Georges St. Pierre vs Jake Shields?
During an interview with Fighthype, EliteXC President Gary Shaw talks about this match up among other things. Here’s a snip:
Jake Shields is one of my all-time favorites. He is underrated. He has the passion, and look here’s the thing; Dana White runs a pet store. He likes to keep everyone in little cages. I run a jungle. My guys run wild and they fight other fighters and other animals and whatever. So, you know, he runs his company in a controlled environment and I run mine like it should be run. Nick Diaz and Alverez just went down and fought in DREAM. I do co-promotions with Strikeforce. I’m bringing new faces and excitement to MMA.
Dana is in the recycling business. And when he gets a good talent like Rampage, he doesn’t even know what to do with him. I mean give him a good athlete like Brock Lesnar and he gets him beat in his first fight. To answer your question, I think Jake Shields is a great fighter and I think it would be a hell of a match. We can do it on CBS. It’s free. Let the fans see the fight for free. I’ll take Shields and they can take GSP. I’ll even put on a UFC banner, Dana comes in the cage he gets in the corner of his fighter, GSP, and I’m in the corner of my fighter, Shields. How exciting is that? That’s what MMA should be all about.
It would be a hell of a fight, but there’s no way that is happening, unless EliteXC folds and the UFC signs Shields. Actually, EliteXC is in fact bleeding money at the moment, so the fight could potentially happen in the next 1-2 years. Gary Shaw just won’t be a part of it.
