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| Nickname -- | Birthdate 1/9/1979 |
| Height / Weight 6'0" - 185lbs | Place of Birth Mountain Ranch, California, United States |
Jake Shields is an accomplished wrestler and jiu-jitsu practitioner from Cesar Gracie's California-based team. Shields has found great success at both welterweight and middleweight, winning the EliteXC welterweight and Strikeforce middleweight titles. Shields was famously involved in a post-fight brawl at "Strikeforce: Nashville" which involved Jason "Mayhem" Miller and Shields' teammate Nick Diaz, among others.
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