He IS garbage. I have seen playground sissies do a better job of throwing punches than Shields' Chin in the air windmill routine. He is one-dimensional and even his one-dimension isn't as good as it was hyped up to be.
He should be fighting at 185. He hasn't looked good at all since going back down. That and he, much like Fitch, can't do **** after becoming a vegan. Going vegan = looking like dog****.
He is boring so I have avoided to watch many of his fights, but beating Hendo and even beating Mayhem is better than anything he will ever accomplish at WW
Beating Hendo was not that impressive because Hendo beat himself. Shields was nearly knocked cold in the first round and only survived because Henderson was going through camp with a back injury again, had no stamina, and shot his wad trying to finish. Hendo destroys that joke 9/10 times. Mayhem is crap, he was Dominated by a British-level fighter. Shields' run at 185 was overhyped due to the fact that the Strikeforce guys he faced were, with the exception of Mayhem whose overall game sucks, pathetic on the ground. He did well with favorable match-ups but he will be brutalized at WW or MW in the UFC where they actually have guys who can fight.
You don't get to where he has got by being garbage. You don't beat Dan Henderson by being garbage. You don't win multiple world titles against elite athletes by being garbage. Jake Shields is world class... His stand up is garbage. Lynchburg
lol, rememeber swick...i think mike swick...i remember they made a big deal about him switching his diet too, and shortly after he go a major ass kicking if memory serves me correct going vegan in mma = getting a new tat in boxing
Sexyama is also ****. He just gets by on Jap Affirmative Action. Shields may actually be the most boring **** in all of MMA.
And against Sexyama it was 98% fought on the feet....so, hence, he looked like garbage. Also, he was like 2 of 15 or something in TD attempts.....also Garbage. :thumbsup