Jake Shields

TUNE INTO SHOWTIME NETWORK ON JUNE 2nd FOR ELITE XC. JAKE SHIELDS VS IDO PARIENTE ALSO FEATURED WILL BE ANTONIO SILVA AND GINA CARANO. ELITE XC WILL BE FOLLOWED BY K-1'S DYNAMITE!! USA ON SHOWTIME PPV. SHOW WILL BE HELD AT THE LOS ANGELES MEMORIAL COLISEUM _______________________________I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4 ____________________________________________________________ _ ___________________________________I was raised near Mt. Ranch, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of northern California. Im a life-long vegetarian. Growing up, I liked mountain biking, wild caving, snowboarding, climbing mountains, exploring the high country and wrestling. _________________________________________________ I started wrestling at age nine. I have competed in over 650 folk, freestyle and submission wrestling matches. A four year varsity wrestler and state qualifier at Calaveras H.S., 2nd place A.A.U. National Freestyle Championships, qualified for U.S.A./ Fila Nationals & World Team Trials in both the junior & university men's divisions, two time All American at Cuesta College, 3X Grapplers Quest Advance Champion, Pan American Jui Jitsu Champion, Pan Am Open Advance Submission Champion, Gracie Open Superfight Champion, 3rd place at ADCC 2005 ____________________________________________ Sept. of 1999 I began training MMA with Chuck Liddell at SLO Kickboxing Academy. Within a few weeks I fought my first fight, filling in for an injured teammate at 185 lbs. In 2001 I decided to make a career of mixed martial arts and began fighting at my natural weight of 170 lbs. I currently have a 17-4-1 record, including five championship fights. ________________________________________ In the summer of 2001,I recieved a wrestling scholarship to SF State. I started training with the Gracie Fight Team, greatly improving my jui jitsu and cross-training at the Fairtex Academy with legendary Muay Thai fighters, Jongsanan Fairtex & Alex Gong. I am currently head instructor of Gracie Jiu Jitsu, & MMA at the Fairtex Combat Academy and I train the Shields Fight Team in professional mixed martial arts (MMA) _______________________________________________________ CLASSES--MONDAY--FRIDAY 11am-1pm & FIGHT TEAM---MONDAY & WEDNESDAY 7pm / FAIRTEX 132-140 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, CA 94107 // Phone: (888) 324-7839 __________________________________________________