Karl James Noons (born December 7, 1982) is a retired American professional

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, as well as a former professional

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and

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. Noons competed for

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and

EliteXC Elite Xtreme Combat, also known as EliteXC, was a United States–based mixed martial arts (MMA) organization owned and operated by ProElite. It was founded as a partnership between Showtime Networks and ProElite and officially announced on Decem ...

. He is the former EliteXC Lightweight Champion and former

title challenger.

Background

KJ Noons is

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—mixed ethnicity of native Hawaiian (from his mother's side) and European-American (from his father's side). Born and raised in

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, Noons comes from a family history of fighting. His father Karl was a professional kickboxer and was a top contender during the time he fought. Karl's passion for fighting and competing in

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influenced him to introduce his son to

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at a young age. At the age of five, Noons started training in martial arts. Often getting disqualified for fighting too hard in

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tournaments, Noons eventually started training in

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and

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at the age of eight out of interest for full contact fighting. Noons competed as an amateur fighter and became the first student in the state of Hawaii to earn a junior black belt under

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at the age of 11. During his high school years, Noons moved to

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, due to the location of his father's job. While continuing to compete as a fighter, he also started playing football at

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. At age 17, Noons won the ISKA Super Middleweight International Championship as an amateur in

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. After winning the title and graduating from Clements High School, K.J. decided to pursue a career in combat sports, rather than go to college and continue with football.

Mixed martial arts career

PRIDE, ICON Sport, and SuperBrawl

In 2005, Noons won the

PRIDE Fighting Championship PRIDE Fighting Championships (Pride or Pride FC, founded as KRS-Pride) was a Japanese mixed martial arts promotion company. Its inaugural event was held at the Tokyo Dome on October 11, 1997. Pride held more than sixty mixed martial arts even ...

's "Best Striker" auditions. Although, he never fought for the promotion, he fought for

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's subleased promotion called SuperBrawl. Noons chose not to fight for PRIDE Fighting Championships because the promoters wanted to feature him in bouts against the top lightweights in the world, such as PRIDE's reigning Lightweight Champion,

Takanori Gomi is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist who gained international fame in Pride Fighting Championships. Later in his career, Gomi also competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Gomi is the only Pride FC Lightweight Champion in the ...

, and top contender, Joachim Hansen. Noons felt he was not ready to compete at the highest level that early in his career and chose a more conservative route. After three combined wins under the ICON Sport and SuperBrawl banner, Noons would move on to compete in bigger promotions.

Elite Xtreme Combat

In 2006, Noons signed a deal with promoter Gary Shaw that allowed him to participate in both boxing and mixed martial arts. Soon after, Noons was set to face former

veteran Charles Bennett in

's inaugural event in February 2007. Bennett won the bout via KO three minutes and forty-three seconds into round one, giving Noons only the second loss of his professional

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career. Noons rebounded from his loss to Bennett with a KO win over James Edson Berto at EliteXC's first

ShoXC ''ShoXC'' is a mixed martial arts series produced by the mixed martial arts organization EliteXC, Showtime and Proelite.com. The series was announced on July 11, 2007. The purpose of the show is to highlight up and coming MMA fighters. On Octo ...

event. He then faced

Nick Diaz Nicholas Robert Diaz (born August 2, 1983) is an American professional boxer and mixed martial artist who competes in the Welterweight and Middleweight divisions of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Diaz is a former Strikeforce, WEC and ...

for the promotion's first ever lightweight championship at EliteXC: Renegade. Noons dominated the fight using his outstanding boxing and striking against the Brazilian jiu-jitsu expert. Diaz attempted to take the fight to the ground but was unsuccessful with his takedown attempts and was also countered with a knee strike to the face on one occasion. Midway through the first round, Diaz was finally successful with a take down, but Noons got back to his feet instantly. Moments later, the referee would halt the fight and send Diaz to his corner to check on his cuts over his right eye. Diaz was given the o.k. and continued to fight. Noons would keep the fight standing and dropped Diaz with a straight right punch around the 2:07 mark of the round. After round one ended, the doctors in Diaz's corner stopped the fight due to how badly his face was cut. Noons was then declared the winner of the fight by way of TKO due to cuts, and would become the new EliteXC Lightweight Champion. On June 14, 2008, Noons was successful in his first and only title defense with a TKO win over

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in Hawaii at EliteXC: Return of the King. Following the fight, Nick Diaz, who fought on the event's co-main event, stepped into the cage to confront Noons for a rematch during K.J.'s post-fight interview with

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. After Noons asked the fans if Diaz deserved the rematch, Diaz grabbed a hold of Goldberg's microphone and said "Don't be scared homie", which resulted in an in-cage brawl. About two months later, Noons would be stripped of the title for refusing to rematch with Diaz. The promotion would then go defunct before a new champion could be crowned.

Strikeforce and DREAM

On December 2, 2009, Noons signed with mixed martial arts promotion,

. While Noons was still competing in professional kickboxing as a teenager, he previously fought for Strikeforce on their kickboxing fight cards before Strikeforce became a mixed martial arts promotion in 2006. In March 2010, Noons made his Japanese debut as he represented Strikeforce at

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. In his first MMA fight in nearly two years, Noons defeated Andre Amade via unanimous decision. Noons was the aggressor for the duration of the fight, and was visibly frustrated with Amade's uncharacteristically tentative fighting style throughout the fight, which seemed to be based on a counter punching technique. Noons was set to make his Strikeforce debut against undefeated prospect

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at Strikeforce: Miami, but the fight was withdrawn after Evangelista suffered an undisclosed injury during training. Noons would then be scheduled to compete in a rematch against Charles Bennett at Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum. After Bennett pulled out of the fight due to scheduling conflicts, Noons was rescheduled to face

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at Strikeforce: Los Angeles in a

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bout of 160 pounds, which would take place ten days before the date he was originally set to rematch Bennett. Noons would go on to win a closely contested fight by split decision. Noons next faced

Jorge Gurgel Jorge Valente Gurgel (; ; born January 25, 1977) is a retired Brazilian mixed martial artist who competed in the Lightweight division. A professional competitor from 2002 to 2014, Gurgel is best known as a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter 2 and ...

on August 21, 2010, at Strikeforce: Houston. At the weigh-ins, the day before the bout with Gurgel, Noons weighed in at 156.25 pounds, a quarter of a pound over the maximum weight limit. Gurgel accepted the fight and waived off the extra weight, so the fight was continued as a lightweight bout. As the final seconds of the first round were coming to an end, Gurgel threw a flurry of punches while Noons responded with a left hook that landed and dropped Gurgel just a split second after the bell sounded at the end of the round. The crowd reacted to what appeared to be a late punch while a wobbled Gurgel was struggling to find his corner. Right at the opening bell for round two, Noons landed a right hand followed by a left hook that dropped Gurgel to the canvas once again. Noons looked to the referee expecting a stoppage and received no response. As Noons then continued to land punches on Gurgel, he threw a knee that appeared to land to the head of a still downed opponent, finally prompting the referee to stop the fight. Replay showed that the knee Noons threw did not land, although Noons's foot tapped Gurgel on the chin as it followed through. Noons was declared the winner by TKO at 0:19 of round two. Noons moved up one weight class to fight

in a grudge rematch for the Strikeforce Welterweight Championship on October 9, 2010. Noons and Diaz previously fought at EliteXC: Renegade where Noons won by TKO due to cuts. Noons lost by unanimous decision (48–47, 49–47, 49–46), giving Noons his third career loss and first loss by decision, and beginning a losing streak for years to come. After the fight Noons revealed that he had sustained a broken jaw in the first round and a broken hand in the second. Noons faced

Jorge Masvidal Jorge Luis Masvidal (born November 12, 1984) is an American professional boxer and former professional mixed martial artist who competed in the Welterweight and Lightweight divisions. Masvidal competed professionally for 20 years from 2003 unti ...

at Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum. Noons-Masvidal was set as a lightweight title eliminator, which would grant the winner of the bout a title shot against reigning Strikeforce Lightweight Champion,

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. Originally headlining the preliminary card on

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, the bout was promoted to the

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portion of the main card after women's MMA superstar,

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, was pulled from the card. Noons went on to lose a unanimous decision. Noons then faced

at Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal in December 2011. He won the fight via unanimous decision. Noons next faced

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in the co-main event at Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey in March 2012. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. Noons returned to face

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at the final Strikeforce event, Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine, on January 12, 2013. Noons lost the fight via highly controversial split decision. All but one media outlet scored the fight for Noons, with a majority giving him every round. Couture admitted to being surprised by the verdict. Despite the loss, Noons still moved over to the UFC.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

In January 2013, the Strikeforce organization was closed by its parent company

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. A list of fighters scheduled to be brought over to the

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was released in mid-January and Noons was one of the fighters listed. In his UFC debut, Noons faced

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on May 25, 2013, at

UFC 160 ''UFC 160: Velasquez vs. Bigfoot 2'' was a mixed martial arts event held on May 25, 2013, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Background The main event was a rematch between former UFC Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez and Ant� ...

. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. In his second UFC fight, Noons faced

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on October 19, 2013, at

UFC 166 ''UFC 166: Velasquez vs. dos Santos III'' was a mixed martial arts event held on October 19, 2013, at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. Background The main event was a UFC Heavyweight Championship bout between the current champion Cain Velasq ...

. He won via unanimous decision, earning his first win under the UFC banner. Noons faced

Sam Stout Sam Stout (born April 23, 1984) is a Canadian retired professional mixed martial artist. A professional from 2003 until 2015, Stout is best known for his 20-fight stint with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), winning ''Fight of the Night'' ...

in a welterweight bout on April 16, 2014, at The Ultimate Fighter Nations Finale. Noons won the fight via knockout in the first round, earning him his first ''Performance of the Night'' bonus award. Noons next faced

Daron Cruickshank Daron Jae Cruickshank (born June 11, 1985) is an American mixed martial artist currently competing as a lightweight for the Xtreme Fighting Championships. A professional competitor since 2008, he also formerly competed for the UFC, King of the ...

on December 12, 2014, at The Ultimate Fighter 20 Finale. After a back-and-forth first round, the fight was stopped in the second round when Cruickshank received a second inadvertent eye poke from Noons and was unable to continue. Because they had not reached the third round, the fight was declared a

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. Noons was expected to face

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at UFC Fight Night 67. However, Cabral was forced out of the bout after contracting

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and replaced by

Alex Oliveira Alex Oliveira (born February 21, 1988) is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist who competes in the Welterweight division. He is best known for his tenure fighting in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Background Born and raised ...

. Noons lost the fight via submission in the first round. Noons faced

Josh Burkman Joshua Ray Burkman (born April 10, 1980) is a retired American professional mixed martial artist formerly competing in the Welterweight division. He formerly competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the World Series of Fighting, the XFC, ...

on February 6, 2016, at

UFC Fight Night 82 ''UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs. Thompson'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 82'') was a mixed martial arts event held on February 6, 2016, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Background The event was originally billed as ''UFC 19 ...

. He lost the fight by unanimous decision. Noons was released by the company on April 14, 2016.

Personal life

Noons is married to professional model, Melany. Noons' first name comes from his father's first name, while his middle name comes from his grandfather's middle name. In 2010 Noons participated in a

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ad campaign speaking out against

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and encouraging people to report animal abuse to authorities.

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts

** Performance of the Night (One time) vs.

**2010 Fight of the Year vs.

on October 9 *

Elite Xtreme Combat Elite Xtreme Combat, also known as EliteXC, was a United States–based mixed martial arts (MMA) organization owned and operated by ProElite. It was founded as a partnership between Showtime Networks and ProElite and officially announced on Decem ...

** EliteXC Lightweight Championship (One time, first, last) ***One successful title defense *

PRIDE Fighting Championships PRIDE Fighting Championships (Pride or Pride FC, founded as KRS-Pride) was a Japanese mixed martial arts promotion company. Its inaugural event was held at the Tokyo Dome on October 11, 1997. Pride held more than sixty mixed martial arts even ...

**2005 U.S. Auditions Winner *Renegades Extreme Fighting **REF 2002 Lightweight Tournament Runner-up

Sanshou

*Art of War-K. Superstar Production **Art of War Sanshou Middleweight Championship (One time) *U.S. Open International Martial Arts Championships **U.S. Open Sanshou International Middleweight Championship (One time) *

International Sport Karate Association The ISKA (originally International Sport Karate Association, later also called the International Sport Kickboxing Association) is international bodies regulating sport karate and kickboxing matches. It is based in the United States. It was es ...

ISKA The ISKA (originally International Sport Karate Association, later also called the International Sport Kickboxing Association) is international bodies regulating sport karate and kickboxing matches. It is based in the United States. It was est ...

Amateur Sanshou International Super Middleweight Championship (One time)

Karate

Long Beach International Karate Championships The Long Beach International Karate Championships is an International karate and martial arts tournament in Long Beach, California that was first held in August 1964 by Kenpo Grandmaster Ed Parker. The tournament ran competition til 1999 under ...

**1997 17 and Under Kenpō Black Belt Gold Medalist

Mixed martial arts record

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Professional boxing record

, style="text-align:center;" colspan="8", 11 Wins (5 knockouts, 6 decisions), 2 Losses, 0 Draws , - , align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Res. , align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Record , align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Opponent , align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Type , align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Rd., Time , align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Date , align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Location , align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Notes , - , Win , align=center, 11-2 , Julio Perez , align=center, UD , align=center, 6 , align=center, 2009-10-10 , Arena Theatre,

, , - , Win , align=center, 10-2 , Randy Pogue , align=center, UD , align=center, 6 , align=center, 2009-08-22 , Pala Casino Spa and Resort,

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, , - , Win , align=center, 9-2 , Enrique Gallegos , align=center, UD , align=center, 6 , align=center, 2009-05-28 , Arena Theatre,

, , - , Loss , align=center, 8-2 , James Countryman , align=center, UD , align=center, 6 , align=center, 2009-03-21 , U.S. Bank Arena,

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, , - , Win , align=center, 8-1 , Alejandro Bogarin , align=center, UD , align=center, 6 , align=center, 2008-11-13 , Expo Center,

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, , - , Win , align=center, 7-1 , Anthony Cannon , align=center, UD , align=center, 6 , align=center, 2007-06-01 , Chumash Casino,

, , - , Win , align=center, 6-1 , Roberto Estrada , align=center, TKO , align=center, 2 (6), 0:55 , align=center, 2006-09-15 , Quiet Cannon,

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, , - , Win , align=center, 5-1 , Velvet Malone , align=center, TKO , align=center, 4 (4), 1:01 , align=center, 2006-05-19 , Quiet Cannon,

, , - , Loss , align=center, 4-1 , Daniel Stanislavjevic , align=center, UD , align=center, 6 , align=center, 2006-02-02 , Henry Fonda Theater,

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, , - , Win , align=center, 4-0 , Damon Franklin , align=center, TKO , align=center, 3 (4), 1:24 , align=center, 2005-09-22 , Henry Fonda Theater,

, , - , Win , align=center, 3-0 , Thomas Rittenbaugh , align=center, UD , align=center, 4 , align=center, 2005-08-26 , Golden Acorn Casino,

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, , - , Win , align=center, 2-0 , Ray Seja , align=center, TKO , align=center, 3 (4), 1:30 , align=center, 2005-06-17 , Table Mountain Casino,

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, , - , Win , align=center, 1-0 , Ernest Lesure , align=center, TKO , align=center, 4 (4), 2:55 , align=center, 2004-06-18 , Dodge Arena,

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Kickboxing record

, - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , , Win , align=left, Cruz Chacon , Ring of Fire 13: Bring the Heat , align=left,

Castle Rock, Colorado Castle Rock is a home rule town that is the county seat and the most-populous municipality of Douglas County, Colorado, United States. The town’s population was 73,158 at the 2020 census, a 51.68% increase since the 2010 census. Castle Ro ...

, UD , 5 , 3:00 , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , , Win , align=left, Ruslan Andrechyensko , Art of War: K. Superstar USA Finals , align=left,

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, UD , 5 , 3:00 , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , , Win , align=left, Travis Johnson ,

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, KO , 2 , N/A , - , - , - bgcolor="#FFBBBB" , , Loss , align=left, Rudi Ott , ICMAC: Full Contact War , align=left,

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, UD , 5 , 3:00 , - ! style=background:white colspan=9 , , - , - , colspan=9 , ''Legend'':

Film career

Noons made his film debut in the 2014 comedy ''

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