A planned fight to decide the vacant EliteXC welterweight title between Jake Shields and Drew Fickett that had been scheduled for this Saturday’s combined EliteXC and Strikeforce show has been postponed.
The news originally was broken on the homepage of ProElite.com. FiveOuncesOfPain.com confirmed the story with Shields’ father and manager, Jack Shields.
According to Shields, his son pulled a muscle in his back while training last week. He flew to Los Angeles in order to meet with a specialist. While he had experienced some improvement with the injury, it was determined that he would not be ready in time for Saturday’s fight. A decision was then made to postpone the bout.
A re-scheduled date for the bout has not been set, but Shields indicated that the title fight could take place within the next couple of months.
Saturday’s show is slated to be headlined by Frank Shamrock defending his Strikeforce middleweight title vs. Cung Le. Bouts featuring Gilbert Melendez defending the Strikeforce lightweight title vs. Gabe Lemley and Nick Diaz taking on Jae Suk Lim are also scheduled.
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perhaps he learned not to fight with a messed up back, after what happend to Riggs?
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[...] little more info Five Ounces of Pain | Jake Shields vs. Drew Fickett Postponed [...]
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Meh. Shields just found a convenient excuse to pull out, so that he can get on the CBS show. Good for him!
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[...] to FiveOuncesOfPain, the much anticipated EliteXC title fight between Jake Shields and Drew Fickett at the co-promoted [...]
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[...] that Cung Le has a much better chance than others have been giving him against Frank. Throw in Jake Shields, Gilbert Melendez, Nick Diaz and an always hot San Jose card and this should be just as good as [...]
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In other news, you can apparently get a doctor’s note for having sand in one’s vagina.
Just kidding, Shields should do what is best for him. The only thing I’d fault him for is making up such a lame excuse as a pulled muscle. If you’re going to make shit up, at least have it be something crazy like, “I got necrotizing facsiitis and it ate half my arm.”
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Hopefully they step up to the plate and match Fickett with Nick Diaz. That’d be a great replacement. Anything else will be very disappointing.
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