UFC alum Jake Shields’ controversial challenge accepted by amateur wrestler and trans man Mack Beggs

Jake ShieldsJake Shields’ challenge to take on ten trans men back-to-back has been answered. Shields, a former Strikeforce middleweight champion who fizzled out of the sport in 2018 following a run under the PFL banner, has kept his name in the headlines thanks to his controversial and downright disgusting views toward the transgender community. Despite being […]

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Jake Shields’ challenge to take on ten trans men back-to-back has been answered.

Shields, a former Strikeforce middleweight champion who fizzled out of the sport in 2018 following a run under the PFL banner, has kept his name in the headlines thanks to his controversial and downright disgusting views toward the transgender community. Despite being repeatedly suspended from social media platforms like Twitter for his transphobic takes, the lay-and-pray specialist routinely finds his way back online to offer his outlandish takes.

Recently, Shields made a lot of enemies, and a shocking amount of allies, for his belief that those who aid in the transition of children should be subject to public execution.

Putting his money where his mouth is, Jake Shields offered up a challenge to the community he seems to loathe so much. He offered to fight ten of the toughest trans men on the same night, leading one to suspect that Shields had just gotten done watching the 1992 film ‘Diggstown’ and had a lightbulb moment.

Since trans men are real men I would like to challenge the 10 toughest trans men in the world to a fight.” Taking things a step further, Shields agreed to fight them with “no training and no rest between each fight.”

Amateur Wrestler Mack Beggs Accepts Jake Shields’ Challenge

After some additional goading from Jake Shields, one individual stepped up to the plate. Mack Beggs, an amateur wrestler and transgender man, delivered a scathing response to the California native. Beggs accepted Shields’ challenge but suggested that they keep it one-on-one.

‘We just going to make this an official call out, but Jake Shields I will take you up on your offer,’ he said. But the offer isn’t going to be 10 versus one and 10 trans men you’re going to be fighting for the rest of the night,” Beggs said.

“You’re going to do a one-on-one type match. You’re going to do it right,” Beggs continued. “If you’re going to call yourself a fighter do it f*cking right. Like, that’s just f***ing disrespectful. It’s disrespectful to the sport of MMA for you to just be like ‘oh yeah let me just call out 10 trans men and I’ll f*cking whoop them” (h/t Outkick.com)

Beggs went on to suggest that the constant attention that his community gets from Jake Shields and his equally pathetic allies could be due to a secret fetish masked as disdain.

“It’s the fact that y’all are so fixated and hyper-fixated and have some f*cking fetish with trans women that you even forget that we f*cking out here and we going to f*ck you up.

“I’m specifically going to f*ck you up Jake Shields,” Beggs concluded.

Beggs is a former high school wrestler from Euless, Texas. In 2017, Beggs made headlines after he won the Texas girls’ 110-pound championship despite identifying as a male. However, it was not Beggs’ choice to compete in the girls’ division. Texas state legislation dictated that individuals were only allowed to compete in the division for the gender assigned at birth.

Trans fighter Alana McLaughlin lays down conditions for fight with Jake Shields following controversial challenge

Alana McLaughlinTransgender MMA fighter Alana McLaughlin has agreed to a potential fight with former Strikeforce middleweight champion Jake Shields. The two parties have engaged in a war of words as of late with Shields openly lobbying against the LGBTQ community. Or as he calls them, “the alphabet people.” Shields has specifically taken aim at transgender individuals […]

Alana McLaughlin

Transgender MMA fighter Alana McLaughlin has agreed to a potential fight with former Strikeforce middleweight champion Jake Shields.

The two parties have engaged in a war of words as of late with Shields openly lobbying against the LGBTQ community. Or as he calls them, “the alphabet people.” Shields has specifically taken aim at transgender individuals and their allies, even suggesting that those who support the transition of children be publicly executed.

Recently, Shield laid down a challenge to the trans community on Twitter, suggesting that he would take on “the 10 toughest trans men in the world” with no training or rest in between each opponent. Wrestler Mack Beggs, a trans man, accepted the challenge, but Shields appears to believe that it was Alana McLaughlin accepting. Responding to a picture of ‘Lady Feral’ on social media, Shields said, “This dude blocked me so someone tell him I accept his offer.”

Alana McLaughlin Accepts Jake Shields’ Challenge

Alana McLaughlin took the opportunity to accept Shield’s challenge, laying down some pretty serious conditions for a potential scrap inside the cage.

“Drop to 145 and go on puberty blockers for six months and I’d be glad to,” McLaughlin tweeted. “Sorry, but I’m not taking steroids to be a lay-and-pray fighter.”

Puberty blockers are exactly what they sound like. Medications that are designed to suppress the body’s release of sex hormones, including testosterone and estrogen, during puberty. They are typically used in individuals suffering from gender dysphoria.

In an interesting and somewhat hilarious twist, Alana McLaughlin followed up on her conditions by letting the “washed-up fascist” know that if he was so desperate to roll around with her, all he had to do was ask her out.

“If Jake wanted to get sweaty and roll around on the floor with me, he should have tried not being a racist, transphobic, fascist f*ck-knuckle and just asked me on a date,” McLaughlin quipped.

With trans rights becoming a hot-button issue in recent years and insufferable douchebags like Jake Shields being allowed to freely call for the public executions of its community members and allies, it’s unlikely that his war of words with Alana McLaughlin and trans people, in general, is over. But it is safe to say that the two will likely never step inside the cage to settle their differences.

Former MMA Fighter Jake Shields’ Twitter Account Banned In France After Offensive Remarks Against LGBTQ Community

It appears that former UFC title challenger Jake Shields’ Twitter account can no longer be viewed by users in France. The 44-year-old has spent his post-fighting career becoming significantly more active on social media, and he’s never been shy about s…

It appears that former UFC title challenger Jake Shields’ Twitter account can no longer be viewed by users in France. The 44-year-old has spent his post-fighting career becoming significantly more active on social media, and he’s never been shy about sharing his thought on a myriad of political and social issues. Although some fighters have…

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Jake Shields Reacts To Mike Jackson’s Recent UFC Release

Former UFC fighter Jake Shields is happy to see Mike Jackson released by the promotion just weeks after their UFC PI altercation. Shields and Jackson came to blows during an encounter at the UFC PI in Las Vegas. Their beef on Twitter turned from the ke…

Former UFC fighter Jake Shields is happy to see Mike Jackson released by the promotion just weeks after their UFC PI altercation. Shields and Jackson came to blows during an encounter at the UFC PI in Las Vegas. Their beef on Twitter turned from the keyboards to the PI floors, as Shields and Jackson wrestled…

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Jake Shields Provides Update On Nick Diaz’s Targeted Return

Jake Shields’ longtime friend and teammate, Nick Diaz, is apparently in the right mental frame of mind as he works towards a UFC comeback. Diaz returned to the Octagon in 2021, facing Robbie Lawler at UFC 266. He lost the fight via TKO but looked…

Jake Shields’ longtime friend and teammate, Nick Diaz, is apparently in the right mental frame of mind as he works towards a UFC comeback. Diaz returned to the Octagon in 2021, facing Robbie Lawler at UFC 266. He lost the fight via TKO but looked impressive given the fact he hadn’t fought since 2015. Diaz,…

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Jake Shields backs Nick Diaz ahead of expected UFC return next year: ‘He’s looks far better than he did’

Nick DiazFormer UFC welterweight title challenger, Jake Shields has backed teammate, Nick Diaz ahead of the latter’s expected Octagon return next year, claiming the Californian is at least in better shape than he was in his UFC 266 rematch loss to Robbie Lawler in September of last year. Shields, an alum of the UFC, challenged for […]

Nick Diaz

Former UFC welterweight title challenger, Jake Shields has backed teammate, Nick Diaz ahead of the latter’s expected Octagon return next year, claiming the Californian is at least in better shape than he was in his UFC 266 rematch loss to Robbie Lawler in September of last year.

Shields, an alum of the UFC, challenged for undisputed welterweight gold against common-foe, Georges St-Pierre back in 2011, suffering a unanimous decision. A renowned grappler, Shields managed to clinch gold under the banners of Strikerforce, Elite XC, Shooto, and Rumbler on the Rock during his storied professional career.

Making his first Octagon walk in over six years back in September of last year on the main card of UFC 266, Stockton fan-favorite, Nick Diaz met with two-time foe and former undisputed champion, Robbie Lawler at the middleweight limit. 

Matching with the former champion in a rematch of their 2004 matchup with Nick Diaz landing a knockout win, Lawler managed to stop Diaz with third round strikes, scoring a TKO win via retirement in their scheduled five round matchup.

In the time since, Diaz, a former welterweight title challenger in the UFC and prior Strikeforce and WEC champion, has stressed his intentions to return to active competition next year – eyeing a potential fight with former middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya.

Jake Shields touts Nick Diaz’s condition ahead of potential 2023 return to the UFC

Explaining his surprise with how a fight with Lawler actually came to fruition last year, Diaz revealed a rift in his camp and management team post-fight, however, Shields has now claimed the veteran is at least looking better physically ahead of a potential 2023 comeback.

“Nick (Diaz) looks far better than he did when he fought Robbie (Lawler),” Jake Shields tweeted

Without a victory since an impressive unanimous decision win over former welterweight and lightweight champion, B.J. Penn back in 2011, Diaz, according to his head coach, Cesar Gracie, competed against Lawler in September of last year, despite suffering two ruptured discs in his neck