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Is Shields Majorly Overated


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Hes got awful cardio at WW, awful stand-up, average wrestling that fades very quickly into sloppy rugby tackles...see Paul Daley fight, and hes got good jie jitsu which doesnt even work any more in mma unless you can overwhelm your opponent with wrestling first an thats not gonna happen against Ellenberger.

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Shields has always been looked as "overrated".

 

Hes is top 10 p4p on my list. Hes a great fighter believe it or not.

 

You say that just because he fought GSP. Knowbody cares about your opinion anyways because your just on GSP's nuts too much.

How is he in the top 10 P4P. Hes not even any better than Martin Kampmann and thats in a three round fight. In a five round fight he would get beat by him even worse every time.

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Eh, he is pretty solid once you fall into his guard, or if you have zero tdd.

 

Otherwise he is about as good as a gatekeeper in WW. He would get destroyed in MW, I think that is why he didn't even try to go there.

Oh my, he went undefeated for 6 years and beat Hendo...so?

 

He won't get another title shot. Diego Sanchez, Fitch, or BJ can keep him out of the top 3 in WW.

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Shields is so underrated. The guy went on a 15 fight win streak and went into everyone of those fights considered the underdog. Well, who got their arm raised in the end. He beat Okami and Condit on the SAME night. The guy is said to have the worst standup in MMA yet managed to keep up with the guy considered to have the best boxing in UFC. Shields is my 2nd favorite fighter and is the most underrated fighter in the UFC.

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It's funny how everyone thought Shields was the perfect opponent to beat GSP because he was so good at wrestling and so good at BJJ.

 

Shields is overrated. He has never beat anybody good.

 

Diaz is next in line and he is the perfect opponent to beat GSP because his stand up is so good and his BJJ is so good.

 

NEWS FLASH: They both are overrated and they both suck! Neither has ever beat anybody good. Diaz never beat anybody good in the UFC.

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Why isn't there a simple "No" option? :confused: He wasn't going to beat GSP but he's still better than most of the division..

 

Shields behind:

GSP

Nate Diaz

Nick Diaz

Hardy

 

In front of:

Condit

Ellenberger

T. Alves

John Howard

 

Equal to:

Fitch

A. Johnson

 

WTF.. this is the stupidest thing I've read in a long time..... I don't think I can find a facepalm big enough

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Shields is so underrated. The guy went on a 15 fight win streak and went into everyone of those fights considered the underdog. Well' date=' who got their arm raised in the end. He beat Okami and Condit on the SAME night. The guy is said to have the worst standup in MMA yet managed to keep up with the guy considered to have the best boxing in UFC. Shields is my 2nd favorite fighter and is the most underrated fighter in the UFC.[/quote']

 

this proves 2 things.

 

You buy the zuffa hype way too much.

 

and GSP's standup is trash.

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Shields is so underrated. The guy went on a 15 fight win streak and went into everyone of those fights considered the underdog. Well' date=' who got their arm raised in the end. He beat Okami and Condit on the SAME night. The guy is said to have the worst standup in MMA yet managed to keep up with the guy considered to have the best boxing in UFC. Shields is my 2nd favorite fighter and is the most underrated fighter in the UFC.[/quote']

 

 

this proves 2 things.

 

You buy the zuffa hype way too much.

 

and GSP's standup is trash.

 

I agree with your statement he buys the Zuffa hype too much. A 15-win fight streak against middle-grade talent by lay and pray is nothing to brag about. Okami and Condit weren't exactly as skilled five years ago as they are now. Shield's arrogant as **** "American Jiu-Jitsu" ******** got exposed as...well...******** when he thought he'd make GSP go to sleep and instead he couldn't take him down.

 

As for the assertion that GSP's standup is trash...

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Josh Koscheck's face disagrees with you.

 

Hey, there's a fun matchup idea, let's see Shields try fighting Kos.

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I agree with your statement he buys the Zuffa hype too much. A 15-win fight streak against middle-grade talent by lay and pray is nothing to brag about. Okami and Condit weren't exactly as skilled five years ago as they are now. Shield's arrogant as **** "American Jiu-Jitsu" ******** got exposed as...well...******** when he thought he'd make GSP go to sleep and instead he couldn't take him down.

 

He didnt even get to show his Jiu-Jitsu. So you cant even talk **** about it.

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Hes got awful cardio at WW' date=' awful stand-up, average wrestling that fades very quickly into sloppy rugby tackles...see Paul Daley fight, and hes got good jie jitsu which doesnt even work any more in mma unless you can overwhelm your opponent with wrestling first an thats not gonna happen against Ellenberger.[/quote']

 

I had to pick the obvious option , it was funny.

 

Seriously though...Jake Shields is top 5 in 2 divisions of MMA right now and easily a top 10 pound for pound fighter. I don't like watching him , I cannot tell you the last fight of his that I enjoyed his Victories of Condit , Okami , Mike Pyle , Kampmann , Henderson , Mayhem , Paul Daley....Were all horribly drawl on his behalf. Still there isn't 5 other guys in MMA with his record , competition and achievements he deserves immense respect in this sport.

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He spent years fighting above him natural weight and won every fight up there, left a belt in a second-rate (minus a few) talent pool to come to the UFC, had a huge weight cut, won a close fight then lost a close decision in a title fight against either the No. 1 or No. 2 pound-for-pound best fighter in the world and people are saying Shields is overrated?

 

Holy

 

freaking

 

crap.

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