UFC has started to allow some cross promoting..

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Strikeforce Champion Jake Shields To Be Assistant Coach On TUF 11

Strikeforce Middleweight Champion Jake Shields has agreed to be a part of Chuck Liddell’s coaching staff on the upcoming season of “The Ultimate Fighter.” The highly decorated fighter made the announcement in an email to his fan club members Wednesday evening. The show begins its six-week taping session soon, and will premier on Spike TV on March 31.

The grappling ace will be a part of Chuck Liddell’s coaching staff for season 11 of the hit reality television show. Shields credits Liddell for getting him interested in the sport; “Chuck asked me a couple weeks ago and I'm always willing to help him out. Chuck was the one who originally got me into MMA in the first place. I owe him a lot but besides that I'm excited to be part of TUF and hopefully I'm able to help Chucks team get the finals.”

Shields (24-4-1), a consensus top five welterweight, recently moved up to middleweight to capture the Strikeforce title this past November. In that bout he would win a lopsided decision over Jason “Mayhem” Miller, displaying a wide array of his Cesar Gracie black belt level jiu-jitsu. Among his twenty-four wins, Shields has victories over Robbie Lawler, Paul Daley, Nick Thompson, Carlos Condit, Yushin Okami, Dave Menne, Akira Kikuchi, and Hayato Sakurai.

“The Ultimate Fighter 11” will feature Liddell and his team of middleweights, facing off against “The Hunting Beach Bad Boy” Tito Ortiz and his team. This will be the second time around coaching for both fighters, and will likely lead to an epic third battle between the two legendary fighters.

Shields, himself, understands that while he is in Las Vegas training the next generation of middleweight champions, he too may end up training for an epic battle; “. I'm leaving San Francisco tomorrow morning and I'm headed to Vegas for six weeks to shoot the show, as well as train, just in case Strikeforce finalizes my next fight.” That next fight could come as early as April against former Pride champion Dan Henderson. 

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[HICKSON]

Yes, he is a very underrated fighter.

[RancherRanger]

sheilds is a very well rounded fighter, his jitz and wrestling are damn good

Shields is not well-rounded.  He's a blanket!  And personally I've felt his bjj is overrated after watching his last 3 or 4 fights.  I'm hoping Strickforce makes him fight Hendo, he won't get Hendo down and he'll get KTFO just like Bisping!

[*ChuteBoxe*]

Shields standup is almost nonexistant, he's lucky he hasn't been put out yet.  At 170lbs he's a top 2 or 3 fighter, GSP would rape him.  But at 185lbs, it's a matter of time before he gets put face down, he's lucky he ran out of time on that choke Mayhem had him slapped in.  It's not the first time they've allowed fighters from other orgs on the show though, they had Robbie Lawler (I think he was champ at the time) on not too long ago.

[marty31672]

The Ultimate Fighter was one of the main reasons i started training in ufc
i think the show would be better if they has a womens season next
or... the show should be like american idol where the fans can vote the fighters they want off
that way kimbo could of one last year rather than the fat guy rob nelson smothering him with his gut

[SinCitysmallGUY]

The Ultimate Fighter was one of the main reasons i started training in ufc
i think the show would be better if they has a womens season next
or... the show should be like american idol where the fans can vote the fighters they want off
that way kimbo could of one last year rather than the fat guy rob nelson smothering him with his gut

Marty you don't train UFC you train MMA, and his name is Roy Nelson not Rob.. Just thought I would let you know..

[LatsMcGee]

The Ultimate Fighter was one of the main reasons i started training in ufc
i think the show would be better if they has a womens season next
or... the show should be like american idol where the fans can vote the fighters they want off
that way kimbo could of one last year rather than the fat guy rob nelson smothering him with his gut

You're either a really bad troll or a complete fucking retard,  I'm hoping for the first one. 

[Captain Equipoise]

That's not co-promoting, if he's part of Chuck's coaching staff... TUF coaches bring in trainers from around the world all the time... most of them fight in smaller promotions (Cage Rage, King of the Cage, etc. etc.)

[*ChuteBoxe*]

You're either a really bad troll or a complete fucking retard,  I'm hoping for the first one. 

It's Bluto

[LatsMcGee]

It's Bluto

Awesome, I'm waiting for him to start threatening me via PM any day now. 

[Stapleton]

Marty you don't train UFC you train MMA, and his name is Roy Nelson not Rob.. Just thought I would let you know..

That's funny.