{"id":60036,"date":"2013-05-21T10:52:23","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T17:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=60036"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:02:13","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:02:13","slug":"noons-not-buying-stand-up-war-with-cerrone-anticipates-cowboy-takedowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/noons-not-buying-stand-up-war-with-cerrone-anticipates-cowboy-takedowns\/","title":{"rendered":"Noons Not Buying Stand Up War With Cerrone: Anticipates &#8216;Cowboy&#8217; Takedowns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/noons-new-site1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/noons-new-site1-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"KJ Noons\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-30610\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>\u201cI thought right away it\u2019s a great matchup, great fireworks. I\u2019ve got a lot of respect for the guy as a fighter \u2026 . He\u2019s very well versed. He\u2019s a very well-rounded fighter. He likes to stand and bang, and he can mix it up anywhere&#8230; I\u2019m not making excuses for my losses, but the last five fights, the first loss was to Nick Diaz, which was a very close fight in a weight division which I don\u2019t even fight in. I did that for the organization because they asked me to. \u2026 I did lose to [Jorge] Masvidal, so we can say that\u2019s a loss. Came back and won a fight after that, and then I fought Josh [Thomson] and he just laid on me like a human blanket. I kind of look at that like he was pretty scared to fight. I guess it wasn\u2019t even really a fight, and then last fight, the judges gave it to [Couture]. Like I said, I\u2019m not trying to make a lot of excuses, but it\u2019s just kind of where the cards fell&#8230; Stylistically, I believe I still have a lot of fights left. I\u2019m an exciting fighter. I think that has a lot to play in what the UFC decides. \u2026 I\u2019m pretty confident that my style of fighting is pretty exciting and people like to watch it. That\u2019s what the UFC likes. They like exciting fights and what people want to see. There\u2019s only been one person that\u2019s stood and banged with me. It was Nick Diaz. I don\u2019t know if that\u2019s the smartest thing \u2026 . I train for every aspect of the game because it\u2019s MMA. It might look like it\u2019s going to be a standup war, but people want to put it wherever it\u2019s going to be the most to their advantage. I feel like the biggest advantage for me is standing. He\u2019s probably going to be wanting to take it anywhere, make my hands tired, make legs tired. I\u2019m ready for wherever the fight goes. I think it\u2019s going to be exciting anywhere.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>UFC 160 fighter, KJ Noons, is preparing for a showdown with Donald Cerrone this weekend on PPV.<\/p>\n<p>In this interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/Sherdog.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sherdog.com <\/a>he shares his thoughts on the matchup and what he expects come fight night! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI thought right away it\u2019s a great matchup, great fireworks. I\u2019ve got a lot of respect for the guy as a fighter \u2026 . He\u2019s very well versed. He\u2019s a very well-rounded fighter. 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