Paul Daley is not thrilled about rematching the "boring wrestler" Jake Shields
Posted on April 26, 2010, 07:42 AM by Anton GurevichUFC Welterweight prospect Paul "Semtex" Daley declared that he is not interested in a rematch against the current Strikeforce Middleweight Champion Jake Shields, stating that he considers him "a boring fighter". Daley challenged Jake Shields for the EliteXC Welterweight title almost two years ago, losing to the Jiu-Jitsu expert via a second round arm bar. "Semtex" says he has only himself to blame for that loss:
"Jake Shields is obviously the current Strikeforce champion and he's doing pretty well. But I still believe I let myself down when I fought him. There was a lot of quit in me. I wouldn't really be interested in a rematch with Jake unless it was for a title.
Jake's good at what he does but he's not exciting. I don't know many Jake Shields fans who don't train with him, but he's one of those guys who are very good at fighting in a very boring manner and getting the victory. He'll never be a Tito Ortiz who excites the crowd, he's a boring wrestler, that's what he is."
Twenty-seven year old Paul Daley is rumored to take a coaching role at the upcoming Ultimate Fighter 12 season, if his is successfull in his mission against the more experienced Josh Koscheck. Paul Daley will look to extend his 2-0 UFC record, in what would be another step to become the UFC Welterweight Champion:
"We'll get the Koscheck fight out the way and then we'll see. Every fight I go into, I go in with the title in mind. I'd love to be champion of the UFC."
Paul Daley is nicknamed "Semtex" for his explosive knockout power, as 18 out of his 23 career victories come by the way of knockout. Daley trains at the Nottingham-based Team Rough House, alongside fighters like Dan Hardy, Ross Pearson and Andre Winner.
HT: ESPN.co.uk
Comments
What concern is it of Daley's if Shield's style isn't exciting? That's hardly a reason to avoid a rematch. I think more than likely Daley realises that Shields is a superior fighter to him and is afraid of a repeat outcome.
shields is boring as hell
jake shields is an expert at getting the fight to the ground - i was surprised at how easily he took hendo down... But his stand up is weak and he will be shown up against someone who can defend his takedowns.
If he comes to the UFC and gets a title shot against GSP we may see St. Pierre stand up and fight for the first time in a while... I think shields would struggle to take GSP and would get picked apart on his feet.
Jake couldn't even finish the fight. I wish Dan would have finished it when he threw that punch.
Just as with every other fight GSP would decide exactly where the fight takes place and GSP's stand up is light years ahead of Shields.
he forget there is another boring wrestler and ufc champ name GSP that he gonna face someday.
and it's pretty easy to say that when he make u tap like a little bitch.
like he made Hardy tap?lol
this semtex bitch its afraid to lose to jake agian thats why he dont want a rematch uk dudes got the biggest mouth in the world
jings the racism started a bit early today.
So this guys mouth is bigger than Sonnens?
daley is afraid for a rematch because shields will end his small streak of 2-0 in the UFC and take him out of the title pic
and by the way shields is a Jiu Jitsu guy not a wrestler!!
but dont worry daley Koscheck will do exactly that in a much fun way!
i think his take down defense was pretty good. he didnt look amazin off his back tho im sure thats summit he would have worked on. and lool paul daley im sure isnt scared of jake shields and its just gettin hype up. and wtf.. british people r judged on wat bispin and semtex. i for one would like to see this rematch and see the improvement of both of the fighters. and i would be routing for daley via ko
last i checked british is a nationality not a race or even a ethnicity so unless he called daley some racial slur it pretty hard for the comment to be racist. what he sais may not be intelligent but you look like the bigger idiot for trying to pull the race card
As for the question "Do you think that Wrestlers or BJJ fighters are boring?"
I don't believe most are. But I believe Jake Shields is boring.
More like: "I dont want to be tapped out like a little bitch just like last time".
Sheilds=boring idc if you are a fan or not i have a friend that jake is his fav fighter and he says he dont kno why he hasnt finished fights lately because he usually does but he has been on the lay and pray like GSP has lately. Just sayin at one time neither one were boring but they are now GSP fans if you dont like sheilds because the way he fights you need to check your fav fighter out.
kinda sounds more like he wouldnt want to be exposed for a one dimensional fighter again
I think Shields last fight wasn't boring not many have finished Hendo. But the fight before that against Miller was really boring!....lol
Why is he even talking about a guy still in another organization who already beat him?
Why would you not want to avenge a loss? Sounds lame to me.
cuz he knows he would lose... but if he had more pride he would want to rematch
Shields might be boring but he don't fight stupid. he fights the same way that has the UFC all over him, the way that got him a title, and the same way that has him on a huge win streak. Who cares that DAley isn't excited by Shields. Shields is a STUD
What he's saying is right really, Shields is good at what he does yes but you can not deny his fight are boring to watch, like against Hendo, repeatedly getting into a dominant position (mount) quite easily but completely unable to finish the fight if he can't find a submission, i was amazed he couldn't finish Dan with the amount of opportunities he had to do so. Like somebody already said, he throws pillow punches. Is Shield good? yes, is he boring? hell yes......
Shields is boring but the way he does the same thing over and over and nobody can stop it is pretty interesting.
I think
Plus he doesn't fight much different from the way GSP fights and that guy ain't getting ny rap. Honestly, Gsp doesn't have any experience with fighting wrestlers besides MAtt Hughes and he beat GSP, so i think JAke can beat GSP