(Maybe now I can get some RE$PECT!)
I just got back from the MMA Expo in Toronto and will have a bunch of interesting video, audio and text versions of interviews I did with Forrest Griffin, Karo Parisyan, King Mo’, Bibiano Fernandes, Firas Zahabi, Shonie Carter, Ryan Ford and Dan Miller up on the site this week.
Unfortunately, I was unable to land one with Jake Shields, as, immediately following his teaching session at the Paradise Warrior Retreat, he was whisked away in a car to catch a plane to Vancouver to attend tonight’s UFC show.
I had a small window of time for a brief exchange as he walked to the parking lot, so I handed him the Photoshop I did of him outside the pawn shop after selling the Strikeforce belt and questioned why it was so important that he be at the show tonight. I asked him if we can expect an announcement at the show that he was Octagon-bound, to which he replied, "Not yet," but what else could he say if an announcement is forthcoming?
I’d say there’s a pretty good chance we’ll hear something tonight.
*FYI, he had already seen the picture as a someone had sent him a copy.
"Yeah, I’ve seen that one. It’s funny, but it isn’t real," he said. "Somebody Photoshopped it."
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commentsYeah, there's gonna be a long boring wrestling match between him and GSP, where GSP gets another boring 5 round decision.
Then Jake will lay and gay on some mid tier 85 pounder, leading to the right to fight Silva for another boring Silva vs grappler match, with Silva clowning like an ADHD 5 yr old, again a 5 round decision with Silva uninterested in going for the finish (because he placed bets on his own fight again).
Then Jake will bounce around with no home forever, like a ronin with no master, like Diego and Franklin.
He's good, but The Coming of Shields gets waayy too much hype. (Sounds like a porno flick)
There's a ton of people I'd be more excited to see in the UFC. To anyone excited about Jake - uh, did you SEE the Mayhem fight? I saw it... on fast forward, and it STILL took too long.
im giving him 0-3 and he's out of ufc in a jiffy.
Now get the damn liveblog goin'. Seriously. If you don't, i'll crank call your Skype.
Just another mini-rant in my "all posts should be signed by the author" campaign.
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