Jake Shields vs Martin Kampmann official for UFC 121; GSP and Koscheck will square off on December 11th

Now it’s official. Former Strikeforce Middleweight Champion Jake Shields is now a UFC fighter. Shields confirmed the news through his Twitter account, revealing that the Danish vet Martin Kampmann will be his first opponent: “UFC contract officially signed. Fighting Kampmann in CA in a few months. Thanks to Dana White and everyone for their support”The California event Shields is referring to is UFC 121, which will be headlined by a UFC Heavyweight Title clash between Brock Lesnar and Cain Velasquez. The

Jake Shields Released From Strikeforce

Its been a long time coming , but it appears that Middleweight Strikeforce Champion Jake Shields exit from the organization is official since Wednesday June 30, and his move to the UFC could happend any day now.
Strikeforce president Scott Coker talk on MMAweekly radio about Shields released from the promotion , and explain that the exit of his Middleweight champion was due to financial reasons. He also talk about his intentions on doing a Middleweight tournament to crown a new Middleweight champion for

Jake Shields talks Liddell Vs Ortiz

Jake Shields who was the assistant coach on the latest season of Ultimate Fighter, says that Liddell is more motivated then ever to make his big comeback.
“I haven’t seen him this motivated since years ago when I first met him,” Shields said. “He’s like a whole new Chuck. I think a lot of people are counting him out, being like, ‘oh, Chuck needs to retire,’ but the way Chuck’s looking right now, I wouldn’t want to fight him.”
When asked what is the main motivation reason for Chuck’s comback, Shields had