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EliteXC welterweight champion Jake Shields is ready to defend his title for the first time, as he steps into the cage to face British heavy hitter Paul “Semtex” Daley on Oct. 4 as a part of the latest edition of CBS-EliteXC Saturday Night Fights.
Shields’ list of potential opponents has bounced around from everyone including John Alessio to Shinya Aoki and now finally settling on Daley.
“I think it’s a good fight,” he said in an interview with MMAWeekly.com. “He’s got great stand-up. I actually haven’t seen that many of his fights. I’ve got to start watching him fight. He’s a young kid, tough, so obviously I’m going to take him serious, start watching tapes and figure it out from there.”
Previous to this announcement, Shields had been waiting on an answer from EliteXC to take a fight at 185 pounds for Affliction, but that option was declined and he was brought on board for the Oct. 4 card instead.
“I really wanted to fight (Matt) Lindland, but maybe that one can be put on in the future,” Shields commented. “Right now, I’m looking at Daley, getting this win… He’s a legit opponent.”
Daley is the current Cage Rage world welterweight champion. Cage Rage is EliteXC’s sister promotion in the U.K. ProElite, Inc. owns both promotions.
“I was very disappointed, but at this point all you can do is move on and get through the fight in front of you. I was a little disappointed I didn’t get to do the (Lindland) fight, but at least Elite is treating me really good and you know, they didn’t give me that fight, but they put me on CBS, gave me another good fight and I hear they’re trying to get me (Shinya) Aoki.”
Hearing Shinya Aoki’s name will likely spark up matchmaking conversation for every fan of the colorful Japanese fighter, but according to Shields, he doesn’t think the current Dream lightweight will accept the bout.
“I guess they were trying to get Aoki, but he’s got no bushido,” Shields said. “I don’t think Aoki wants to fight me. He’s got no warrior spirit. He’s from Japan, who’d have thought?”
With all the other potential opponents now behind him, Shields will focus solely on Daley. While many fighters love to try and match their opponent’s strengths going into a big fight, Shields will keep things simple.
“I’d like to take him down and submit him,” he commented. “I’m definitely not going to try and knock him out, but anything’s possible. I’m going to throw some punches.”
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Post #1 8/22/08 12:16:16PM
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I didn't understand why he's calling out Aoki. Newsflash Jake...Aoki is a lightweight, you're a big WW. Maybe in Japan it could happen. To say Aoki has no "bushido" is downright disrespectful. Aoki is a very honorable MMA fighter.
I don't know how Jake could go from a matchup with Lindland, to a matchup with Paul Daley. Not taking anything away from Paul. He's really improved his overall game. He was primarily a striker but his bjj and wrestling has looked markedly improved. That said, I don't think Jake will have a hard time taking him down and finishing it.
Sam Morgam took Paul down a few times early (even though he lost due to strikes). Shields has a world class top game, and he won't let him back up. A matchup with Lindland just seemed like a fight that could cement his legitimacy as one of the top guys at WW and MW.
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Post #2 8/22/08 12:25:29PM
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now all the aoki nuthuggers are going to make excuses why he didn't take the fight.
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Post #3 8/22/08 1:16:01PM
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I'm not a big fan of either Shields or Aoki, but if he's serious about Aoki lacking spirit or whatever he's being a dick. Shields is bigger and has a similar gameset to Aoki...and Aoki just got TKO'd. It makes NO sense for Aoki to take a matchup like this given the situation. I'm beginning to dislike Shields overall.
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Post #4 8/22/08 2:34:55PM
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I'm not a big fan of either Shields or Aoki, but if he's serious about Aoki lacking spirit or whatever he's being a dick. Shields is bigger and has a similar gameset to Aoki...and Aoki just got TKO'd. It makes NO sense for Aoki to take a matchup like this given the situation. I'm beginning to dislike Shields overall.
i think he's jsut beina dick to setup a future fight, or atleast try
shields is a stud stuck in a 2nd (arguably 3rd) tier organization & he's gotta try to make fights for himself since his org. cant make any good ones for him
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Post #5 8/22/08 3:28:12PM
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Posted by nickcuc547
now all the aoki nuthuggers are going to make excuses why he didn't take the fight.
Hey, here's a good excuse... They aren't in the same weightclass.
Maybe if shields wants to talk about other people's fighting spirit he should join the organization with the best fighters instead of sitting on his throne in a league without a single top10 welterweight while calling out lightweights from other organizations.
I guess that constitutes the spirit of the warrior.
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Post #6 8/22/08 3:40:44PM
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and before anyone says it yes he can fight at 170, and has fought at that weight before, that doesn't change the fact that he is a lightweight, has been a lightweight for the majority of his career, and has a bodytype suited for lightweight.
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