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He deserves to be in the UFC, but hope he gets to fight Palhares in the WSOF before WSOF has to close up shop. I'm excited for that fight.
He's finishing fights again, two in a row now in the first round.or will UFC assume that he goes back to decisioning once he faces UFC caliber fighters?
He's finishing fights again, two in a row now in the first round.
or will UFC assume that he goes back to decisioning once he faces UFC caliber fighters?
Background.
He had 4 straight wins, over:
Sexyama
Ed Herman (overturned NC)
Tyron Woodley
Demian Maia
And as we all know, got cut after a decision loss to Hector Lombard.
(Trivia: Hector (the beast of a man) said in an interview that he was surprised how strong Shields was when he got a hold of him)
He had 4 straight wins, over:
Sexyama
Ed Herman (overturned NC)
Tyron Woodley
Demian Maia
Shields is very good on the ground. He is not super athletic and has made the most of what he has. The difference is that finishing guys out of the top 10 (or in the WSOF with a couple of exceptions, guys no where near the top 20) is a lot different than finishing Hendricks, Lawler, Rory, etc..
Shields could get resigned if he destroys Polhares but I doubt it.
Shields could get resigned if he destroys Polhares but I doubt it.
I would personally love to see Shields vs Askren in the UFC. For me the solution to "bori grapplers" is to pit them against each other, because its interesting to see whose bread and butter prevails.
what exactly was his price tag? when he came to the UFC he was the strikeforce champ and had beaten some pretty big names. If he was too expensive that's a mistake the UFC made, not shields.
Probably not remember Cokers trying to get all the boys back together
In WSOF, he is one of the most recognizable names on the roster, in large part due to all the promotion he got from Strikeforce and the UFC, he can easily headline any card and the demographic WSOF appeals to will watch it. In the UFC, he is far from one of the biggest names in the company nor does he have a style that will carry a card; he's stuck between being low on the main card or high on the undercard, and his presence will hardly affect the amount of attention drawn to any event. Shields is worth much more to a smaller MMA promotion than he is to the UFC, and so the UFC won't make him an offer high enough to persuade him to leave WSOF. Which is a shame too, considering he has already beat the UFC champion in his weight class and I'd give him a pretty great chance to do it again.