Jake Ellenberger: Shields Bought His 'Paper Belt' From Wal-Mart

 Jake Shields fights Jake Ellenberger at "UFC Fight Night 25: Shields vs. Ellenberger," Sept. 17 in New Orleans, LA.

Jake Shields: Who Is Jake Elleberger?

"I don't really know who the guy is," Shields told MMAjunkie.com Radio. "That's my statement. I have no opinion of the guy yet. I guess I don't even know if I don't like him or not. I just hear he keeps talking crap. I don't know. I'm not sure why because I don't even know who he is."

GSP Was Looking For Finish

Georges St. Pierre and camp confirm that they decided to employ weird game plan for the night.

GSP in Lackluster Decision Win

In the first minute of the first round, Shields caught a St. Pierre kick and briefly appeared to be in position for a takedown, but GSP managed to hop around on one foot and get himself free. From there St. Pierre showed how superior his striking is than Shields' repeatedly landing jabs that backed Shields up, and getting creative by going for some spinning back kicks. It was clear through the first round that St. Pierre had a big advantage standing up.

In the second round, St. Pierre made frequent use of overhand right hands, and Shields didn't have much of an answer for them. None of St. Pierre's punches knocked Shields down, but several of them landed hard, and Shields was clearly affected. Shields did almost nothing to St. Pierre, as the fight continued to be fought just on the feet, exactly where St. Pierre wanted it.

The third round was more of the same until the final 30 seconds, when St. Pierre surprised Shields by going for a takedown of his own and knocking Shields on his back. That was a surprise, as Shields' only hope of a victory was pulling off a submission on the ground, but it showed just how comfortable St. Pierre was feeling.


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Chael Chillin' in the 209

Pictured is Chael Sonnen and Nick Thompson on either side of Jake Shields (second from left, rear). The AJJ (American Jiu Jitsu) blackbelt has called in help from the two elite wrestlers for help in his upcoming bout April 30th in Ontario, Canada against the current UFC Welterweight Champion, Georges St. Pierre.

It looks like Chael has either put on some weight in the lack of his fights lately, or walks around as an unusually large human being. Nonetheless he will make a great addition to the arsenal of Shields' weapons come fight night.

Pictured also is Gilbert Melendez getting ready for his bout against Tatsuya Kawijiri April 9th in San Diego, putting his Strikeforce Lightweight belt on the line.

Back right with the fist is Nathan Diaz, the younger brother to Nick, the current Strikeforce Welterweight champ. He is getting prepared for his fight against the 21 year old Canadian, Rory MacDonald also in UFC 129 on April 30th.

DALEY ON DIAZ...AGAIN

Paul Daly continued his tirade on local boy Nick Diaz. The Stockton, CA native will be putting his title on the line in the main even Saturday April 9th in sunny San Diego. He was recently interviewed by MMA HQ and went on record making predictions about the fight and his personal opinion on the Strikeforce 'heel' persona that Diaz has take on over the years due to his no love loss attitude and inside cage antics, with his lowest point being the Nashville Strikeforce brawl involving Jason Miller, Jake Shields, and Gilbert Melendez.

Here are some quotes from the interview, the full one can be read here


Do you honestly think that Nick Diaz will stand up with you?

There’s no way he’ll stand up with me. He might think he wants to but his coaches won’t allow it; Cesar Gracie’s a great coach and he won’t want him trading punches.

Do you ever want to fight back in the UFC or do you just want to fight?
I just want to fight against decent competition and be able to live the life of a fighter and pay my bills. The thing is there’s a lot of great fighters in different organisations and the UFC doesn’t have such a stranglehold on all the best talent.
It’s great for fighters who want to fight often against good guys and maybe don’t want to fight in the UFC.