Name Jake Shields
Nickname N/A
Association Cesar Gracie Jiu-Jitsu
Weight Class Middleweight (185 lbs.) / Welterweight (170 lbs.)
Height 5′ 11″ (181 cm.)
Style Wrestling, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai
Birth Date January 9, 1979
Fighting Out Of San Francisco, California
Country USA
Record 26 – 4 – 1
Wins 3 (T)KOs
10 Submissions
13 Decisions
Losses 1 (T)KOs
0 Submissions
3 Decisions
Jake Shields is an American mixed martial artist, who competed for the majority of his career at Welterweight, though he competed as a Middleweight while under contract with Strikeforce. He is the Rumble on the Rock Welterweight Tournament Champion, the first and last EliteXC Welterweight Champion, the former Shooto World Middleweight Champion, and former Strikeforce Middleweight Champion. He has trained extensively with Cesar Gracie, David Terrell, Nick Diaz, Nate Diaz and coaches a team of MMA fighters including top ranked Lightweight Gilbert Melendez.
When EliteXC went under, the promotions assets were acquired by Strikeforce, including Shields’ contract. After earning the promotion’s Middleweight title and defending it successfully against Dan Henderson, the promotion released Shields from his last few contractual obligations so that he could sign with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
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Fight Record
Win Martin Kampmann Decision (Split) UFC 121: Lesnar vs. Velasquez 10/23/2010 3 5:00
Win Dan Henderson Desicion (Unanimous) Strikeforce: Nashville 4/17/2010 5 5:00 Defended Strikeforce Middleweight Championship; vacated title to compete in UFC
Win Jason Miller Decision (Unanimous) Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers 11/07/2009 5 5:00 Won Strikeforce Middleweight Championship (Vacant)
Win Robbie Lawler Submission (Guillotine Choke) Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields 6/06/2009 1 2:02 Strikeforce debut; Catchweight 182 lbs.
Win Paul Daley Submission (Armbar) EliteXC: Heat 10/04/2008 2 3:47 Defended EliteXC Welterweight Championship
Win Nick Thompson Submission (Guillotine Choke) EliteXC: Unfinished Business 7/26/2008 1 1:03 Became first-ever EliteXC Welterweight Champion
Win Mike Pyle Submission (Rear Naked Choke) EliteXC: Renegade 11/10/2007 1 3:39
Win Renato Verissimo TKO (Punches and Elbows) EliteXC: Uprising 9/15/2007 1 4:00 Catchweight (172 lbs.) bout
Win Ido Pariente Submission (Rear Naked Choke) K-1 HERO’s: Dynamite!! USA 6/02/2007 1 2:06
Win Ray Steinbeiss Submission (Guillotine Choke) Bodog Fight: Costa Rica Combat 2/18/2007 1 1:29
Win Steve Berger TKO FCP: Malice at Cow Palace 9/09/2006 2 1:36
Win Carlos Condit Decision (Unanimous) ROTR 9: Rumble on the Rock 9 4/21/2006 3 5:00 Won Rumble on the Rock Welterweight (175 lbs.) Tournament
Win Yushin Okami Decision (Majority) ROTR 9: Rumble on the Rock 9 4/21/2006 3 5:00
Win Dave Menne Decision (Unanimous) ROTR 8: Rumble on the Rock 8 1/20/2006 3 5:00
Win Toby Imada Decision KK: Kage Kombat 11/12/2005 3 N/A
Loss Akira Kikuchi Decision (Unanimous) Shooto: Year End Show 2004 12/14/2004 3 5:00 Lost Shooto Middleweight Championship
Win Ray Cooper Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Shooto Hawaii: Soljah Fight Night 7/09/2004 1 3:29 Won vacant Shooto Middleweight Championship
Draw Kazuo Misaki Draw Pancrase: Hybrid 10 11/30/2003 3 5:00
Win Akira Kikuchi Decision (Unanimous) Shooto: 8/10 in Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium 8/10/2003 3 5:00
Win Milton Vieira Decision (Unanimous) Shooto: Midwest Fighting 5/21/2003 3 5:00
Win Hayato Sakurai Decision (Unanimous) Shooto: Year End Show 2002 12/14/2002 3 5:00
Loss Ray Cooper Decision (Majority) Warriors Quest 6: Best of the Best 8/03/2002 3 5:00
Win Robert Ferguson Decision GC 7: Casualties of War 11/04/2001 2 5:00
Win Jeremy Jackson Submission (Rear Naked Choke) GC 6: Caged Beasts 9/09/2001 1 2:03
Win Tracy Hess Decision GC 3: Showdown at Soboba 4/07/2001 2 5:00
Win Randy Velarde Submission (Rear Naked Choke) GC 2: Collision at Colusa 2/18/2001 2 3:19
Loss Phillip Miller Decision (Unanimous) IFC WC 9: Warriors Challenge 9 7/18/2000 2 8:00
Win Shannon Ritch Submission (Choke) BOTB: Best of the Best 5/04/2000 1 N/A
Loss Marty Armendarez TKO (Strikes) IFC WC 6: Warriors Challenge 6 3/25/2000 1 7:34
Win Brian Warren Decision CFF: The Cobra Challenge 1999 12/11/1999 N/A N/A
Win Paul Harrison TKO (Strikes) CFF: The Cobra Qualifier 1999 10/23/1999 N/A N/A
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