Bowks Talking Bouts #64: Jake Shields

I spoke with multi-time titlist and veteran of UFC, Strikeforce, etc when I welcomed Jake Shields to BTB.

 

We discussed training with the Danaher Death Squad guys and his recent run on the submission grappling circuit, the changing dynamic in submission grappling where the competitors are actually getting paid a solid bit of coin now (3:08), his beef with AJ Agazarm (4:26), his feuding with Dillon Danis (6:41), early days training with Chuck Liddell and when he started considering a career in MMA (8:29), the various eras of the sport he has seen and the time he saw a fat woman fight a skinny dude in a cage in Temecula valley (10:04), his run with Rumble on the Rock as well as what it's like to beat Yushin Okami and Carlos Condit in the same night (11:08), winning the Elite XC Welterweight title and what the overall experience was like (12:23), fighting GSP in one of the biggest MMA fights of all time (13:59), having trouble with Irish fans and how successful Jake has been competing in Canada (15:19), his experiences fighting over in Japan and how he's currently a free agent (16:13), having to fight off Antifa members who were assaulting people at a Berkeley protest (17:33), eye gouging in MMA (20:53), competing in the home town of his opponents regularly throughout his career (22:35), the most underrated opponent of his pro run (24:40), his statement win over Dan Henderson and the post-fight brawl (25:43), submitting Lyoto Machida and how he wants a submission grappling bout with Jon "Bones" Jones (27:40), and more!