Jake Shields: Maybe Tito Ortiz would like to fight me
Posted on April 19, 2010, 06:23 AM by Anton GurevichFormer EliteXC Welterwieght Champion and the reigning Strikeforce Middlewieght Champion, Jake Shields gave another thick hint about his future by challenging the UFC veteran Tito "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" Ortiz. Shields did not rule out an option of going up in the weight to make the fight against Ortiz a reality:
"I feel stronger; feel like I'm good at 185. I think can do both still. Why pick one? Maybe I'll fight in 205 too. I'm not saying I'd be the best at 205, but I think I can beat some of these guys that are there. Maybe Tito Ortiz would want to fight me."
Jake Shields has successfully defended his title against the early favorite Dan Henderson, after completely dominating the former Pride Middleweight Champion during five rounds. Shields' fight against Henderson was the last on his Strikeforce contract, with the UFC President Dana White as the long time admirer of his talents. California-native Jake Shields is currently 25-4-1 in his MMA campaign, making his professional at CFF - The Cobra Qualifier in 1999.
HT: MMAFighting.com
Comments
My mom can beat Tito.
why are these strikeforce guys calling out the UFC guys?...maybe cause they know that it'll never happen as long as they fight for strikeforce...pussies!
Haven't you heard Jake??? Tito has the flu.
Plus...Tito aint shit anymore...He hasnt won a fight since 2006...
what a joke.....
He is only in the UFC because dana threw him a bone....
LOL!!!!!! hell yeah........
why are these people commenting without actually reading the article?... Shields is a free agent now.
to be honest I think they hope to promote and jump ship if UFC will pay them enough but UFC wont put up w/ that stupid chit.... they try hard to
be as professional as possible now
it would make for a long boring fight, but still a decent match, tito is not evolving with the sport. hes like my back is 100% but i stilll fight exactly the same as before. blah blah blah saying that tho i dont think jake can handle many other UFC 205 guys other than tito
Tito wont fight any good 205 because hes scare!
he will start taloking shit about coleman again
because he knows hes the only one he can beat!
just like old shamrock!
but maybe he will take shields , hes super small compare to tito
so maybe wont chiken out since its a former welterweight
tito may think he actually has a chance and fight him
as far as who would win , im not sure tito sucks but hes way bigger than shields
Jake may be getting a big head. I don't think he's been dominant enough yet to even consider moving up to 205. He's certainly on his way though. Beating Hendo the way he did really says a lot.
yes h beat him well but dont forget that first round.....jake could easily have been finished in that fight....he still has alot to learn
Jakes natural weight is 170 he needs to stick with that and make sure his chin(what chin?) gets a lil more solid since he wants to go to the UFC strikers like Alves, Sanchez and other strikers in the WW division might be smart and throw a badass knee he seriously needs to get some stand up or he will be VERY predictable
A lot of refs would have stopped it. The way he tensed up, Jake was out cold until he hit the ground. He recovered quickly but that was a classic flash KO.
I don't think Ortiz will be fighting anymore unless it is on twitter.
And even then Jenna Jameson does most of his fighting for him.
Jake is good but in all honesty, he beat a Hendo who really showed his age. Does the guy want to call out fighters with little left in the tank now?
And if this fight gets made, get me a pillow.....
It could be a good fight... Also, I think Henderson was showing the effects of dramatic weight cut. He was gassed after one round. Wrestlers usually have no problem with weight cutting, they're used to it, maybe he just overdid it. I don't think his fatigue was age related though.
shields would choke tito out
Shields just beat Dan Henderson so I'm not sure Tito will want to fight him after that.
I got Jenna Jameson in round 1 by GI Joe Kung Fu grip.
Hendo won the firs round against Anderson
So funny watching you keep straight who it is you're supposed to bash and who you're supposed to cheer, according to who is in Jokeforce and who isn't.
If Anderson Silva signed with Jokeforce to fight bums today, you'd suddenly be declaring his awesomeness.
You are just the UFC version?
I think Shields is just teasing fans and his next promotion, trying to create some buzz to get a better contract with who ever he signs with.
Anderson is the bigest bum in the world we all sow it in his last fight i said it 1000 times he got no balls to fight fighters his sise and that was the reson he was running like chicken for 5 rounds in the 5 round Maia beat him with one eye open
this guy is so boring to watch fight
your probably some beer belly redneck who wants to see a street brawl, this guy is grade A Jiu-Jitsu/Wrestler, GSP and him are the only guys who can do it perfect, and shields took up to 5 clean shots from the heaviest hitter in the MW division and then dominated him for 4 rounds... GSP was knocked out by matt serra
And Hendo vs Shields showed how good Strikeforce is i remember you guys saying Hendo will dominate Strikeforce all devisions and wath hapend you all shuld up after the fight.
Shields is truying to get big paycheck
Anderson is so good he gona get kicked out of UFC if he dose the same thing again.I don't wana watch Andersons fight even UFC payed me 100 dolars not 49 :) extreamly boring i get head ake from People BOOOOOOOOOOOOOing him
mokoko i get a headache reading your posts because all you do is ramble illiterately like a hobo
if JAKE goes to UFC with no stand up he will die thay need to put him against GSP so GSP can get the KO everybody wants to see him do JAKE submitted the guy who submitted GSP in 23 seconds you know when 2 guys are that good on the ground they have a stand up war GSP HIGHLIGHT KNOCK OUT
sorry murderous we do pay attention your wrong, that is pretty much the only fight left for GSP at WW i want to see personally
so after TUF 11, they wont have a battle of the coaches.
They'll have the battle of a coach on one team and the assistant coach on the other? better than nothing i suppose
Jake would beat tito for sure:)
In stand up fight only two fighters can kill Shields JDS snd Hendo not GSP not Anderson Silva and Hendo culdn't do it
i would like to see him go to UFC and fight GSP for the belt eventually.... i know it would be boring as hell, but i think Jake shields might be the only guy who would be able to beat GSP at his own game. To me it would be highly entertaining to watch a grappling expo like that.
I like how fighters keep calling out guys from other organizations. It gets the fans going and if there is a big enough demand, we might see these organizations figure it out.
Tito?WTF?Thats so 10 years ago...
Jake is an extremely boring fighter to watch and lacks skill. Dan was as stiff as a board from back injury and still lasted 5 rounds. To say he dominated is just a stupid remark and the author of this article needs a punch in the face from Hendo.