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With Miller unlikely, Diaz vs. Noons title fight expected for “Strikeforce: San Jose”

A grudge match between Strikeforce welterweight champion Nick Diaz and middleweight Jason "Mayhem" Miller is not likely for this year, according to Diaz's manager.

Diaz (22-7 MMA, 3-0 SF) is going to fight at an event planned for Oct. 9 currently dubbed "Strikeforce: San Jose." But he will compete welterweight, and Miller (23-7 MMA, 1-1 SF) is not his opponent.

"Trust me, that's not the fight they have for him," Diaz's manager and trainer, Cesar Gracie, told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). "It's someone else, and it's almost a done deal."

The manager initially declined to reveal the opponent. However, it was later posted on his team's website that Diaz and former EliteXC champ K.J. Noons have agreed to a rematch.