"St. Pierre looks awesome. He's one of the fights that I'd really love to have right now. I need to make sure I look really good against my opponents; I want go out and dominate people so I can build some momentum for that fight.... He doesn't have a lot of weaknesses. He's going to be a tough guy to beat, because it's not like you can pick out one thing. To beat a guy like St. Pierre you have to be in phenomenal shape and keep the pressure on him. You've got to stay in his face, and if he takes you down, you better be ready to get back up and not just stay in guard and get manhandled like he's doing to people."
-- Jake Shields -- Elite XC welterweight and among the top 170-pound fighters in the world -- tells MMAWeekly.com about how he would approach a fight with UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre. Shields is set to battle Drew Fickett for the vacant Elite XC welterweight strap some time soon. In fact, the bout was scratched last month when Shields sustained a back injury during training, rescheduled for June 14 and now pushed back again, it appears, to July 26 -- the second show for the promotion on CBS "Saturday Night Fights."
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