Jason “Mayhem” Miller Set To Fight Jake Shields For Interim Strikeforce Middleweight Title
Jason “Mayhem” Miller will square off against Jake Shields for the interim Strikeforce middleweight title, Miller announced on Monday on MyFightTeam.
“I’m set to take on Jake Sheilds for the middleweight championship of the world in Strikeforce,” wrote Miller.
A date and location was not disclosed for the matchup, though the fight is expected to appear on the same card as Fedor Emelaienko’s Strikeforce debut, likely in November.
Shields (23-4-1), the former EliteXC welterweight champion who is currently riding a 12-fight win streak that includes victories over Yushin Okami, Carlos Condit, Paul Daley, and Nick Thompson, last fought in June, submitting Robbie Lawler in the opening round of the catchweight contest.
Miller (22-6) fought to a no contest against Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza in May and the pair had been expected to rematch for DREAM’s middleweight title in September, but both fighters have now joined Strikeforce’s 185-pound roster. Since 2006, Miller is 8-2 with wins over the likes of Lawler, Hiromitsu Miura, Tim Kennedy, and Kala Hose, while suffering losses to notables “Jacare” and Frank Trigg.
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jason miller was never very big or good, sheilds will hammer him
I’ve always liked Jason “Mayhem” Miller’s flamboyance, but he’d be FAR better off fighting at 170 than 185. On paper, it looks like Shields is going to dominate, but you never know…
Neither of these guys are big middleweights, but Miller is the bigger of the two. I still think shields will win, but I will be pulling for Mayhem.
i don’t like sheilds so i’d kind of want him to lose aswell but on a different note i do like seeing graet fighters win impresively and sheilds is one of the best fighters in the world at WW so if he could also become a graet MW that would be kind of cool
i dont buy into the hype that shields is a great WW. thats your opinion if you believe it, but i dont. ill believe he is a great WW when he can hang in the ufc and beat their top 3. if hes so great the UFC would be begging him to come over. im still confused about the interim $hit. why not strip cung le of his title. its not like homeboy is interested in defending it anytime soon. let him go be a movie star, but have the belt up for grabs in a tourney and have a fighting champion. thats my theory.
P.S. petterson im not attacking you about the shields issue, im just stating my thoughts.
“ON AUGUST 8, 2009 ANDERSON SILVA MADE FORREST GRIFFIN LOOK LIKE AN AMATEUR, AND ON AUGUST 8, 2009 GUNSLINGER MADE BIGCHRIS 2328 LOOK LIKE A CASUAL FAN ”
you know what man its cool don’t worry about it but please do me a favor and stop saying that retar*ed thing at the end of all of your posts.
Petterson he lost a bet so he has to say it. On the Shields note I think that he would likely lose to alot of the UFC’s WW’s. Obvioiusly hes highly talented on the matt, but on his feet hes pretty rough. the guys stand up is way to stiff to hang with the top guys in the UFC, they would pick him apart. Plus they all have good takedown defence so he would be forced to live in their world.
Next time if you guys bet on quotes like that, please only do it for a week, not a month.
oh, oh right he lost a bet, i thought he was going simple on us, sorry bout that chris, on the sheilds note i do beleve he could take alot of the top WW i think he might take swick, kampmann and him and ftch would be a good fight
AWESOME.
I was hoping Mayhem would come fight for Strikeforce. An immediate title shot is a big deal. I think Shields is the obvious favorite, and he will probably win if he brings his A game, but if Mayhem shows up fit, and at his best, then i truly think he could take Shields out. Im a huge Mayhem fan, so ill be pulling for him.
Miller will ko Shields in round 2
Mayhem by submission. You heard it here first.
Mayhem Miller is going to win this fight. Mayhem has improved alot on his game. Jake is a good fighter, but not good enough.
Shields 2rd RNC
i see a RNC by shields
first round
Really looking forward to this. I just hope it actually happens.
Go mayhem! First the strikeforce belt, then the dream belt. shields is going down, then jacare in dream, red dragons!
shields is on a tear and has great momentum going into this fight. Obviously it’s no secret to anyone how shields will likely get the win but then again, who knows? Anything can happen in this sport as we have seen many times.
On a different note, i believe i stated in the “quick hits” article, that not only have shields and miller trained together on more than one occasion, and not only did shields appear on mayhems “bully beatdown” also on more than one occasion, but these guys have been bros for quite a while and now are not only going to step in the cage and fight eachother, but fight for the title. Now are Mike Swick, Jon Fitch and Josh koscheck reading this? If they are, send the link to anderson silva and lyoto machida too!
miller stated on ellis’s show yesterday, when he made the announcement that they are friends, but this is business and he is going to break shield’s face.
Miller seriously has his work cut out for him. I’ll still be cheering him on of course…rah rah
I really like both jake and jason but i would really like to see jason get the strikeforce belt and the dream belt.