Jake Shields: I'm ready to face the top guys

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In an interview with Adcombat.com EliteXC welterweight Jake Shields talks his last fight against Renato Verissimo his next fight with Mike Pyle and his future aspirations.

It is clear that the UFC is on his mind and that's where he could end up after his last EliteXC contracted bout which is against Pyle on 11/10.

KM: What do you think
of 2008?

JS: I want to go out there and fight the best. I’m really looking at UFC over Elite because that is where a lot of top guys are. In the next few weeks I’ll probably make my decision on where I’m going to be signing.

KM: Should we say you are ‘in talks now’ or ‘have talked to’ UFC?
JS: Have been in the past. I’m sure we’re going to talk to them in the next week before we sign anything with Elite. I’m ready to get in there with the top guys. With the Rumble on the Rock tournament and EliteXC and my last four or five fights have been top come and have been fast, easy fights. I think it definitely shows I belong there.

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Even though the prospect of Shields leaving EliteXC would hurt that promotion, I can't help but think about the great potential matchups he'd have in the UFC. A rematch with Jon Fitch, and bouts against the likes of Karo Parisyan, Josh Koscheck, and Georges St. Pierre. That's one advantage that the UFC will have over the prospective competition at least for the time being. The top fighters are almost all in the UFC especially in the welterweight class.

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