Conor McGregor’s training partner Dillon Danis will square off against veteran grappler Jake Shields at Submission Underground 4 this May. Danis is renowned on the BJJ circuit as an excellent grappler and had amassed a multitude of awards including the IBJJF World No-Gi Championship in 2014, and the IBJJF Pan American No-Gi Championship in 2016. The Marcelo […]
Conor McGregor’s training partner Dillon Danis will square off against veteran grappler Jake Shields at Submission Underground 4 this May. Danis is renowned on the BJJ circuit as an excellent grappler and had amassed a multitude of awards including the IBJJF World No-Gi Championship in 2014, and the IBJJF Pan American No-Gi Championship in 2016. The Marcelo […]
Donald Trump being elected as United States President has been a wildly controversial moment for Americans and anytime that his name is brought up it causes an argument as everyone has their political beliefs. You are either on Team Trump, or you are simply not. It’s just a 50 – 50 situation. With that being
Donald Trump being elected as United States President has been a wildly controversial moment for Americans and anytime that his name is brought up it causes an argument as everyone has their political beliefs. You are either on Team Trump, or you are simply not. It’s just a 50 – 50 situation.
With that being said, you can only imagine how that might escalate things when the argument is presented to an army of angry protesters in the middle of a city. Milo Yiannopoulos, who has a reputation for clicks for the conservative website Breitbart, was expected to appear at U.C. Berkeley on Wednesday but that did not happen as there were protests devolved into violent altercations, forcing an immediate cancellation.
As expected of the cancellation, local business was looted, and people were injured as a result of it. However, former UFC and current WSOF fighter Jake Shields may have helped prevent a serious situation from becoming fatal thanks to his heroic intervention.
Shields recently posted this video of him talking to the masked thugs and trying to calm them down as well as a video of the protest that broke out into chaos.
The aftermath of me helping a guy after being jumped by thugs. The police and 100's of civilians stood and watched. pic.twitter.com/7hN2iJ4kkf
For the first time in his professional mixed martial arts (MMA) career, Jon Fitch will be defending a championship. The former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight has made World Series of Fighting (WSOF) his home since June 2013.
Despite two rough submission losses to Josh Burkman and Rousimar Palhares, Fitch never gave up on his title aspirations. After defeating Yushin Okami in a title eliminator, Fitch was granted another championship bout. On April 2, 2016 Fitch captured his first major MMA title, when he defeated Joao Zeferino.
Fitch’s first title defense will be no easy task. The champion will meet grappling ace Jake Shields this Saturday night (Dec. 31) for WSOF’s New Year’s Eve event in New York City.
Fitch will compete inside The Theater at Madison Square Garden. He told Sherdog.com that he never imagined this would come to fruition.
“It’s pretty exciting to be fighting in New York. I didn’t think I’d expect to ever be in this position over the years, but to now be able to fight in Madison Square Garden is an excellent thing to put on my list of accomplishments. Defending my title there is going to be awesome.”
Shields is no stranger to championship gold. The Cesar Gracie Jiu-Jitsu fighter has held titles in Strikeforce, Elite XC, and Shooto. Fitch is well aware of the challenger’s strengths, but he’s confident in his own abilities. He said he welcomes the match-up.
“Jake is very systematic, but he’s very good within that system,” Fitch added. “He’s like a crocodile, where you know exactly what a crocodile will do; he’s going to snap at you and then death roll you, but it’s very hard to stop that from happening. I’m prepared for him, and I think I match up well against him style-wise. I think it’s going to be a great fight.”
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For the first time in his professional mixed martial arts (MMA) career, Jon Fitch will be defending a championship. The former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight has made World Series of Fighting (WSOF) his home since June 2013.
Despite two rough submission losses to Josh Burkman and Rousimar Palhares, Fitch never gave up on his title aspirations. After defeating Yushin Okami in a title eliminator, Fitch was granted another championship bout. On April 2, 2016 Fitch captured his first major MMA title, when he defeated Joao Zeferino.
Fitch’s first title defense will be no easy task. The champion will meet grappling ace Jake Shields this Saturday night (Dec. 31) for WSOF’s New Year’s Eve event in New York City.
Fitch will compete inside The Theater at Madison Square Garden. He told Sherdog.com that he never imagined this would come to fruition.
“It’s pretty exciting to be fighting in New York. I didn’t think I’d expect to ever be in this position over the years, but to now be able to fight in Madison Square Garden is an excellent thing to put on my list of accomplishments. Defending my title there is going to be awesome.”
Shields is no stranger to championship gold. The Cesar Gracie Jiu-Jitsu fighter has held titles in Strikeforce, Elite XC, and Shooto. Fitch is well aware of the challenger’s strengths, but he’s confident in his own abilities. He said he welcomes the match-up.
“Jake is very systematic, but he’s very good within that system,” Fitch added. “He’s like a crocodile, where you know exactly what a crocodile will do; he’s going to snap at you and then death roll you, but it’s very hard to stop that from happening. I’m prepared for him, and I think I match up well against him style-wise. I think it’s going to be a great fight.”
Jake Shields isn’t one to back down from a verbal battle, just ask Conor McGregor.
But as the former Strikeforce champion and UFC title contender told MMAjunkie Radio recently, he doesn’t feel the need to do any of that ahead of facing Jon Fitch for the WSOF welterweight title.
The two are set to meet at WSOF 34 on NBC New Year’s Eve.
“He’s a guy I’ve got a lot of respect for, so I’m certainly not going to talk any (expletive) on Fitch,” Shields said. “He’s a great welterweight. He’s had a great career, and I think he’s still talented, so I’m excited to be fighting him for this title. It’s one of those fights I expected to happen years ago. I always thought me and Fitch wold fight, both being NorCal guys, both being Top-5 welterweights most of our career, I’m surprised we haven’t fought before.”
Shields, who will turn 38 years old shortly after the fight, has not fought since August 2015 when he was submitted by Rousimar Palhares for the title. WSOF officials eventually stripped Palhares of the belt for holding on to the submission for too long.
Overall, Shields is 5-2 with a no-contest since a 2011 loss to Jake Ellenberger in the UFC.
Jake Shields isn’t one to back down from a verbal battle, just ask Conor McGregor.
But as the former Strikeforce champion and UFC title contender told MMAjunkie Radio recently, he doesn’t feel the need to do any of that ahead of facing Jon Fitch for the WSOF welterweight title.
The two are set to meet at WSOF 34 on NBC New Year’s Eve.
“He’s a guy I’ve got a lot of respect for, so I’m certainly not going to talk any (expletive) on Fitch,” Shields said. “He’s a great welterweight. He’s had a great career, and I think he’s still talented, so I’m excited to be fighting him for this title. It’s one of those fights I expected to happen years ago. I always thought me and Fitch wold fight, both being NorCal guys, both being Top-5 welterweights most of our career, I’m surprised we haven’t fought before.”
Shields, who will turn 38 years old shortly after the fight, has not fought since August 2015 when he was submitted by Rousimar Palhares for the title. WSOF officials eventually stripped Palhares of the belt for holding on to the submission for too long.
Overall, Shields is 5-2 with a no-contest since a 2011 loss to Jake Ellenberger in the UFC.
Despite the rumors that he could potentially be making his long awaited return at December 10’s UFC 206 from his home of Canada, legendary former welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre announced on yesterday’s (October 17, 2016) edition of The MMA Hour that his lawyer had terminated his contract with the UFC and that he was
Despite the rumors that he could potentially be making his long awaited return at December 10’s UFC 206 from his home of Canada, legendary former welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre announced on yesterday’s (October 17, 2016) edition of The MMA Hour that his lawyer had terminated his contract with the UFC and that he was now a free agent.
St. Pierre admitted that negotiations had stalled and that he had become tired of the drawn out process after once again finding his fire to compete. However, he didn’t say that he wasn’t going to once again fight, but he did say that he wasn’t sure what this free agency period would hold for him.
While it’s incredibly difficult to see “Rush” fighting outside of the world famous Octagon, that could indeed be a possibility once we are made aware of just how “free” St. Pierre is from his contract.
With that being said, we have compiled a list of seven fights that GSP could take if he indeed ends up leaving the world’s largest MMA promotion.
After being effectively banned from two major MMA organizations in the United States, disgraced former World Series of Fighting (WSOF) welterweight champion Rousimar Palhares looked to continue making money outside of the country when he met Michal Materla at today’s KSW 36 from CRS Hall in Zielona Gora, Lubusz, Poland. However, it didn’t turn out so well
After being effectively banned from two major MMA organizations in the United States, disgraced former World Series of Fighting (WSOF) welterweight champion Rousimar Palhares looked to continue making money outside of the country when he met Michal Materla at today’s KSW 36 from CRS Hall in Zielona Gora, Lubusz, Poland.
However, it didn’t turn out so well for the opponent-endangering grappling whiz, who was banned from the UFC after cranking a heel hook against Mike Pierce before being suspended and stripped of the belt by WSOF after he gouged Jake Shields’ eyes and held on to a fight-ending kimura for too long at WSOF 22.
Palhares took on Materla just over four months after losing by brutal first round knockout to Emil Weber Meek, and it looks like he could have used some more time off. Materla floored him with a massive uppercut 1:27 into the second round.
Check it out courtesy of @GrabakaHitman on Twitter:
Micha? Materla KO's Rousimar Palhares at KSW 36. Uppercut from hell. Damn damn damn. pic.twitter.com/Y69FeSde2Z
