Jake Shields shared his plans to be present in Montreal for the December bout between title holder Georges St. Pierre and Josh Koscheck. The former Strikeforce Middleweight champ talked about his welterweight title shot for next year as well.
When asked about his UFC 21 performance, Shields responded, “I knew I put on such a poor performance (at UFC 121), I wouldn’t have been surprised at all if (Dana White) said either Jon Fitch or Carlos Condit or something for the title shot. I wouldn’t have blamed him at all cause I was so mad at myself for putting on such a bad performance.”
“I think it’s awesome that they’re still giving me the shot. I honestly do still feel I deserve a title shot, on a 15-fight winning streak, over some pretty decent opponents.”, Shields responded after being asked whether he believed he still deserved a title shot. Shields continued, “I definitely plan on going up to Montreal and be watching to see who I’m fighting. Maybe I’ll pull a Josh Koscheck and bash their hockey team or something like that.”
Shields concluded, “There’s a possibility of me fighting Georges St. Pierre in Toronto in that big 50,000 seat arena or whatever it is. You might as well make them hate you like Koscheck’s done.”
We’ll see in December.
