This photo just popped up on the internet. This is a crew of fighters at Cesar Gracies gym in Pleasant Hill, California.
And look who showed up to work with Jake Shields: Chael Sonnen and Matt Lindland. Chael was a two-time NCAA champion wrestler at Oregon, and last year did something that no one else has ever done: he gave Anderson Silva a slightly roid-induced beatdown. Matt Lindland, though past his prime, was the Big Eight wrestling champion for the University of Nebraska in 1993. He also was a Greco-Roman silver medalist in the 2000 summer Olympics.
Do you think Jake is working on his wrestling a bit? That was a rhetorical question.
A couple of things stand out in this photo (which is not very high quality, unfortunately):
- Chael Sonnen (far left) looks humongous, and
- I have never seen Shields (2nd from left) look so yoked. He looks like he put on about 10 pounds of muscle since the Kampmann fight.
- Nate Diaz (center rear) is thuggin out.
Sould GSP look past Shields? No.
Should we UFC fans look past Shields? I said "yes" previously. But it would be AWESOME if Shields makes a fight of it.
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