Is Jake Shields one of the greats?

[CereserBr]

That loss to ellenberger sucks but Jake has one heck resume. Do you consider him one of the greats, although underrated, fighter?

 

[ALAN PARTRIDGE]

Eww no Gross

 

[sirmorbach]

Not one of the greats, but a very good fighter with a solid carreer. I respect him a lot.

 

[No Mas McGee]

 

[ABSthetics]

I think its hard to deny he's one of the greats. The guy's record is bonkers despite never capturing UFC gold. Dude has one hell of a resume.

Hands down he's one of the best grapplers we've ever had in MMA period.

 

[Damianj]

"One of the greats".....no. He doesn't deserve that classification.

However Jake is legit as fuck on the ground and has some solid wins under his belt. Unfortunately he's almost forgotten about and in 5+ more years he will be completely forgotten about except hardcores.

 

[killakillakilla]

Hes one of the best WW's to fight, even still today.

 

[waldywaldy]

Jake is elite for sure. All time great is pushing it a lot.

 

[DontWaitUp]

That loss to ellenberger sucks but Jake has one heck resume. Do you consider him one of the greats, although underrated, fighter?

Upper level journeyman. No disrespect.

 

[Lo Pan]

I think he's great. To hell with the naysayers.

 

[Calivornia]

He's a guy who has beaten some greats. Let's call him a Great-Buster. But he is just a tad under all-time greatness.

 

[MMAViewer]

If you are talking about bout one of the top 50 greats then yes.

 

[VoodooTrumpet]

Nope.

 

[Deleted member 491149]

it's funny to me, people will downplay shields' career cause he can be boring to watch....

Yet they will celebrate GSP...

Shields arguably won that fight

They probably cheated the same amount of times too...if GSP didn't do it more

 

[faustian]

Jake Shields is the GOAT

 

[CereserBr]

Upper level journeyman. No disrespect.

wasnt he a champion in strikeforce?

 

[Fahcough]

He's great at grappling, not great at MMA.

 

[Steely]

Yes he is one of the greats

Guida too, just not as much

 

[Codpiece]

Top 5 all time in one of the best divisions. Crazy resume. I hate his fights, but he's setiously good.

 

[NightwingBJJ]

I'll put him in "One of the WW greats" category.