Is anyone else just a little afraid that EliteXC's chubby tracksuit man (Gary Shaw) and his son $kala are representing mma. Somewhere in the US of A there will be someone turning on their tube and then flip through channels looking for something to watch. They will land on CBS during an EliteXC telecast and it will not matter that this is a fairly new organization that doesn't have the best fighters in the world. People who've never seen mma will judge the sport by the product EliteXc and CBS put on.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
With CBS deal, EliteXC in better position to destroy MMA.
Jake Shields upgraded to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu blackbelt
Jake Shields received his Masters Degree in Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu from Cesar Gracie.
From GracieFighter.com
Jake Shields has been awarded a Blackbelt in Gracie Jiu-jitsu. Shields has had an incredible MMA and submission grappling career and looks to only further his accomplishments in the future.In 2002 Shields defeated Hayato "Mach" Sakurai to shock the MMA world. He later became only the 2nd American to have ever won the Shooto Championship. In 2005 Shields took 3rd place in the ADCC World Championships by defeating Diego Sanchez, Cameron Earl and Leo Santos. Later in the year he submitted John Fitch to become the Gracie Open Superfight Champion. In 2006 Shields defeated Dave Menne, Yushin Okami and Carlos Condit to become the Rumble on the Rock GP Champion. Last year Shields submitted Renato "Charuto" Verissimo and Mike Pyle to become EliteXC's #1 contender.Shields has now joined David Terrell and Nick Diaz in becoming 1 of an elite 3 that has ever been promoted to Blackbelt at the Cesar Gracie Academy. Congratulations Jake Shields!
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