i’ve heard in a while… because its true!
diaz will beat the **** out of noons.
NOONS, QUIT BIENG A **** AND FIGHT DIAZ!!!
KOuch and Dr Doom, you are both right about this “yuppie fag.” He’s not only bad for Elite XC, but bad for MMA.
People like MMA, because the fighters always want to fight the best. Whether they are the champion or not.
If he’ll only fight Eddie Alvarez, then give it to him. Eddie will destroy him in the first. Eddie won’t dodge anyone. And he’d love to be on CBS.
Give Noons some boxing fights. He doesn’t look tough enough for his weight class. Fight Macho Camacho Jr. Pay him $100k. If he loses, he quits boxing and MMA and trys to get a job at 7 Eleven on the big island. Shaka bra and Mahalo b***h!!!!
I have to go but one last thing:
Does Noons pay any attention to the fan base which supports him whether they like him or not? Does Noons realize he is not that “good” or “special” that he cannot go about dictating who he fights? He is a spoiled stubborn moron who only cares about himself! (I like that in a person) In any case, he is depriving us the fans a match up we want so F YOU NOONS! A$$hole with a typical boxer attitude! I know boxers who would fight anyone and people like Noons ruin their reputation. YOUTUBE: Joe Gumina(terrible camera work) or Jeremiah Graziano(decent camera work). One is from California and the other from Kansas….I think. Anyway, they are true boxing KO artist who I know would fight anyone/any place/anytime….the problem is people like NOONS and the SHAWS! Look at this f-d up situation!
Nick Diaz is my hero. Today anyway. What he said was great and right on. Noons is a bit*h who needs to quit whining an fight. He really isn’t that good. The quote I loved the most:”his drunk father almost started a riot. He needs AA meetings.” Classic!!
They’re like two little girls screaming “No you di’int!” on the playground. Stop reporting on either of them and they can both go away like the overrated, soiled tampons they are.
Wow I’ve been to two stories today and I’ve read of “bleeding vaginas” and “soiled tampons” today is definately a good day
Nick v Noons is not going to happen anytime soon and the both will contiune to complain like they are important
@JOHNBOY – Thanks!
I know Nick Diaz is a little lacking when it comes to being a decent kind of human being, but he is a heck of a fighter. He submitted Gomi and that says a lot. Noons didn’t finish their fight, the doctor did. Noons thinks he’s an awesome boxer… fine… Diaz is looking for a fight. If there was a guy that I particualry didn’t like and I had the chance to legally kick that guy’s butt, I’d do it. I think Noons would too, if he thought he could.
Diaz is a good fighter especially when he takes a moment to actually train properly, he just has a tendency to smoke too much weed to take anything seriously (I’m not anti weed, just I believe you particular lifestyle comes second to being a professional in any respects)
I also do think Diaz will beat Noons if they ever fight again, and Gomi (who is know not to ever train or take things seriously himself) will win if they ever fight again imo
what does imo mean?
Imo= In My Opionion
This is still great
I watched a couple of his new fights he dosent look like he can hit hat hard anymore
I think Nick is growing as a fighter and fighting a little smarter than in the past which looks like he isn’t going all out because if he continued at that rate he would be finished as a fighter….The power is still there he is just more spartan with the application…
FR702, Thanks.
DolfanG, no worries
Diaz should just go to Noon’s house and fight him there. I know it is illegal and yada yada…..but you know what? Enough is enough. Noons needs to be back handed like a cokeWhore.
KOuch that made me laugh out loud! I remember when whats-his-name used to play football for the Raiders on the defensive line. He got mad at an offensive lineman during one game and threatened to follow him out to the parking lot and being in front of his family… too funny.
Lyle Alzado or however you spell his name
Dolfan,
Ewwwwwwww the Raiders…..GROSS! I’m a 49ers fan and cannot stand the black hole or ghettoness that is the Raider nation. That is funny though. I am still disappointed a few of us didn’t start a MMAFRENZY fantasy football league.
I am a lontime Raider-hater myself… Dol-Fan all the way!
no comment about last year…
I thought that’s what your name meant then u said u were in south Florida, sorry bout last year I guess, ya I won’t say anything
Thanks… but this is a new year with new hope. If Cote has a chance od beating Silvia, then we should have a GREAT shot at winning the superbowl!
DolfanG, that’s too funny wonderful perspective
Dolfan,
Superbowl?! Oh yeah and Alex Smith is going to suddenly become the greatest MVP that ever lived!!!! That’s only if Cote wins.
We all have to be rooting for Cote, in that case.
Wouldn’t we all look like schmucks if Cote did land a KO punch?… Somehow, though, … I’m not too worried about that.
I’ll admit if I’m wrong… I have no problem with that. It is just in this situation I am trying to be a realist. We have Anderson Silva who apparently is beyond human fighting Cote who is a decent fighting human who gets booed for lacking excitement and not pushing the pace…..
I remember Buster Douglas, so anything is possible, but I also know the Cubs still haven’t won the World Series in the last century or so… I don’t see Cote beating Anderson Silva, unless, of course, Silva is in a car wreck on his way to the venue and gets both arms and one leg broken. Then, yeah, Cote would have an outside chance.
Seriously, we should all be realist. Cote may be getting a title shot but he could not have a tougher opponent, worse match up and life threatening situation on his hands with any other fighter. Cote should be hospitalized if reality is really real and not fake……reality real not fake……that is what I am looking for. Is reality real or fake….I don’t know. If Cote wins I may have to reconsider everything in my life.
Dolfan,
Cote still wouldn’t have a chance….Silva would still have one leg….too much for Cote to handle.
That’s probaly true… I was just thinking maybe Cote could sweep him before the kick to the head… you’re probably right
COTE! COTE! COTE!
This will be my mantra until that fight is over and Silvia is looking up watching Cote get the belt… Go Fins!
Dolfan,
You’re too much. You’re using Cote’s underdog status as hope for your NFL team….. I will tell you this….. If the betting odds are against Cote in any similar way like they were with GSP/Serra, I will put $50-$100 on Cote knowing I’ll likely lose it……I put $50 on Serra and got $450 or $500 back…..it was great.
Same old crap over and over just like the result of the second fight would be , Diaz would get beat by his slower punches, speed kills but neither of these guys seem too quick mentally.
I was honestly impressed with the speed and power of Noon in their first fight, he looked like he was a pro against an amateur, but BJJ is Diaz’s syle not striking.
The doctor won the first fight. Let them fight again and see who wins when they actually finish the fight. I hate to see a fight stopped because of a cut. What does that mean? Nothing. I’d much rather see a decision than a fight stopped because of cuts… that’s how much I hate that. When a fight is stopped becaus eof a cut, it should go to a decision at that point, not go to the guy that did the cutting. That’s also why I would be happy if the banned elbows.
So funny that you are all down on Noons when he was the one who beat Diaz. Diaz is just being a whiney little loser biatch. Typical.
I hope he never gives him the fight. hahah that would be great! Spite… nothing but spite.
Dannyboy,
hold onto your spite.It carried me a long way with Stann.
I just want the fight to go do down…Today…