Jake Shields vs. Joe Riggs on April 11th
Ever since ProElite closed its doors in October, there have been a lot of people expressing their hopes that Jake Shields would be able to make the move to the UFC. It looks like they will have to wait a bit longer to see if that possibility will ever become a reality. Yesterday it was apparently confirmed by MMAWeekly that former EliteXC Welterweight king Jake Shields will be facing off against Joe Riggs on the upcoming April 11th Strikeforce card.
Shields, who is managed by his father, had been putting together the paper work to file for a release from ProElite prior to the Strikeforce purchase of ProElite’s assets. Once the purchase was completed, the elder Shields decided that going with Strikeforce was a good option for his son, and much better than the costly process of seeking his release. The article goes on to state that the full details of Shields’ contract, such as length of time and number of fights, have yet to be settled, but a summer main event appearance against a “well known opponent” is already in the works for Shields’ second fight with the promotion.
Other fights for the April 11 event (signed and rumored) include:
Main Card
- Frank Shamrock vs. Nick Diaz
- Josh Thomson (c) vs. TBA
Strikeforce Lightweight Championship - Benji Radach vs. Scott Smith
- Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos vs. TBA
PRELIMINARY CARD
- Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos vs. TBA
You can continue to follow the rumored card for this event on the Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz Rumors page.
Tags: Jake Shields, Joe Riggs
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easy win for shields. the only thing joe riggs is good at is losing impressivly.
That is an unfair asessment. Riggs is a good fighter who has had some bad luck. I am not saying he will win, far from it, I think Riggs is a decent fighter thats all.
i kno thats a joke between me and some of my friends. everytime we saw him fight he lost impressivly so the joke was if the ufc needed a fighter to get a win in dramatic fashion they set him up against joe riggs. i kno hes a decent fighter that just cant seem to put it together in the cage… still the boy does have a knack for losin impressivly
It is shaping up to be a great first card for Strikeforce and Showtime. They have to come out of the gate on fire. Just don’t make the mistake of saying we are in compitition with the UFC like Elite XC did. Scott Coker is a real MMA promoter who knows his limitations and he knows he cannot compete with the UFC on a monthly basis. If the Shaws had any brains in their heads they would still be in business. But you just can’t cure dumb. Coker knows the two promotions can compliment each other, not try and destroy the other one. That is like Uriah Faber calling out Brock Lesnar. He would stand no chance.
I’d take Urijah by surfboard to the head…
enough kidding aside…I like this card and I think Shields feels kinda monetarily forced into this fight after such a long lay-off. Strikeforce is a good promotion though and it may serve shields well to pick up a few fights in Strikeforce and then move to the UFC at the end of his contract.
I think Riggs vs. Shields is a good match. Shields has more to lose in this fight because he’s fighting a guy who has already been in the UFC and didn’t actually make a lot of noise, so if Shields loses it could hurt his chances to sign with the UFC in the future
Main Card:
Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos vs. TBA
PRELIMINARY CARD:
Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos vs. TBA
Maybe have them fight each other…like in terminator LOL
Right… husband and wife fighting each other… in an open weight fight (since he’s got at least 50 pounds on her)… good idea.
maybe one of his cybernetic arms tied behind his back? headbutts only?
I think the card is shaping up to be pretty good! A lot of known names get to square off. I think no matter who wins the main event people will be happy to see the loser humiliated.
Riggs in my opinion has yet to show he’s worth top competition. I’m no Jake Shields fan, and I think he’s highly over-rated. Definitely a great ground fighter for sure! But his striking is so incredibly bad that it is hard to see him a threat to anyone with a good ground defense. Riggs has struggled with good ground fighters his entire career, and lately his stand up hasn’t been as impressive either. I take Shields by Sub in R2, but I don’t see this being that exciting of a fight.
This is a good matchup. I don’t think Shields will walk through Riggs like most do though. I’ll give him the upper edge but if Riggs can properly make the cut to 170, I think he’ll be a good test for Jake Shields.
Like many have said if Joe Diesels fights happened on the gym mat he would be reigning champ of any given division so I guess the guy has some sort of mental block or just loses the intensity, desire and concentration under the bright lights. StrikeForce should be a good stepping stone for Shields, wouldnt expect him to give GSP, Thiago Alves, Koscheck or Jon Fitch much trouble but would be a welcome addition to the WW ranks, would be a decent fight with Jake Shields and Carlos Condit however, StrikeForce is looking like worthy competition at last
Sheilds v Riggs, not a bad match.. I fully expect Jake to win, but his standup isn’t the best, soo he definately could get caught.. if he takes it to the ground its over, can’t wait for the show, and I hope to be there in person should be a good card
I think it’s a good match-up because Riggs has a really good chance if he can keep it on the feet, and even if he can’t Shields may eat some leather coming in to get it to the ground.
If Riggs does pull out the win, I wonder if all the people on the “Shields can be UFC champion” bandwagon will actually go ahead and eat that crow…. nah, probably not…. but I don’t think they’ll have to.
Who in the F~ing world is saying Sheilds could be champ and take down the Greatness..
Maybe no one said that exactly, but I know a lot of people on here were talking about how great he was, and he could beat most of the guys in the UFC.
Ha Ha Ha,I know,the boys delusional.But I heard him say himself that he thinks he could beat him.
goodbye riggs..enjoy your arm while you can because shields is gonna leave with it!…..shields armbar rnd 1
It wouldn’t look good for Shields if he were to lose to Riggs,considering he thinks he can beat GSP.
Yep.
lose or lose, i like joe riggs. wait, did i say that?! he fights, and doesnt give a sh!t…i like that.
i think shields would have a very good chance against gsp…..not saying he would win but his submissions are good enough to sub gsp from his back if gsp took him down or if he pulled guard
Sheilds is a rather small guy, he looks 170 when he isn’t train, I highly doubt that he cuts to make it… I don’t know how he would do up against the Greatness but it would be a good fight, I would like to see if Sheilds can cut and make dow to 155 Sheilds v Penn would be great for the title… But that’s not happening anytime soon soo whatever… It wouldn’t be good if Sheilds got clipped by Riggs tho