5K Exclusive: Jake Shields primed and ready for superstardom
by Jason Benfari on May 24, 2010
girl. Does she watch your fights?

Jake Shields: Yeah, I let her watch the fights afterwords, but she doesn't get nervous. I've won every fight for the last six years, since she's really been watching, so in her mind it's not like I can lose. I'm just supposed to go out there and win. I come home and tell her, "I won the fight," and she goes, "Yeah, I know. Of course you did." And I'm like, "Geez..." She doesn't look at it like I could actually lose a fight (laughs).

FiveKnuckles.com: That's some serious pressure.

Jake Shields: Yeah, no kidding. I better keep winning (laughs).

FiveKnuckles.com: Would you like to thank any sponsors.

Jake Shields: Yeah, I'd like to thank TapouT, TapouT Sports Nutrition, Rockstar Energy Drink, Full Tilt Poker, EA Sports.

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 |  (43) Comments mike5k: Great interview with one of the most sought-after fighters in the sport right now. This is great work by Jason and I have to commend Shields for his honest and complete answers. I can't think of anything else that I would have asked him. FiveKnuckles FTW! JujitsWho: Great read and a good interview. Sheilds seems like a cool cat. I have to say though, I know he is defending his teammates but there is still no excuss for what Nate and Nick did. It still boiled down to them jumping a single guy. Sheilds gets a pass because he was being called out and Miller was a bit outta line, but the extra crap from the rest of the Cesar Gracie Camp was bullshit Ares: That was a great interview, enjoyed reading that one. I hope Jake jumps ship to the UFC. big daddy: If Nick Diaz wasn't in the scuffle, there is a guy with a scary resemblance to him clearly going for a double leg then some ground and pound. Argue about the rights and wrongs if you want, but you can't just say he wasnt there when everybody in the world has seen the footage! Surprised Sheilds seems like such a cool guy when he chooses to surround himself with such total douche bags horizontalcracker: should change your username to Throwingwatterbottles, like a true Diaz fan Wandering_Minstrel: Guys, if you're going to fight, do it in PMs please, NOT in the news sections. Thanks. throwingshoes: IM good man... i cant let haters drop the occassional d-bag or thug BS every chance they get. as soon as a diaz is mentioned... people start fighter bashing and THAT is not cool, and i wont let it slide. throwingshoes: im sayin there's 40 dudes in the cage- and you're response is "nick&nate gave the sport a black eye" the scuffle did not hurt the sport of MMA one freakin bit. and yea.., ppl call them wiggers- so you understand what i am up against here... idiots.... armies of idiots. throwingshoes: dude. there are 3 of us. f*** off. D_V: I am not pro or anti Diaz. Actually, I am more anti Nate than Nick but even he looks better recently. Either way, it is stupid to pin anything from the scuffle on them. It was 100% Miller's fault. They are so far down the blame list that I don't give a fuck. It's stupid. Miller jumps in there, Strikeforce's fault, and he cuts somebody off and gets in his face, his fault, he is shoved which was well deserved and then he was trying to jump in there to retaliate and the Diaz brothers and Gilbert stepped in. Miller can fuck off. This is just Diaz hate from people on here. It did not give the sport a black eye, not even remotely, and if it did it is on Miller anyways. This is crazy shit talk. Guys need to step back and look at it for what it was. The Caesar Gracie guys weren't the problem there. AngryAgent: It's all the Diaz brothas fault especially Nick, What a piece of shit:D Throwingshoes is such a nuthugger:D Just instigating homey all in good fun:p GO HARD: sorry i got here late my dude!! the main thing that was wrong with that scuffle was that douchbag miller interupting sheilds interveiw after his biggest win in his career. i say jump that motherfucka... he deserves it. i dunno how so many people can hate on the diaz brothers. when it comes fight time... they hate theyre opponent. they talk shit. after the fight they shake their hand and say good fight. outside of the fight world they seem extra cool and down to earth. nate was easily one of the more mature fighters on season 5 of TUF even tho he was one of the youngest. GO HARD: true dat ^ throwingshoes: if you have big feet then you probably only wear sketchers
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