Jake Shields
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| Born |
January 9, 1979 Summertown, TN, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb) |
| Division |
Welterweight Middleweight |
| Reach | 72 in (183 cm) |
| Style | Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, Wrestling, Kickboxing, Submission Wrestling, TKD, Boxing, Shooto, Hawaiian Kempo, |
| Fighting out of | San Francisco, California |
| Team |
Cesar Gracie Jiu-Jitsu El Niño Sports Fairtex Gym American Kickboxing Academy |
| Rank | Black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Class-A Shooto |
| Wrestling | NCAA Division II Wrestling |
| Years active | 1999 – present (MMA) |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 42 |
| Wins | 31 |
| By knockout | 3 |
| By submission | 12 |
| By decision | 16 |
| Losses | 9 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| By submission | 1 |
| By decision | 6 |
| Draws | 1 |
| No contests | 1 |
| Other information | |
| University | San Francisco State University |
| Notable school(s) |
Cuesta College Calaveras High School |
| Website | http://www.jakeshields.com/ |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
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Representing  United States
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| Grappling | ||
| ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship | ||
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2005 | -77 kg |
| Pan American Championships (BJJ) | ||
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2005 | Middleweight (purple) |
Jake Sequoyah Shields (born January 9, 1979) is an American male mixed martial artist, currently fighting in the welterweight division for the World Series of Fighting. He was the last Rumble on the Rock Welterweight Champion, the only Elite XC Welterweight Champion, a former Shooto Welterweight Champion and former Strikeforce Middleweight Champion. He also fought for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
He has trained extensively with Fairtex SF and Cesar Gracie, and is a member of the "Skrap Pack" which includes fellow Cesar Gracie students Dave Terrell, Nick Diaz, Nate Diaz and Gilbert Melendez. After his loss to Akira Kikuchi he won 15 consecutive fights over six years, until his loss to Georges St-Pierre. He describes his style as American Jiu-jitsu.
Shields was raised near Mountain Ranch, California in the Sierra Nevada. He was home schooled up to junior high. He and his two older brothers grew up at the end of a dirt road on the rim of the Jesus Maria Canyon. Their nearest friends were a 45-minute hike down one side of the canyon and up the other. Their activities included mountain biking, wild caving, snowboarding, clearing brush, bucking firewood, climbing mountains, exploring the high country, and wrestling.
Shields began amateur wrestling at age nine. He has competed in over 601 folk, freestyle, and submission wrestling matches. Shields was a four-year varsity wrestler and state qualifier at Calaveras High School, finished 2nd place at the Amateur Athletic Union National Freestyle Championships, qualified for U.S.A./ FILA Nationals & World Team Trials in both the junior & university men's divisions. He is also a two time junior college All American wrestler from Cuesta College, placing 4th in the California JC state tournament in the 177 lb weight class in 1997 and 3rd in the 197 lb weight class a year later. In September 1999, Shields began his MMA training by joining Chuck Liddell's SLO Kickboxing Academy. Within a few weeks he fought his first fight, filling in for an injured teammate at 185 lbs. Shields fought five fights at 185 lbs "for fun, to stay in shape and learn some self defense". In 2001, Shields decided he wanted to make a career of mixed martial arts and began fighting at his natural weight of 170 lbs (77 kg).
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