It took K.J. Noons only 48 seconds to finish one-time training partner Yves Edwards and retain the Elite XC lightweight title on Saturday night in Honolulu in a scene that was decidedly 2008.

About a minute later, it was almost like a time machine had hit the Neal Blaisdell Center, a longtime hotbed for all forms of combat. It was like time suddenly shifted back to the 1970s, where Karl Noons Sr., was a kickboxer and when the arena was known as a pro wrestling hotbed.

K.J. Noons was speaking with Showtime announcer Bill Goldberg, a '90s pro wrestling icon. The show was promoted around "The Return of the King," with Noons locally billed as "King Karl," as the hometown hero, being born and growing up in Hawaii before moving to the mainland as a teenager.

With his father, who groomed him to be a fighter from childhood, by his side, Noons wished his father a happy birthday and happy Father's Day. Suddenly Nick Diaz, who had stopped Muhsin Corbbrey earlier in the show to earn the next title shot, came out to disrupt the proceedings.

"Don't be scared, homie," said Diaz, with a scowl that they can't teach in wrestling school. Then Diaz flipped off the Noons family, and suddenly, it was a real life free-for-all. The corners started pushing and shoving, some punches were thrown, and Karl Noons Sr. had his hands all over Nick Diaz as security and Goldberg were pulling him off.

Diaz, and brother, UFC star Nate Diaz, then retreated in almost perfect timing, flipping off the irate fans while announcer Stephen Quadros said loudly, "I can't wait for the rematch."

Noons had beaten Diaz via blood stoppage on Nov. 10 in Corpus Christi, Texas, to become the first Elite XC lightweight champion. Noons, 6-1, took a solid punch from Edwards, but came back and put him on the deck with a right to the jaw. From there, he overwhelmed the 11-year veteran with 17 punches and elbows on the ground before referee Mario Yamasaki had to stop it.

"He's the man," said Edwards, now 34-14-1, who trained with Noons in 1999 when both were living in Houston. "There's not much I can say. He dropped me and I was out."

"He caught me with a good shot," said Noons, "But I can take a good shot."

Diaz, 17-7, came in at 169 pounds in a fight contracted at 160 against Corbbrey, 13-3, who was actually down to 158 when he found out Diaz wasn't making weight. An agreement was worked out where Diaz would pay Corbbrey a percentage of his purse for failing to make weight. Diaz had a huge size difference and took over in the second round, before finishing Corbbrey at 3:59 of the third with elbows from the mount.

Former middleweight champion Murilo "Ninja" Rua, 16-8-1, scored a one-sided win over Australian Tony Bonello, 16-1-1, with elbows from the mount in 3:16 of the first round.

Heavyweight Dave Herman, 11-0, put himself in the position for a possible title shot by finishing 42-year-old powerhouse Ron Waterman, 15-6-2, in 2:19 via ground and pound.

In the televised opener, light heavyweight contender Rafael Feijao, 6-1, with Anderson Silva in his corner, quickly finished former Division II wrestling All-American Wayne Cole, 11-7, in just 2:47 via ground and pound.

During the broadcast it was officially announced Elite XC's second CBS show would be on July 26, and would be headlined by a middleweight title rematch from two weeks ago with champion Robbie Lawler defending against Scott Smith. The site for the card has yet to be determined.