White Says “We’d Love To Take” Shields, Plays Coy Regarding Emelianenko
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While the UFC will remain firmly in the MMA spotlight for the next 10 days with two more shows on the horizon, that focus will briefly shift in April for Strikeforce’s second-ever CBS-broadcast event.
Headlining the April 17 “Strikeforce: Nashville” card is Strikeforce middleweight champ Jake Shields as he meets former UFC star Dan Henderson.
Following Sunday night’s post-UFC on Versus 1 press conference, UFC president Dana White said he’s not very fond of the matchup, but he is keeping an eye on Shields.
“Dan Henderson is fighting [expletive] Jake Shields,” White said to MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). “Come on. Are you serious? Jake Shields is 170 pounds, and he’s their (185-pound) champion.
“And I just found out today that they’re running commercials on [CBS], and the commercials are like three seconds, and it basically says, ‘MMA legend Dan Henderson,’ and he hits a heavy bag, I guess, and looks back at the camera. That’s the [expletive] commercial. How about, ‘Jake Shields is our [expletive] champion’?”
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