Strikeforce Los Angeles Results: K.J. Noons Edges Out Conor Heun
by Nate Wilcox on Jun 16, 2010 11:39 PM EDT
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Strikeforce: Los Angeles opened with a hard fought but dominant decision win for K.J. Noons over Conor Heun.
Former EliteXC lightweight champion K.J. Noons made his Strikeforce debut against Conor Heun at Strikeforce Los Angeles. Noons was expected to have a serious advantage in the striking arts, but Heun scored early with punches and kicks standing. But about ninety seconds in Noons began to counter Heun with crisp shots. Heun began bleeding around the left eye.
Around the two minute mark, Heun got Noons down and went for a rear naked choke. When Noons got out of that, Heun got the dreaded S mount and fired shots to Noons' face. Noons almost fought his way free near the minute mark, but Heun got his back again and threatened chokes while landing shots. But Noon stood back up with 0:15 left and tagged Heun with a hard shot before the buzzer.
In the second, Heun fired a high kick as Noons fired a punch and wound up on his back. But was back to his feet quickly. They exchanged and Heun scored first but Noons scored more in the exchanges. Noons was working the body. Heun began to score but Noons didn't relent either. Noons hurt Heun with 1:45 left but when he pressed his advantage, Heun hurt him back. Heun shot but didn't get close to taking down Noons. Noons worked the body with hard shots. Heun landed a mean knee to the face. Then he shot and got stuffed by a sprawling Noons. Heun ended the round with a take down. Very hard round to score.
Heun opened the final round with a stuffed shot, then fought for a clinch Noons evaded. Noons landed a flying knee but then Heun fired a high kick. Noons then landed a very hard combo of punches. And jabs. And uppercuts. There was a hard clash of heads and a possibly inadvertent punch to the back of the head of Noons. But K.J. recovered to score some hard shots. Heun attempted several take downs but Noons walked out of all the attempts. Heun landed a combo with an uppercut included. Heuns makes a desperate lunge for a take down but Noons ended the fight with a nice combo to the face before Heun grabbed a guillotine attempt as the buzzer rang.
Noons held up a can of energy drink and Heuns' displayed a number of cuts on his face as the split screen focused on their reaction to Noons' split decision win.
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The commentary was...
disgustingly biased towards Noons the entire fight. It was blatant and horrendous. I had to go and throw up afterwards.
Take ONE Karate class, if you're so into Karate... - Charlie to Mac
"The Iceman has officially melted..."
You cannot be serious...
I just watched it again. Even when Noons threw simple faints they were like, “wow! his fainting technique is as crisp as it comes!”. The only time they mention Huen’s name is when Noons’ punches were landing it was “Huen’s can sure tage some damage!”…. L-A-M-E….
Take ONE Karate class, if you're so into Karate... - Charlie to Mac
"The Iceman has officially melted..."
True, but they also did all they could do to make it seem as though Huen was putting on this amazing performance., when in actuality, he had a massive advantage on the ground. he just couldn’t take advantage of it.
Don’t get me wrong, I think that Ranallo and Gus are about the worst in the business. But there was plenty of favoritism towards each guy. They certainly overstated Noons boxing, but they did the same with the sloppy striking that Huen was throwing (pretty effectively, I might add).
I could care less about the commentary, what I am worried about is seeing another bad judges decision because Heun won that fight.
"they mad at me, I keep going hard reppin/
cause what's your Rampage to Rashad Evans/"
-Joe Budden (Something To Ride To)
http://www.zshare.net/audio/76866807deabe3c1/
Question:
Can you really say “I could care less”?
I learned “I couldn’t care less”, which make sense to me, but I read “I could ware less” even more.
I'm a lover not a fighter
“could care less” is incorrect, but it’s street certified, I guess. I even heard a song titled like that: http://www.dailymotion.pl/video/x9k6w_devildriver-i-could-care-less
(foreign grammar nazi ftw).
"...ride life straight to perfect laughter,
it's the only good fight there is."
by dancingChicken on Jun 17, 2010 7:33 AM EDT up reply actions
No way. I can see giving him the first due to the ground aspect, but outside of that, Noons took him apart. Noons stopped almost allthe take down attempts and was landing combinations at will. his footwork and ring presence was far ahead of huen’s. Yes Conner landded a few wild strikes, but never seriously had Noons in danger the entire fight. It is always great to see the underdog put up a fight, especially a late replacement, but you can’t let that influence the decision. I was appalled that it was split, especially 30-27. noons beat the crap out of him in the 2nd.
Wow i am surprised with the prior comments…I just can’t see how Huen could have got that decision. I had Noons 29-28 with the 1st being a tossup and winning the 2nd and 3rd. I was shocked that one of the judges gave Huen a 30-27. That is terrible judging.
Agreed. No way is this a Heun victory. I nearly shat a brick when I heard the 30-27 for him. Only round one was close.
by HarmlessNinja on Jun 18, 2010 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions
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