Cerrone vs. Noons

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Cerrone gets his groove back with a decision win here.

KJ gets beat up bad here

Going for the upset

Easy win for the cowboy, sub or UD.

pumped for this fight should be a good one

Good fight, tougher to call than people are making it out to be and Noons being this much of an underdog is surprising.

I don't think this is a tough fight to call at all if Cerrone shows up.  It's a no brainer on the ground and Cerrone can utilize his kicks and jab to keep KJ's boxing guessing/at bay.  KJ is a tough dude, but I think its an easy UD win for Cowboy unless he can drop KJ and get a SUB win.

It's been a while since anyone's finished Noons and it's been a while since Cerrone's finished anyone, so I wouldn't bet on Cerrone finishing Noons and I think most people are really overlooking Noons.

Standing I think Noons has a good chance of winning the fight.

Cerrone's best chance is taking Noons down and trying to submit him.

Cerrone's last fight in 2012 was a finish, so how has it been a while since he finished anybody. You make it sound like Cerrone hasnt finished anybody in 5 years like GSP or something like that

@Grizzly... Noons has some excellent boxing, but overall stand up is easily in Cerrone's favor. Can KJ win the fight?  Sure. I just don't think he will.

Yeah really Cerrone finished Guillard in his last win.

KJ never beat top level competition like Cerrone.

I give KJ more of a chance then some, but still think he will take a beating here. 

Cowboy will get back on track

Donald Cerrone
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Striker/grappler 
aggressive
good striker 
contact striker 
decent punching tech. 
throws various punching combos/ 1-2 or 1-2 kick mostly 
good kicker 
good leg kicks 
throws kicks to the legs/body/head 
ok striker in the clinch/ good knees 
weak head movement 
avg footwork 
< avg clinch trip td 
decent shoot DL td 
prefers to shoot for a DL td 
< avg clinch tdd 
< avg shoot sl or dl tdd 
avg top control 
ok jits 
ok guard passing ability 
decent gnp 
decent active guard 
ok chin 
ok cardio 


KJ Noons
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Striker
aggressive
decent striker 
contact striker 
decent punching tech. 
throws various punching combos 
> avg kicker 
ok leg kicks 
throws kicks to the legs/body/head 
> avg striker in the clinch/ good body punches   
decent head movement 
avg footwork 
weak clinch td 
< avg shoot td 
rarely goes for td 
prefers to shoot for a DL td
weak clinch tdd 
weak shoot sl or dl tdd 
weak top control 
avg jits 
weak guard passing ability 
< avg gnp 
< avg guard 
decent chin 
ok cardio 

donald has to stay at kicking range and use his reach advantage to out-point KJ for the decsion. 

KJ has to get inside donalds kicking range and fire off punching combos to the body and head of cerrone. KJ is more likely to KO cerrone than vice versa. KJ best shot at a winning this though is to out-point donald for othe decision.

KJ Noons via Decision

Confidence meter: 4/10


What the odds should be 
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Donald Cerrone -150
KJ Noons +125

* Edited at 05.07.2013, 11:40 PM ET *

This is a mismatch on paper but looking at Cerrone's last fight who knows what Cowboy is showing up.Pettis embarrassed him and straight up out-struck him.

Yeah but Pettis has some of the best striking in MMA today..

Also, I hope if Noons loses they give him another chance. He is a fun guy to watch. If he loses I wouldn't mind a rematch with Couture. Let's get KJ some redemption.

Yeah KJ got robbed in that Couture fight

Cerrone has some length and nice kick, but doesn't use a lot of head movement. I think KJ will try to use his headmovement and utilize his boxing skills to win a decision. But I see Cowboy with the better overall game and pulling off the win.