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UFC president Dana White can finally stop having to answer questions about signing Jake Shields. The former Strikeforce middleweight champion is UFC bound, says the official website of Shields' Cesar Gracie camp.
\"Jake's opponent is one of the UFC's top contenders and will be announced shortly,\" GracieFighter.com stated.
Shields will move down to the division where he spent the majority of his career, 170 pounds.
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Even before the last fight on his Strikeforce contract, it was only time before Shields would join the UFC. Just one week after the Henderson win, Shields was on camera sitting next to White at the WEC 48 pay-per-view in Sacramento. At the end of June it became all but official after Strikeforce took the initiative to release Shields from his contract during their renegotiation period.
\"He wants to be in the UFC, we want him in the UFC, unless something crazy happens in contract negotiations, which I don't anticipate, he should be fighting in the UFC,\" White told MMAFighting.com's Ariel Helwani the day after Shields received his Strikeforce release.
The 31-year-old Shields, who holds an overall MMA record of 25 wins, four losses and one draw, is considered one of the top 170 and 185-pounders in the world. Shields has won his last 14 fights, including wins over Dan Henderson, Jason \"Mayhem\" MIller, Robbie Lawler, Paul Daley as well as current UFC fighters Carlos Condit and Yushin Okami.
Shields is coming off the biggest win of his career, a decisive win over Henderson on CBS to successfully defend the Strikeforce middleweight title.
\"Jake's opponent is one of the UFC's top contenders and will be announced shortly,\" GracieFighter.com stated.
Shields will move down to the division where he spent the majority of his career, 170 pounds.
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Even before the last fight on his Strikeforce contract, it was only time before Shields would join the UFC. Just one week after the Henderson win, Shields was on camera sitting next to White at the WEC 48 pay-per-view in Sacramento. At the end of June it became all but official after Strikeforce took the initiative to release Shields from his contract during their renegotiation period.
\"He wants to be in the UFC, we want him in the UFC, unless something crazy happens in contract negotiations, which I don't anticipate, he should be fighting in the UFC,\" White told MMAFighting.com's Ariel Helwani the day after Shields received his Strikeforce release.
The 31-year-old Shields, who holds an overall MMA record of 25 wins, four losses and one draw, is considered one of the top 170 and 185-pounders in the world. Shields has won his last 14 fights, including wins over Dan Henderson, Jason \"Mayhem\" MIller, Robbie Lawler, Paul Daley as well as current UFC fighters Carlos Condit and Yushin Okami.
Shields is coming off the biggest win of his career, a decisive win over Henderson on CBS to successfully defend the Strikeforce middleweight title.
MMABay can EXCLUSIVELY reveal that a welterweight showdown between the UFC’s newest acquisition, Jake Shields and fast rising star, Martin Kampmann is in the works for a UFC card before the end of the year.
A source close to one of the two men revealed the news to MMABay earlier today, saying both men have been approached and seemingly verbally agreed to meet.
Kampmann said about facing Shields to a leading website late last month:
“That would definitely be a good fight as well. He’s tough and he’s ranked real high in the welterweight division. For good reason, I didn’t expect him to beat (Dan) Henderson, he’s definitely good. I’m ready for whoever. I just want to fight guys that’s ranked in the top ten, top five. The higher the better.”
Shields is coming off an ultra-impressive five round decision win over MMA legend, Dan Henderson earlier in the year. He also holds notable wins over Jason “Mayhem” Miller, Paul Daley and Carlos Condit.
As for Kampmann, the Danish star is back on track in the welterweight division after getting knocked out by Paul Daley back in September last year with impressive victories over the likes of Jacob Volkmann and Paulo Thiago.
A source close to one of the two men revealed the news to MMABay earlier today, saying both men have been approached and seemingly verbally agreed to meet.
Kampmann said about facing Shields to a leading website late last month:
“That would definitely be a good fight as well. He’s tough and he’s ranked real high in the welterweight division. For good reason, I didn’t expect him to beat (Dan) Henderson, he’s definitely good. I’m ready for whoever. I just want to fight guys that’s ranked in the top ten, top five. The higher the better.”
Shields is coming off an ultra-impressive five round decision win over MMA legend, Dan Henderson earlier in the year. He also holds notable wins over Jason “Mayhem” Miller, Paul Daley and Carlos Condit.
As for Kampmann, the Danish star is back on track in the welterweight division after getting knocked out by Paul Daley back in September last year with impressive victories over the likes of Jacob Volkmann and Paulo Thiago.
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