Jake Shields

"This sucks, all this waiting. I wish it was tonight. I respect Mayhem, I think he's a really tough opponent, I think he is really hard to finish." - Shields training for Miller.
"This should be a great fight, and I have an obvious bias since I am good friends and training partners with Nick. But that being said, I think this fight will start out super exciting and high-paced. But Nick will bring too much pressure and will end up submitting or KOing him late in the second round." - Jake on the Diaz-Zaromskis fight.
“Silva vs. Franklin is very tough to call but I will have to pick Rich because I think he has looked really good lately and I’m not sure about Silva’s chin.” - Jake on the Franklin-Wanderlei fight.
 “That is a tough one to call. Dan Henderson and Anderson Silva are probably my two favorite 185-pounders. It’s one of those fights that I don’t think I would bet on. If I had to pick I think might go with Anderson. Henderson gets so wild and likes to strike, throwing those big overhands, and Anderson has looked so precise on his feet. I’m not very sure for that prediction. For me this is one of the fights I’m super excited about. It’s also one of those fights where it is hard to tell how it will end. It’s also hard to tell how Henderson will fight – is he going to take him down or is he going to try to strike with Anderson? The smart thing to do would be to take [Anderson] down, but we’ll see – Dan’s a stubborn fighter sometimes. Sometimes [Dan] loses fights he should win.” - Jake on Henderson-Silva.