SHOWTIME TO RE-AIR DIAZ VS. NOONZ I
By
Mike Johnson on 9/21/2010 12:18 PM
Beginning Friday, Sept. 24 at 10 P.M.; Also Available on Showtime On Demand
NEW YORK (Sept. 21, 2010) - In anticipation of their must-see grudge rematch on
Saturday, Oct. 9, SHOWTIME® will re-air the memorable first fight between Nick
Diaz and KJ Noons as part of an hour-long, multi-fight highlight package on SHO
2 beginning Friday, Sept. 24, at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).
The Diaz-Noons special, which features their original showdown along with three
of Diaz's past fights and three of Noons' past fights, will also air on Tuesday,
Sept. 28, at 10:10 p.m. ET/PT on SHO 2 immediately following an airing of
Oscar-winning film The Hurt Locker. It will air again on Monday, Oct. 4, at 10
p.m. ET/PT on SHO2. The program will also be available On Demand beginning
Sept. 24.
The first slugfest ended in bloody controversy when Noons won a disputed,
first-round upset TKO over Diaz in a thrilling, give-and-take brawl, Nov. 7,
2007, on SHOWTIME. Both fighters have gone undefeated since their last meeting
and bad blood between the brash fighters has only been growing.
Diaz-Noons II will be for Diaz's STRIKEFORCE World Welterweight Title in the
main event of a sensational fight card at HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif., which
will also feature Sarah Kaufman defending her STRIKEFORCE Women's Welterweight
World Title against No. 1 contender Marloes Coenen.
The following Diaz and Noons fights, consisting of five knockouts and one
submission, will also appear on the highlight video: Diaz vs. Thomas Denny (July
26, 2008), Diaz vs. Scott Smith (June 6, 2009), Diaz vs. Marius Zaromskis (Jan.
30, 2010), Noons vs. James Edson Berto (July 27, 2007), Noons vs. Yves Edwards
(June 14, 2008) and Noons vs. Jorge Gurgel (Aug. 21, 2010).
About STRIKEFORCE
STRIKEFORCE (www.strikeforce.com
<http://www.strikeforce.com/>
) is a world-class mixed martial arts cage fight promotion which, on Friday,
March 10, 2006, made history with its "Shamrock vs. Gracie" event, the first
sanctioned mixed martial arts fight card in California state history. The
star-studded extravaganza, which pitted legendary champion Frank Shamrock
against Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Cesar Gracie at San Jose's HP Pavilion,
played host to a sold-out, record crowd of 18,265. Since 1995, STRIKEFORCE,
sanctioned by ISKA, has been the exclusive provider of martial arts programming
for ESPN and, after 12 years of success as a leading, world championship
kickboxing promotion, the company unveiled its mixed martial arts (MMA) series
with "Shamrock vs. Gracie." In May 2008, West Coast Productions, the parent
company of STRIKEFORCE, partnered with Silicon Valley Sports & Entertainment (SVS&E),
an entity created in 2000 to oversee all business operation aspects of the San
Jose Sharks and HP Pavilion at San Jose. In March 2009, STRIKEFORCE signed a
multi-year agreement with SHOWTIME® to stage live events on the premium cable
television network. The promotion has since also produced two live, primetime
events on the CBS Television Network.
About Showtime Networks Inc.
Showtime Networks Inc. (SNI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CBS Corporation, owns
and operates the premium television networks SHOWTIME®, THE MOVIE CHANNEL(tm)
and FLIX®, as well as the multiplex channels SHOWTIME 2(tm), SHOWTIME® SHOWCASE,
SHOWTIME EXTREME®, SHOWTIME BEYOND®, SHOWTIME NEXT®, SHOWTIME WOMEN®, SHOWTIME
FAMILY ZONE® and THE MOVIE CHANNEL(tm) XTRA. SNI also offers SHOWTIME HD(tm),
SHOWTIME 2 HD(tm), THE MOVIE CHANNEL HD(tm), SHOWTIME ON DEMAND®, THE MOVIE
CHANNEL ON DEMAND(tm) and FLIX ON DEMAND®. SNI also manages Smithsonian
Channel(tm), a joint venture between SNI and the Smithsonian Institution. All
SNI feeds provide enhanced sound using Dolby Digital 5.1. SNI markets and
distributes sports and entertainment events for exhibition to subscribers on a
pay-per-view basis through SHOWTIME PPV®.
