FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES & THOUGHTS
King Street Cafe, Honolulu

One night after it replays the history-making, first-ever primetime mixed martial arts event on network television, SHOWTIME will offer an outstanding card tomorrow, June 14 (10 p.m., ET/PT, delayed on the west coast) that will feature an EliteXC lightweight championship fight between defending champ and former Big Island resident, KJ Noons (5-1) of San Diego, Calif., and rejuvenated, world-class Yves Edwards (34-13-1) of Coconut Creek, Fla.

Preceding a main event matchup of excellent 160-pound strikers will be a terrific live televised card that will include world-class Cesar Gracie jiu-jitsu black belt Nick Diaz (16-7) of Stockton, Calif., and dangerous, up-and-coming ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series alum Muhsin Corbbrey (13-2) of Hilton Head, S.C., in the co-feature.

In other SHOWTIME televised fights: former EliteXC 185-pound champ Murilo