EliteXC "Renegade" 11/10/07

EliteXC returns to Showtime tomorrow night with a very interesting fight card. This time the promotion will travel to Corpus Christi, Texas to feature some of their top fighters.

The main event of the night will feature former UFC and PRIDE fighter Nick Diaz against the up-and-coming K.J. Noons. This bout will be for the vacant Elite XC lightweight (160 lbs.) title.

Diaz is coming into the fight off a lackluster decision win over Mike Aina at the EliteXC Hawaii show in September. It was his first fight back from a 9-month suspension for using marijuana prior to his fight with Takanori Gomi at PRIDE 33 in February of this year.

Noons earned his title shot after defeating highly regarded lightweight Edson Berto at the ShoXC debut show in July. Prior to that he had suffered the first KO loss of his career against Charles "Krazy Horse"Bennett. That loss came as a surprised to a lot of people, considering that Noons is a professional boxer as well as professional MMA fighter.

I have to give Diaz the advantage in this one. He's the more well rounded fighter, and definitely has much more big fight experience. If he can get it to the ground I think he will be able to lock up the victory via submission.

Also on the card will be the professional MMA debut of Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson, who will battle journeyman Bo Cantrell. Xtreme Couture's Mike "Quicksand" Pyle will go up against top-10 welterweight Jake Shields on the main card as well.

EliteXC "Renegade"

November 10, 2007

American Bank Center, Corpus Christi, Texas

-Nick Diaz vs. K.J. Noons
-Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson vs. Bo Cantrell
-Jake Shields vs. Mike Pyle
-Seth Kleinbeck vs. Kyle Noke
-Antonio Silva vs. Jonathan Wiezorek
-Yves Edwards vs. Nick Gonzalez
-Geoff Bumstead vs. Robert Ruiz
-Jae Suk Lim vs. Lane Yarbrough
-Brett Rogers vs. Ralph Kelly
-Jon Kirk vs. Matt Lucas