Jake Shields hanging with Dana at Aldo vs Faber.

Official word coming tomorrow?

Dana said hes all his!

Dana is tainting everthing hes touchin....his arrogance is gettin annoying!

Dana was stroking Jake the whole time

hahaha!

Good bring the best in the world to make great fights!

Wolfgangsta wrote:

Official word coming tomorrow?

you won't hear official anything for a couple months. There is a 60 day exclusive negotiation period with Strikeforce. Standard. Henderson had one as well when his UFC deal was up. I'm sure SF will not make the mistake of paying Shields the big dough and he will be in UFC. Henderson should be a lesson learned.

but legally...UFC is not allowed to be negotiating with Shields at all but it's not like that can be proven. That's a NorCal fighter attending a NorCal show....a breach can't be proven there.

Huge slap to the face for Strikeforce to lose a champion, well it appears to be.

It would suck for them but it would be an even bigger slap to their wallets if they paid him the big money to keep him and he went on to lose his next fight...which i think he would if it was against future top 5'er Ronaldo Jacare Souza. Also noted Blackhouse fighter, they are taking over MMA.

I honestly dont think SF wlll/or should make a huge effort to keep him. Cut their losses. Shields would command more money than he'll ever make back for them within their ratings business model and it makes sense to move his better drawing and more exciting teammate Nick Diaz up to MW where there is actual competition for him rather than keep him exclusive to WW where there is none. So SF does have shit to fall back on but vacating always damages credibilty right off the bat until somebody takes it and looks amazing.

If we see Shields in Strikeforce again, we can safely assume SF made a dumb business move...anything that's not obscene. UFC is going to win out there. Move on. Henderson was a smart bet on most nights, just shit happens.

Fedor next, then Mo

The UFC will play with fire if they start paying Strikeforce champions UFC champion type money here. Strikeforce can afford average UFC market value easily for their champions, so unless the UFC is really prepared to open the door of paying someone like Sheilds that kind of money, I think SF has more of a chance than some realize in winning a bidding war.

I don't think it'll simply come down to a bidding war, eventually the best fighters want to fight the best fighters

very much the at the head of the debate. Is Shields worth more to the UFC as a challenger who most likely gets hammered by what ever champ he fights, or to sf where he reigns supreme for a bit.

Though I think jake may be a unique case in that he may actually be more about the competition then the $$$.

depends on how much money is being thrown around here.

I don't think it will get crazy on eitheir side. UFC can offer less than SF and he'll probably go there. If SF rolls out the red carpet...well, money talks loud.

I don't think they will though. I'm pretty sure they considered Nashville his last fight win or lose. They were just really hoping he lost.

tolivendiewithLA wrote:

I don't think it'll simply come down to a bidding war, eventually the best fighters want to fight the best fighters

+1 Jake wants to face the best.

agree dana is annoying