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Claressa Shields Reveals What Spurred Interest In Amanda Nunes Fight

In case you thought she wasn’t serious, unified women’s boxing middleweight champion Claressa Shields will begin her mixed martial arts (MMA) training this year. Talk has ramped up of the boxer facing two-weight UFC champion Amanda Nunes in potential crossover fights in boxing and MMA. For now, though, it looks like MMA is the plan. […]

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In case you thought she wasn’t serious, unified women’s boxing middleweight champion Claressa Shields will begin her mixed martial arts (MMA) training this year.

Talk has ramped up of the boxer facing two-weight UFC champion Amanda Nunes in potential crossover fights in boxing and MMA. For now, though, it looks like MMA is the plan.

But how did the whole idea even pop up in the first place? For Shields, it was when the combat sports world started labelling Nunes as having the best hands in any sport:

“I remember when Amanda Nunes knocked out Cris Cyborg and, I don’t know who said it, but they said, ‘Amanda Nunes has the best hands that we’ve seen in any sport, boxing or MMA,’ and I was like, ‘No! We are not going to do that. We are not going to say that Amanda Nunes has better hands than me,’” Shields told BJ Penn. “I’m a two-time Olympic gold medalist in boxing. I just wasn’t going to settle for that.

“That’s why I wanted to have a fight with her in boxing because when she beats girls in the UFC, the majority [of her wins] are with her hands. She knocked out Cris Cyborg with one punch. For me, I want to get in there and fight her because of that.”

Nunes doesn’t seem too interested in a boxing fight though. That is why Shields is making a compromise and venturing into the world of MMA.

Although she will be at a disadvantage, she feels she is young enough to get to grips with the many martial arts she has no experience with:

“MMA contains boxing, boxing doesn’t contain MMA,” Shields added. “That’s why I thought the fight would be more fair with boxing. I can understand her feeling like she’s coming in at a disadvantage in boxing, so that’s why I said I would gladly learn some jiu-jitsu and some wrestling, and I already know how to box.

“So I would get in the cage and do it on that side just to make it fair because Mayweather beat up McGregor in boxing, but who knows how Mayweather would do in the cage against McGregor? I feel like I’m young enough to take the time to learn these things and actually get in there and win. I don’t go into nothing like, ‘hopefully I win’, I’m going in there looking for 100-percent win factor.”

Shields expects to make her MMA debut by the end of 2020.

What do you make of Shields and her venturing into the MMA world?

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Claressa Shields Claims She’s Doing MMA Training With Jon Jones In February

Claressa Shields is serious about embarking on a career in mixed martial arts (MMA). Shields has been adamant about securing a potential fight with current UFC women’s bantamweight and featherweight champion Amanda Nunes – whether it be in boxing or MMA. Nunes has made it clear she doesn’t want to box, but is more than […]

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Claressa Shields is serious about embarking on a career in mixed martial arts (MMA).

Shields has been adamant about securing a potential fight with current UFC women’s bantamweight and featherweight champion Amanda Nunes – whether it be in boxing or MMA. Nunes has made it clear she doesn’t want to box, but is more than willing to fight Shields in MMA if the opportunity presents itself.

It looks like Shields is trying to make that happen, as she tells BJPenn.com in a recent interview that she’ll be doing MMA training with UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones in February.

“I’m starting my training this year, 2020,” Shields said. “I’ve been able to catch on to things very fast, learn and I’ve had some great people who have reached out to me. I’ll be going to camp with Jon Jones, I believe, at the end of February just to see if I can get into the whole training thing and do what he does because he’s so great. I’m looking forward to it.

“I’ve already had my wrestling done with Adaline Gray who was an Olympic wrestler, multiple time world champion wrestler. We did some work together and she was shocked at how quick I caught on to landing a takedown and avoiding a takedown. She was putting everything in my head right there and I thought it would be the worst training ever because I hate when people grab me — just in boxing, being a boxer you want to be free and loose to punch — but when we were working, I wasn’t irritated when she was grabbing me.

“If you teach me how to have some defense, and how I can get the takedown myself, I’m perfectly fine. I don’t like going into anything blind. I learned a lot and I have plenty of video in case I forget, but I’m ready to get super consistent with it.”

Nunes comes off of a successful bantamweight title defense over Germaine de Randamie at UFC 245. Now, she has become the first champion in UFC history to have defended each title successfully after becoming a two-division champion. Perhaps she’ll get the opportunity to face an Olympic boxer as well.

What do you think about Shields training with Jones in February?

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Claressa Shields Plans To Train With Jon Jones Ahead Of MMA Debut

Claressa Shields says she plans on training with arguably the greatest fighter of all-time in Jon Jones ahead of her MMA debut. The boxing world champion is looking to become a three-weight champ on Jan. 10 but has also said she plans on going into MMA…

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Dan Lambert Says Claressa Shields Would Get Smashed By Amanda Nunes In MMA Fight

American Top Team owner, Dan Lambert is uninterested in seeing Claressa Shields crossover to MMA and fight Amanda Nunes. Lambert knows it is building hype, yet he knows it would not be a close fight and Nunes would dominate the boxing champion. “Clares…

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Amanda Nunes Invited To Claressa Shields’ Next Fight

UFC women’s bantamweight and featherweight champion Amanda Nunes has been invited to Claressa Shields’ next fight. Talk has been heating up of a potential fight between Nunes and unified middleweight boxing champion Shields. The latter even showed up recently at Nunes’ title defense against Germaine de Randamie at UFC 245 earlier this month. However, Nunes […]

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UFC women’s bantamweight and featherweight champion Amanda Nunes has been invited to Claressa Shields’ next fight.

Talk has been heating up of a potential fight between Nunes and unified middleweight boxing champion Shields. The latter even showed up recently at Nunes’ title defense against Germaine de Randamie at UFC 245 earlier this month.

However, Nunes shut down talk of crossover fight afterwards unless Shields was willing to meet her inside the Octagon.

Regardless, Shields’ promoter Dmitriy Salita has invited Nunes to attend the American’s light middleweight title fight against Ivana Habazin on January 10.

“It was great for Claressa to go see Amanda fight live and that created a lot of interest,” Salita told MMA Junkie. “We’d like to invite Amanda to Claressa’s next fight, which is going to be on Jan. 10. Hopefully she can show up and see Claressa first hand.

“It’s a work in progress – the media is interested, the fans are interested and, from the feedback we’ve received from multiple media sources, you can see how many people will write about it.”

Despite Nunes seeming unreceptive to a fight unless it’s in mixed martial arts, Salita is positive a crossover fight in some form could come to fruition before the end of 2020 — especially after observing the increasing interest from fans in wanting it to happen:

“In the ideal world, Claressa will fight Amanda sometime before the end of the year,” he added. “So I think sometime next fall, late time in fall would be the perfect time. By that time, I believe that both of these champions, the name is going to progress and grow bigger and the popularity is going to be there.

“If it happens, I believe it will be the biggest women’s match, boxing or UFC, of all time, and something in the likes of Mayweather-McGregor. If it can happen, it would really be tremendous, not only for the sports world, but also culturally and socially. I think it’ll have a tremendous, positive effect on the growth of women’s sports not only in the United States but throughout the whole world.”

Do you think Nunes vs. Shields will happen?

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Claressa Shields: Amanda Nunes Fight Would Be One Of The Biggest In Boxing History

Claressa Shields has been talking up a fight with dual weight UFC belt holder Amanda Nunes. The undisputed middleweight boxing champion watched on as dual weight UFC champion Amanda Nunes defended one of her titles against Germaine de Randamie. Speaking to media at UFC 245 she claimed a fight between herself and Nunes is currently […]

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Speaking to media at UFC 245 she claimed a fight between herself and Nunes is currently being discussed and could be one of the biggest in boxing history. (H/T MMA Junkie)

“You know what he (Dana White) said, that Amanda would do anything. She feels she’s – she is the GWOAT (Greatest Woman Of All Time) in MMA, and I’m the GWOAT in boxing. It would be one of the biggest matches in boxing history. I think that you’ve never seen two women who are young, in their prime, hungry and who just don’t want to lose so I think that me and her facing each other, would be one of those fights that people really see fireworks and stuff like that.”

Nunes seemed uninterested in a boxing match during her post-fight press-conference but Shields believes the pair will throw down in 2020 before she begins preparation for a rematch in MMA. She said. “Mid next year, end of next year, MMA match can happen a year after that.

“It’s just about whenever we get a deal signed and sealed then let me know how much time I have to get ready to get inside the octagon and I’m not talking about six months, or a year but give me like actual time where I can have a chance – I feel like I have a chance now but once we go to the ground and stuff, I have to learn that, and I know that. Me being an Olympic athlete, I know that I can learn a different sport and catch on quicker than just a regular person.” (Transcribed by MMA Junkie)

Should Claressa Shields and Amanda Nunes fight who do you think wins?

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