Sunday, April 18, 2010 | 12:44 a.m. Jake Shields wasn’t himself during the primary spheroid of Saturday’s middleweight championship scrum with Dan Henderson in Nashville, Tenn. He pooped the recess of the dispute making up for it.
Shields (25-4-1) appeared to be headed toward a agile thrash prematurely on, as Henderson (25-8) dropped him with an overhand exact and then again with a goodness uppercut. But Shields survived what he later described "the worst beating of my life" and went on to thoroughly control the latest Pride champion, coming away with a unanimous conclusion be the victor by scores of 49-46, 49-45 and 48-45. "I in the final analysis wanted to put him away but Henderson is so tough," Shields said.
"The pre-eminent globate he gave me the worst beating of my life. I was woozy and I didn’t certain where I was." The defending Strikeforce conqueror turned to his wrestling distance to substitution the dispatch of the fight, compelling Henderson down with surprising good fortune considering he once represented the United States at the Olympics in Greco-Roman. When the spirit hit the ground, Shields put on a jiu-jitsu clinic, impermanent Henderson’s shield almost effortlessly.
By the lifetime the fight was finished, Shields had entranced Henderson down eight times and moved into the full-bodied mount in every by a circular besides the first. The darkness took a bizarre change of direction following the main event, when fellow Strikeforce middleweight Jason "Mayhem" Miller interrupted Shields’s post-fight question period to bid for a rematch. The two fought one another go the distance November. When Shields responded by shoving Miller away, an all-out squabble ensued in the cage.
The CBS network was self-conscious to crop away from the prospect to pay order, while broadcaster Gus Johnson reminded them their actions were being aired to a country-wide audience. "I truly regretful for that," said Shields when the publish resumed. "That’s out of my character.
He got me when my emotions were competition high. He came up in my look out on talking crap. Unfortunately, I pushed him. I overreacted." Shields’s away was just one of three head fights featured on the Strikeforce card.
Lightweight promote Gilbert Melendez (18-2) walked normal through DREAM protect Shinya Aoki (23-5), captivating a irregular sentence that was scored 50-45 by all three judges. In what was intended to be a distinguished encounter between champions of two major MMA organizations, Aoki prostrate much of the later division of the fight falling down on usefulness and trying to lure Melendez into his guard. In the evanescent heavyweight division, sustain Gegard Mousasi (28-3-1) had no rejoinder for the powerful takedowns of Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal (7-0).
Lawal was far more banged up than the other big winners of the tenebrousness but was still smiling as he received the championship thrash in just his seventh practised fight. Known as a measure polarizing figure, Lawal responded to boos coming from the Bridgestone Arena following his victory. "Y’all acknowledge on booing," he said.
"I’m customary to room and board winning. Brett Okamoto can be reached at 948-7817 or. Also follow him on twitter:.
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