gotta agree red dog jake is a chump he isnt even in the top 15 at ww

Jake is undoubtedly Top 15 WW in the world.

Just because you watched one of his fights where he had a lackluster performance and still finished the fight in the first round. And it is a widely known fact that Jake needs to work on his standup. 2 years ago, the big knock on Shields was that he was a top fighter and well rounded, but he just couldn’t finish his fights. Since then he has been on a fight finsihing tear. So now the media needs something new to knock Shields down a few levels because he is not in the UFC. I’m not saying his standup is great or anything, but if you are a submission/wrestling specialist and you are fighting a straight up muay thai fighter (daley) why would you even want to stand in the first place?

Prediction: Shields by 1st Rd Submission. Than Nick jumps in the ring and beats up Riggs some more!

easy win for Riggs….keeps it standing and destroys the overrated Shields

my boy jake would handle this goomba.

diesel got ko’d by sanchez! he should not be talking about stand-up!

phil~ name 5 ww fighters that u have ranked above shields.

Stinky your right that Shields is going to handle Riggs. Its a good mention how one dimensional Shields but that one dimension is what beats Riggs. He loses on the ground by submissions. but I will say that Riggs is right and if Shields really wants to move up he needs to work on his stand up.

cogito~ jake is always working to improve his stand up.

he knows better then anyone else that he needs to have a solid stand up game.

jakes stand-up is already pretty dang good(imo)~

we just dont see it often.

he already has a decent all around game that is only improving..

I’m not a fan of Riggs at all, but he’s right, Jake needs “stand up” to compete with any welterweight in the UFC. Stinky here’s any easy 5 for ya.
Kos-wouldn’t get taken down and would outbox Jake.
GSP-no explanation needed.
Fitch-Better stand up and wouldn’t be taken down by Jake
Alves-no explanation required.
BJ Penn-no explanation required

Need more?

kos and fitch??

no fudgin way~

and bj cant be considered in a ww ranking. he is a lw fighter.

bjs ww record stands at a pathetic 1-3..

2 fighters on your list i can agree with~ so yeah… i ‘need more’..

stinkys offical ww ranking~ top 5.

5~ josh kos

4~ jon fish

3~ jake shields

2~ thiago alves

1~ george ‘butters’ st. pierre

well stink, you know how I feel about the caesar team, but Riggs is right here! Shields’
standup has been suspect, and he’s been calling out GSP yet avoiding the UFC for a few years now! I think he’s top 5, 100%, but he needs to move onto greener pastures (UFC) if he wants to keep getting challenged!

I’d take Kos off that list REALL quick as someone that would beat Jake no doubt.

The argument was that Kos’s standup is waaaay better. Did you guys see Kos’s last fight? Paulo had BASIC BASIC striking skills and was now powerful, and he KO’d Kos. That leads me to belive that Jake is more than capable of the same. Also, Kos would not want the fight on the ground, because anyone that has a BJJ belt above a white, he will not takedown unless there is less than 10 seconds in the round remaining.

Swick would probably beat him…..Mclovin would probably beat him…..Marcus Davis would probably beat him…..hmm…Karo would probably decision him…..Hughes might be able to ride him out….these are the ones on top of my head and here is my reasoning.

Swick is decent on the ground, and his standup would smoke Shields, plus Swick is hard to take down.

Mclovin, while his standup isnt the greatest, he has power, and ground game should negate each other.

Davis is no slouch on the ground, and his boxing would rip Shields apart, though Davis would be the easiest challenge for Jake on my list.

Karo is Karo,…he wont get finished, and his judo will keep him in control and get the decision.

Hughes is stronger and not the easiest guy to submit.

I can find more if needed :)

1st of all Jake and Riggs are not fighting! Jake is fighting Lawler. The career long under achiever Riggs, is just mad that Jake played him by not wanting to fight him. Not for nothing, If I were Jake, I wouldnt wanna waste 4 months of my life training for Joe Riggs!

I dont think that anyone who has followed Jake’s career can say he is over rated! The kid is a stud who has many wins over some really outstanding fighters. You dont rack up a resume like Jake’s by accident or due to luck…The guy is very skilled. The guy wont win to many striking battles against top guys, but neither did the most dominant WW champ in history matt Hughes…YOu have to be well rounded now a days, but his wrestling, jits, and n P are good enough to keep him at top dog status. There aren’t to many fighters out there that can say that they have beaten sheilds.

Riggs talks a good game, but in reality, he isnt in jake’s class!

I know i was so pissed because i like dan too. If this is a sport instead of entertainment then he should have gotten a shot. Hopefully one day, only deserving people get their shots.

I agree he wouldn’t do well vs Silva, but I like his chances against Marquardt and Hendo. I think they would be very exciting. Vs Maia, I think he’d get submitted. I think he’d be gun-shy and Maia would pull guard and submit him.

How about Lawler vs Wanderlei? (JJ, when you said Silva, I assumed you meant Anderson, am I correct?)

Yeah, I meant Anderson. I think he’d probably get drawn into a slugfest with Wanderlei and he’d get caught. That would be a fun fight!