Lightweights K.J. Noons and Charles "Krazy Horse" Bennett are set to reignite their once-heated feud, as they have agreed to a rematch on the televised main card portion of the Strikeforce and M-1 Global: "Fedor vs. Werdum" event in June.
Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker confirmed the rematch with Sherdog.com.
Noons and Bennett first met at EliteXC: "Destiny" in February 2007, where Bennett scored a first-round knockout win over Noons.
Noons (8-2) will be making his Strikeforce debut after signing with the promotion in November. He represented Strikeforce at March's DREAM 13 event, scoring a unanimous decision win over Andre Amade. It was his first MMA fight since June 2008, as he put together a nearly perfect 4-1 boxing record during his time away from MMA.
During his sporadic seven-year MMA career, Noons has fought for other notable promotions such as Superbrawl, Icon Sport and Pro Elite, where he put together a 3-1 record and captured the organization's lightweight title. He has finished all but one of his eight career wins by TKO or KO and holds other notable career wins over James Edson Berto, Yves Edwards and Nick Diaz.
Bennett (22-16-2) is 1-2 in his last three bouts and has not fought since losing to Bobby Green at KOTC: "Fight 4 Hope" in December. He was originally set to face Luiz Azeredo on the Shine Fights 3 card last weekend, however, the North Carolina Athletic Commission pulled the plug on the event at the last minute.
Bennett has competed professionally for over nine years, while fighting for other organizations such as World Extreme Fighting, Gladiator Challenge and Pride. He has scored stoppage wins in 19 of his 22 career victories, including 14 by (T)KO.
"Krazy Horse" holds career wins over William Sriyapai (x2) and Yoshiro Maeda, while suffering defeats to Urijah Faber, Duane Ludwig and Takanori Gomi.
The co-promoted Strikeforce and M-1 event takes place on June 26 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. and is headlined by a heavyweight bout between top-ranked heavyweights Fedor Emelianenko and Fabricio Werdum. In addition, Strikeforce 145-lbs. women's champion Cristiane Santos will make her second title defense against promotion newcomer Jan Finney.







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