Scott Coker offers potential opponents for Jake Shields: After newly crowned middleweight...

Scott Coker offers potential opponents for Jake Shields:

After newly crowned middleweight champion Jake Shields admitted Saturday that he thinks he’s a stronger fighter at 170 pounds and might go back down there, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker didn’t bat an eyelash.

"That’s really up to Jake," said Coker. "We’ll have that conversation, but at 185, we have a lot of great guys to make fights."

185 - Winner of Ronaldo Jacare Souza vs. Matt Lindland
170 - Marius Zaromskis, Shinya Aoki and Hayato Sakurai

Shields told Sherdog.com on Saturday that he’d like to follow in the footsteps of former dual-division Pride champion Dan Henderson, and seize Strikeforce’s welterweight crown as well.

HT: sherdog.com
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nice

you guys spelled jacare’s last name wrong i think.

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by butters666 on Nov 11, 2009 3:17 PM EST reply actions

Fixed. I’ve let Sherdog.com know as well… Thanks.

by Nick Thomas on Nov 11, 2009 4:03 PM EST up reply actions

All of whom i see snatchin the title from him.

Maybe not so much Lindland

by Krimson on Nov 11, 2009 3:34 PM EST reply actions

aoki at 170? shields would have a pretty considerable size advantage in that fight.

by woooburn on Nov 11, 2009 3:46 PM EST reply actions

i'd love to see that fight though.

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by Anton Tabuena on Nov 11, 2009 4:11 PM EST up reply actions

Sobering thought: Shinya Aoki may actually have better standup than Jake Shields.

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by JRN on Nov 11, 2009 4:12 PM EST up reply actions

Out of thoes options, I would like to see this one most. I bet Aoki would submit him

by johnnychimpo on Nov 11, 2009 5:51 PM EST up reply actions

Man, if Sakurai tooled him at 170, Shields would tear him up.

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by jemaleddin on Nov 12, 2009 9:06 AM EST up reply actions

He needs to stop being greedy and let Diaz have one of those titles. You can’t refuse to fight your training partner, then take both belts in the weight classes he fights in

by HighNoon on Nov 11, 2009 4:03 PM EST reply actions

he's not being greedy..

Diaz isn’t in the best terms with showtime (or strikeforce?) at the time being.. and he said if Diaz was going to make a run for the title, he would be at a different weight.

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by Anton Tabuena on Nov 11, 2009 4:11 PM EST up reply actions

Me like what I see.
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by MMASuPreMaCy on Nov 11, 2009 5:23 PM EST reply actions

I hope Strikeforce plans on putting Eddie Alvarez in the mix. I thought he was supposed to fight sometime for them soon, i think he could take that belt from Shields and at least force Shields into an exciting fight.

by mo dogg on Nov 11, 2009 5:46 PM EST reply actions

I think Eddie is sticking to Lightweight. He’s also at least somewhat tied up with Bellator.

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by FRANKIE on Nov 11, 2009 6:40 PM EST up reply actions

I do think if/when Thompson gets by Gilbert, a potential Eddie-Thompson fight will be very good. For that matter a Melendez-Alzarez fight will be very good as well. If i remember correctly Eddie took some time off in September and in October because he wanted to rest after the tournament and he got married. I think i also remember reading he was going to be on Strikeforce card either late this year or early next year and this would not interfere with his Bellator obligations.

by mo dogg on Nov 11, 2009 7:21 PM EST up reply actions