An interesting matchup that will be taking place on the main card is the welterweight showdown between former Strikeforce employees Jake Shields and Tyron Woodley. Since losing a UFC welterweight title matchup against Georges St.Pierre at UFC 129 in April 2011, Jake Shields has had to deal with a lot of ups and downs in both his MMA career and personal life. Not long after the GSP fight Shields lost his father, who sadly passed away on August 29, 2011. Read More »
Category Archives: Jake Shields
Feed Subscription<Jake Shields talks about the loss of his father; gives prediction on Nick Diaz vs. B.J. Penn *VIDEO*
In this interview with UFC welterweight Jake Shields, the fighter discusses losing his father, who is also his manager, during this training camp. He talks about the "Nick Diaz situation" and more. Read More »
UFC 129 LIVE results and play-by-play
"UFC 129: St-Pierre vs. Shields" takes place this evening in front of more than 55,000 fans at the Rogers Centre in Toronto. ProMMAnow.com will provide LIVE results and play-by-play commentary of all the action. Read More »
UFC Primetime: St-Pierre vs. Shields – episode 2
In episode two of "UFC Primetime: St-Pierre vs. Shields" the champion takes up gymnastics as a cross-training exercise and Jake Shields keeps his nose to the grindstone as fight night draws near. Read More »
All 12 UFC 129 fights to air LIVE
With five UFC 129 preliminary card fights being shown on Facebook and two on Spike TV, fans will have the opportunity to watch the entire UFC 129 fight card live on April 30. Read More »
Georges St-Pierre and Jake Shields discuss UFC 129 title fight on today’s conference call (full audio)
Georges St-Pierre and Jake Shields participated in a conference call today to help promote their upcoming main event title fight at UFC 129. Read More »
Cesar Gracie: Nick Diaz needs a break from MMA, Jake Shields will submit GSP
Cesar Gracie explains why he is steering Nick Diaz toward boxing for his next fight and also talks about Jake Shields' improving stand-up and why he feels he will submit Georges St-Pierre. Read More »
UFC Primetime: St-Pierre vs. Shields – episode 1
Go behind the scenes as UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre and number one contender Jake Shields prepare for their upcoming championship main event bout at UFC 129 on April 30. Read More »
Jake Shields ready for back and forth war with St-Pierre
Number one welterweight contender Jake Shields talks about what he expects to happen on April 29 when he gets in the Octagon with Georges St-Pierre in Ontario. Read More »
UFC Primetime: St-Pierre vs. Shields debuts Wednesday on Spike TV
Beginning this Wednesday, April 13, Spike TV will air a three-part UFC Primetime series focusing on the upcoming UFC 129 main event between Georges St-Pierre and Jake Shields. Read More »
Record-breaking 55,000 tickets sold for UFC 129 at Rogers Centre in Ontario
The UFC will make MMA history when they bring home Canada's number one athlete, Georges St-Pierre, to defend his welterweight title at UFC 130 on April 30 at the Rogers Centre in Toronto. Read More »
Jake Shields will not get a shot at Anderson Silva if he beats Georges St-Pierre
The UFC has pretty much guaranteed that if Georges St-Pierre defeats Jake Shields he will get to fight Anderson Silva in a super fight. But what happens if Shields beats GSP? Read More »
Jake Shields wins Libby Award for “Most Animal-Friendly Athlete”
UFC middleweight contender and former Strikeforce middleweight champion Jake Shields has won the award for "Most Animal-Friendly Athlete" in the fifth annual Libby Awards competition sponsored by peta2. Read More »
Does Jake Shields still deserve a title shot after his UFC 121 performance?
There are critics who will undoubtedly say that Jake Shields does not deserve a title shot after his performance at UFC 121. His coach Cesar Gracie weighs in with his thoughts. Read More »
UFC 121 results, play-by-play
"UFC 121: Lesnar vs. Velasquez" takes place tonight and features a heavyweight title fight between Brock Lesnar and Cain Velasquez. Join us for LIVE results and play-by-play commentary on all the action. Read More »
Watch tonight’s UFC 121 press conference LIVE on ProMMAnow.com at 1:15 a.m. ET
The “UFC 121: Lesnar vs. Velasquez” post-fight press conference takes place late tonight immediately following UFC 121 and will broadcast in a LIVE video stream in our UFC ROOM. Read More »
ProMMAnow.com UFC 121 staff picks
As we do with every major card, the ProMMAnow.com staff weighs-in with their thoughts on each of the "UFC 121: Lesnar vs. Velasquez" main card bouts (and one Spike TV prelim bout as a bonus). Read More »
Jake Shields UFC 121 video blog – 10-9-10
Take a look as Jake Shields prepares for his highly anticipated UFC debut on Saturday, Oct. 23, against Martin Kampmann at UFC 121 in Anaheim, Calif. Read More »
Jake Shields explains American Jiu-Jitsu and why he wants to fight Georges St-Pierre *VIDEO*
Jake Shields says there are some Brazilians who have told him he could never be a black belt because he's never trained in a gi. But Shields says he will tap most of them out with his non-black belt. Read More »
The Cageside Beat July 22, 2010: recent UFC signings
Join Brian and Mike for the newest episode of The Cageside Beat, the official radio show of Pro MMA Now. Brian and Mike will be discussing some recent UFC signings including Jake Shields as well as addressing James Toney. This ... Read More »
Former Strikeforce middleweight champion Jake Shields will debut as welterweight in UFC
After careful consideration and consulting with UFC representatives it was determined Jake Shields would be finally going back to his original fighting weight. Read More »
Strikeforce releases middleweight champion Jake Shields
Strikeforce has released their current middleweight champion Jake Shields. Speculation began immediately after the champion’s successful title defense against Dan Henderson in Apriil. Now it appears as if the door is open for Shields to sign with the UFC. Read More »