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News and Exclusive Interviews with MMAyou Interviews Jake Shields on GSP - He's the guy I would most want to fight right now.
News and Exclusive Interviews with MMAyou Interviews Jake Shields on GSP - He's the guy I would most want to fight right now.
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Check out what EliteXC fighter Jake Shields has to say regarding his postponed fight with Drew
MMAyou.com: How are you doing? Shields: I'm doing good. Just getting ready for a little training. Helping my guys get ready for their fights. MMAyou.com: Has the date for your fight with Drew Fickett been rescheduled? Shields: I think the Drew Fickett fight is rescheduled for sometime in September so its ways off, so there's the possibility of doing something before. I haven't talked to Elite team about it so I'm not for sure how they feel but I've heard rumors of DREAM wanting me out there so that's definitely a possibility. MMAyou.com: If you were to ever fight BJ Penn how do you see that fight going? Shields: I think that'd be a phenomenal fight. I'd love to fight BJ. I think BJ is a well rounded fighter and he can do whatever. I think I'd just bring a lot of pressure and try to break him. BJ Penn's weakness has been getting tired so I'd just come at him really really hard, be in great shape, wear him down, and hopefully ground and pound him out. MMAyou.com: If you were to ever fight Matt Hughes how do you see that fight going? Shields: I think I'd submit him. I think Matt Hughes is past his day. MMAyou.com: Is past his day? Is that what you said? Shields: Yeah, I think I'd tap him out. First round hopefully. MMAyou.com: Who has better wrestling, you or Matt Hughes? Shields: Probably better wrestling, probably Matt Hughes. He's got a little better, we're close but I think my submissions are just light years ahead of his. If you watch him lately he isn't what he used to be. MMAyou.com: Do you want to fight in the UFC one day? Shields: I'm being treated really good by EliteXC right now so I don't want to say but I mean it's definitely a possibility. I've been watching the UFC since the first show I've watched obviously and it's a phenomenal show and I'd love to fight their champ right now. MMAyou.com: Speaking of GSP how do you see that fight going down? Shields: I think that'd be a phenomenal fight. I think GSP's awesome. He's the guy I would most want to fight right now. He's kind of a complete fighter. To fight him I'd try to almost do the same thing like BJ. If he comes in shape I would just put the pressure on him, get him tired, and see how it goes. MMAyou.com: Tell us about your "American Jiu Jitsu". Shields: Oh it's just my style of Jiu Jitsu. I kind of mixed the wrestling that I'd done with my black belt in Gracie Jiu Jitsu. I just kind of mixed the styles. Jiu Jitsu is a lot of times really relaxed whereas wrestling is really hard and explosive so I tried to mix the two. MMAyou.com: Please tell us about your new academy. Shields: Right now I'm in a small little spot that I'm teaching at but I'm partnered with a guy and we're looking to open a bigger facility. Academy's going great right now it's just our facilities a little too small. We're going to blow it up. We'll be the best gym in San Francisco for sure. I got a lot of good fighters under me so its doing really good. MMAyou.com: Who are your biggest influences? Shields: Biggest influences, like in fighting? MMAyou.com: Life, fighting, whatever you like. Shields: Biggest influences for fighting I would say Chuck Liddell, David Terrell, and Cesar Gracie. They were just the guys that I looked up to when I got into the sport. They were my motivation to keep training to get better, to get to where I am at today. MMAyou.com: Is there anything you would like to say to your fans? Shields: Thanks for all the support and hopefully I will be back strong soon. It's been frustrating. This year's been frustrating for me. I had an injury and had to pull out and now Drew Fickett pulled out so it's been a frustrating start but I'm still training really hard, working on my skills and I plan to do big things this year and next year. MMAyou.com would like to ask its readers to check out Jake's site at www.jakeshields.com. Also, our online store is now up! Check out our amazing selection of MMA goods at www.mmayou.com/store. We have over 400 products for all of your MMA needs. Be sure to check back with us tomorrow as we will have more great interviews for you then! Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites         
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Fickett, his thoughts on how he would match-up against BJ Penn, Georges St. Pierre, and Matt Hughes, his biggest influences in MMA, and much more.
