Tag: Jake Shields

With Shields Cageside at 124, Will UFC Show Strikeforce How Postfight Confrontations are Done?

("Thank you for your opening statement, Mr. Miller. Mr. Diaz and Mr. Shields now have 30 seconds to present their rebuttal." PicProps: BuzzHollywood.com)
Even after a panel of world renowned experts weighed in last week to unanimously declare…


("Thank you for your opening statement, Mr. Miller. Mr. Diaz and Mr. Shields now have 30 seconds to present their rebuttal." PicProps: BuzzHollywood.com)

Even after a panel of world renowned experts weighed in last week to unanimously declare that Jake Shields still needs to prove himself worthy in the UFC’s 170-pound division, the company is not wavering in its plans to shoehorn him into a title shot against the winner of next month’s Georges St. Pierre vs. Josh Koscheck scrap. Shields now even says he’ll be cageside at UFC 124 in Montreal, pretty much ensuring that the UFC will tempt fate by having the Cesar Gracie jiu jitsu fighter enter the Octagon to confront the victor.

We all know what happened the last time the former Strikeforce middleweight champ was involved in a postfight altercation inside a cage. Bad things, man. Fortunately, if Shields decides to engage in a company-sponsored mean-mug competition after UFC 124 it will at least be at an event run by professionals, so the possibility of an encore performance of “Strikeforce: Nashville” is pretty slim. Especially since all parties involved will no doubt get a stern “Be cool, motherfuckers,” speech from Dana White prior to the show. Still, Shields was already teasing a heel turn during his recent interview with MMA Weekly …

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Exclusive Interview: Jason ‘Mayhem’ Miller Calls Nick Diaz a Bitch, Discusses ‘Bully Beatdown’ and Brock Lesnar

Ruben Vera catches up with Jason Mayhem Miller – Watch more Funny Videos
CagePotato’s West Coast Correspondent Ruben Vera recently got some time with Strikeforce/DREAM star Jason Miller, and if there’s one thing you should take away from this inte…

Ruben Vera catches up with Jason Mayhem Miller – Watch more Funny Videos

CagePotato’s West Coast Correspondent Ruben Vera recently got some time with Strikeforce/DREAM star Jason Miller, and if there’s one thing you should take away from this interview, it’s that BULLY BEATDOWN RETURNS NOVEMBER 4TH!!! Okay, now that the shameless plug is out of the way, we can get down to business. Mayhem is rather upset that Nick Diaz has the gall to talk shit and throw water bottles at him backstage after Strikeforce events, but won’t step up to fight him in front of a paying audience. He also runs down his DREAM.16 fight against Kazushi Sakuraba, his recent trip to Brazil, bringing MMA to a new audience with Bully Beatdown, and UFC 121‘s marquee matchups. Some highlights…

On Nick Diaz: "Man, this guy’s a paper champion, get out of here with this. What the hell? So he beat up a 155-pound KJ Noons, and ‘ohhh, you gotta come down to 170, bro.’ Get out of here! Like, okay, what exactly does that mean? The only fight anyone wants to see is me and Nick Diaz. Outside of the UFC, that’s the only fight that people are talking about, here in America. I’m sorry, that’s how it is. You broke it off, you jumped me. You did it, you asked for it, you talked about, for years, guys with painted hair who bark at themselves. Who are you talking about? You didn’t call out names. I’m calling out names! Nick Diaz is a bitch…he wants it, but he doesn’t. ‘Oh, come to my gym and fight me.’ Come to your gym and fight you? Really? That’s what you’re saying now? Get out of here, man. Step in the cage and fight me, you know? It’s ridiculous."

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Shields Easily Wins UFC 121 ‘Understatement of the Night’ Award: ‘If I was Fighting GSP I Don’t Think I Would’ve Won’

(“They said this *was* the biggest hat they had.” PicProps: Sherdog)
Man, Jake Shields either possesses an unbelievable knack for stating the obvious or he just has an incredibly dry sense of humor. Either way, we dare you to read the follo…


(“They said this *was* the biggest hat they had.” PicProps: Sherdog)

Man, Jake Shields either possesses an unbelievable knack for stating the obvious or he just has an incredibly dry sense of humor. Either way, we dare you to read the following quote without having some variation of the expression “No shit, Sherlock,” flash through your mind. On the topic of his underwhelming performance against Martin Kampmann at UFC 121, Shields tells MMA Weekly: “If I was fighting GSP that night I don’t think I would have won, to be honest. I just don’t see myself beating GSP being the way I felt that night, but I also don’t feel that’s me. I feel like I can go out there and beat him still.”

Actually, there are a lot of people who don’t even think Shields beat Kampmann. The former Strikeforce middleweight champ showed up in the Octagon with a boatload of hype and – as is the fashion for big-name signees these days – came within an iffy split decision of fumbling his UFC debut. Then he went to the post-fight presser and said some shit about how he had cut 20 pounds in one day in order to make the 170-pound limit for the first time since 2008. UFC President Dana White called that “ridiculous” and “stupid,” but for some reason appears firm in his plans to have Shields next challenge for the welterweight title. Just goes to show, you never can tell what’s going to make the big man fly into one of his rages these days and what he’s just going to shrug off …

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Wednesday Morning MMA Link Club: Y’Ever Notice How White People Eat Sandwiches?

(Cain Velasquez and George Lopez enjoy a PBJ and milk in honor of Brock Lesnar’s cracker-ass heritage. Props: fpvault)
– Five Lessons: UFC 121 Edition (Versus MMA Beat)
– Cesar Gracie Says Jake Shields Is the Guy to Beat GSP (FightMagazine)
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(Cain Velasquez and George Lopez enjoy a PBJ and milk in honor of Brock Lesnar’s cracker-ass heritage. Props: fpvault)

– Five Lessons: UFC 121 Edition (Versus MMA Beat)

– Cesar Gracie Says Jake Shields Is the Guy to Beat GSP (FightMagazine)

– Dana White: Brock Lesnar Is Not Going Back to WWE (LowKick)

– Court McGee Not Entirely Pleased With Performance in UFC 121 Win (MMA Fighting)

– The IRS Put a Lien On James Toney’s UFC 118 Fight Purse (MMA Convert)

– Marquardt vs. Okami Winner Guaranteed Title Shot (Heavy.com/MMA)

– Bellator Finalizes Line-Up for Thursday Night’s Season-Ending Event (Five Ounces of Pain)

– Playboy Playmate LaTasha Marzolla Gets Her Arm Snapped in an MMA Bout (MiddleEasy)

– Herb Dean Talks Refereeing and Judging and His New Line of Condoms (MMA Scraps)

– UFC President Dana White Talks Jon Jones, Jose Aldo on the Fight Fix (SBNation.com/MMA)

LESNAR AND SHIELDS MEDICALLY SUSPENDED FOR 180 DAYS

The $400,000 salary Brock Lesnar “earned” this Saturday at UFC 121 will have to tide him over for about 6 months as he received 180 day medical suspension for eye injuries, with a simultaneous 60 days of medical suspension served for facial lacerations.
Welterweight title “contender” Jake Shields was also given a 180 day medical […]

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The $400,000 salary Brock Lesnar “earned” this Saturday at UFC 121 will have to tide him over for about 6 months as he received 180 day medical suspension for eye injuries, with a simultaneous 60 days of medical suspension served for facial lacerations.

Welterweight title “contender” Jake Shields was also given a 180 day medical suspension which could place help or hinder his expected title-shot fight against the winner of Koscheck Vs. GSP. Though Shields won a split decision over Martin Kampmann at UFC 121, he is unsure at this point if Dana White will still offer him the winner of the UFC 124 Welterweight Championship fight, after his lackluster UFC debut which exposed holes in his cardio. However, Shields has stated he would like to fight George St. Pierre regardless of the outcome.

I would much rather take it from GSP because he’s the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world right now, in my opinion. Koscheck is a phenomenal fighter, but right now it’s a little more prestigious to beat GSP.

Brock Lesnar Medically Suspended 180 Days, Made $400K Guaranteed

Filed under: UFC, NewsBrock Lesnar was the loser in a relatively one-sided beatdown at UFC 121, but he was the biggest winner in the financial department, pocketing a $400,000 purse for his main event bout with Cain Velasquez, the California state athl…

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Brock Lesnar was the loser in a relatively one-sided beatdown at UFC 121, but he was the biggest winner in the financial department, pocketing a $400,000 purse for his main event bout with Cain Velasquez, the California state athletic commission confirmed to MMA Fighting.

Lesnar, arguably the biggest draw in MMA, will likely earn millions more in pay-per-view money based upon the final number of buys, but the $400,000 purse represents the guaranteed amount reported to the commission under his contract.

In capturing the title from Lesnar, Velasquez made a $100,000 base salary to go with a $100,000 win bonus.

All UFC 121 fighter purse and medical suspension is below.