White Wants Shields – Confident He’ll Get Him
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Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White has been vocal about his desire to have Strikeforce middleweight titleholder Jake Shields join his stable of fighters in the UFC.
Leading up to Shields’ recent bout with Dan Henderson, White commented, “He’s going to get paid, because what’s going to happen is we would love to take him from there and I’m sure they’d love to pay him to stick around.
“And I will help drive that (expletive) number right up through the roof, and let the Showtime boys pay him a lot of money, so that Jake can stick it right up their (expletive).”
White has since reiterated his desire to sign Shields.
“I think Jake Shields is a great guy. He came in as an assistant coach on ‘The Ultimate Fighter.’ Couldn’t be a nicer kid. I’ve always like him, and we want him,” he commented.
“The deal with Shields is there’s some discrepancy between whether it’s 45 or 60 days that he’s got left on his contract, so he can work that out with the knuckleheads and when he does we’ll jump in there and I’m very confident that he’s gonna be with UFC.”
White also addressed the post-fight brawl that ensued following Shields’ win over Dan Henderson at Strikeforce: Nashville on April 17, placing most of the blame on the promotion rather than the fighters involved.
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