July 20th, 2007 by Sam Caplan The web site GracieFighter.com is reporting that both Nick Diaz and Jake Shields will be fighting for EliteXC in September. The site reports that Shields will continue to fight at welterweight but that Diaz will be fighting at lightweight. Diaz competed in the UFC as a welterweight and at 161 lbs. when he took on Takanori Gomi in Pride this past February. The cut to 155 lbs. will no doubt be a steep one for Diaz but the move appears to be necessary since both he and Shields are teammates at Cesar Gracies Academy. In regard to Shields, apparently EliteXC is moving towards the introduction of a welterweight title. The site goes on to say that he could be one fight away from a title fight. Why? The dudes at least around 6ft im sure of it.A drop of 15lbs doesnt seem like a good idea to me? Plus will we ever see him back in the UFC?
He beat the #1 ranked fighter in the world at 160, whereas he lost almost all his big fights at 170, why wouldn't he fight at 155?
