Rumour: Jake Shields vs. Jorge Santiago at Affliction 3
Posted by MMATraining.com Staff
MMATraining.com has learned from sources close to Affliction that Jake Shields may be stepping in for Vitor Belfort to take on Jorge Santiago at Affliction 3. MMATraining.com must inform our readers that this is not final and we cannot confirm this. We don’t want any lawsuits on our hands after yesterday.
If true, this will be another step up the middleweight ladder for the welterweight Jake Shields. He is one of the top 170 lbs fighters in the world and beat top 10 middleweight Robbie Lawler back on June 6th to run his record to 23-4.
Santiago has become one of the most improved fighters in all of MMA. After losing two in a row in the UFC and being let go, the ATT fighter has won 9 straight including wins over Jeremy Horn, Trevor Prangley and a very tough Kazuo Misaki in January of this year.
Shields vs. Santiago is a great late replacement for a card that was in doubt this morning. Vitor vs. Fedor. Shields vs. Santiago. I’ll take that any day of the week. Once again, we cannot completely confirm this is a done deal.
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July 22nd, 2009 at 9:46 pm
Unreal fight if true.
Thanks.
July 22nd, 2009 at 9:58 pm
This would be a nice fight. I think Shields would be able to stop GSP. I really think that.
July 22nd, 2009 at 10:43 pm
I still would rather see Vitor vs Santiago, but this is one hell of a replacement.
July 23rd, 2009 at 2:26 am
Would have loved to see Vitor Belfort vs Jorge Santiago, nevertheless, this one should be interesting.
July 23rd, 2009 at 2:39 am
Wow, Ill be sure to check this site often for good news. I’d LOVE to know what your “source” was for this. When this is confirmed as untrue, this site loses all credibility. I think I will contact your advertisers now and sell some ad time to my site, cause their going to be leaving this one very soon. The Blue>Journalists.
July 23rd, 2009 at 3:24 am
I just heard about this at armchairfighters.com I think this would be a good fight. Why didnt Sherdog break this? Seems like they get everything.
July 23rd, 2009 at 3:08 pm
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