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Where are they going? A week removed from EliteXC’s fall, not one EliteXC fighter is free and clear yet to sign a new deal elsewhere. That doesn’t mean the wheels aren’t turning though. Here’s the latest on a few of the fighters EliteXC left behind.

Eddie Alvarez

Of all the fighters signed to EliteXC contracts, Eddie Alvarez seems to have the most options while his Elite contract is stuck in bankruptcy proceedings. According to his manager, Monte Cox, Eddie has two fights remaining on his DREAM contract, and deals with Andrenaline and Extreme Challenge.

In a press release issued today, EliteXC has announced that they have stripped KJ Noons of their lightweight championship for refusing to defend the title against Nick Diaz.

EliteXC Head of Fight Operations Jeremy Lappen comments.

“We are stripping KJ of his championship belt for refusing to defend against Diaz. It’s a very unfortunate situation but we cannot have belt-holders who refuse to fight the top contenders. We want champions who will fight anyone, anytime, anyplace. That’s the mentality all champions should have.

There’s two sides to every story, and KJ Noons has finally told his. Instead of holding a press conference, Noons has released an official statement to share his side of the recent EliteXC-Nick Diaz debacle. We’ve covered this story pretty extensively, so I was quite anxious hear what Noons had to say, and quite honestly after reading it twice, I found very little that actually “clears his name.”

Jared Shaw has responded to comments Mark Dion made yesterday regarding the KJ Noons/Nick Diaz rematch and the deadline that EliteXC imposed upon them. As you might suspect, Shaw had strong words for Mark Dion.

“[Negotiating] is the manager’s fiduciary responsibility for the fighter. But it’s also the manager’s responsibility to get his fighter to take the right fights that lead him to financial gains, and it’s up to the manager to make sure that he has the fighter understand how EliteXC feels about him. Otherwise the manager is painting whatever picture he wants to paint. And in this case, this manager — his 15 minutes of fame is costing his client his career.”

Image courtesy of EliteXC

It looks like we have an all out media war between EliteXC and KJ Noons’ camp. Yesterday, Jared Shaw informed the MMA media that KJ Noons and his management were avoiding EliteXC officials in regards to booking Noons in a rematch at EliteXC’s Oct. 4 CBS show. Shaw went so far as to issue Noons an ultimatum stating that if Noons didn’t accept the bout agreement by 5PM PT today, they would be forced to take action.