Jake Shields was a coveted name in the MMA world even before he joined the UFC. The former fighter was a teammate of the noted UFC fighter, Nate Diaz. Shields got involved in the pre-fight altercation with Conor McGregor’s team while he was a part of Nate Diaz’s squad. He is also known to lots of others outside the MMA community as well due to his nonchalant presentation of his opinions on social media. Shields has been involved in notable feuds with Conor McGregor’s Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor, Dillon Danis, and the famed rapper, Cardi B.
Currently, Shields was also involved in an online feud with the Welterweight UFC fighter, Mike Jackson. Shields was triggered by Jackson calling him a “na*i” and a “white nationalist” on his Twitter. Things took a more violent turn when Shields crossed paths with Jackson at the UFC Performance Institute recently. The two reportedly got into a brief grappling tussle where Shields got the better of Jackson and also slapped him.
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But Jackson continued to fire at Shields through his tweets despite the altercation at the UFC PI. But Shields was never the one who was going to stay quiet after Jackson’s provocation.
Jake Shields gave a reply to Mike Jackson’s post-scuffle tweet
‘The Truth’ Jackson tweeted an animated image of a cockroach with the head of Shields’ morphed with it. He captioned his post, “I see @jakeshieldsajj out here in his karen bag, spreading his white fragility. Hilarious.”
I see @jakeshieldsajj out here in his karen bag, spreading his white fragility. Hilarious. ❄️🪳 pic.twitter.com/NUa0dTG1lU
— Mike Jackson, Esq. (@TheTruthJackson) December 17, 2022
It was apparent that Jackson continued his mockery of Shields even with this tweet. Previously, Shields had stated how Jackson’s calling him a ‘na*i’, could potentially subject him to financial losses since he did business with a lot of Jews.
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He retweeted Jackson’s image tweet and captioned it, “Imagine getting humiliated and begging for mercy and this is the best your able to come back with”.
Imagine getting humiliated and begging for mercy and this is the best your able to come back with 😂 https://t.co/Rt0Ltrk7bv
— Jake Shields (@jakeshieldsajj) December 18, 2022
Shields was of the opinion that he took mercy on Jackson and let him go. Hence, he was enraged by the post-scuffle tweet by Jackson, making a mockery of him.
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Mike Jackson was interviewed by the noted MMA covering media house, ‘MMA Fighting’ where he presented his side of his brawl with Jake Shields.
Jackson called shields an unprofessional athlete since he failed to respect the rules of the UFC PI and got into a brawl with him.
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Jake Shields and Mike Jackson address their UFC PI altercation.
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— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) December 17, 2022
He also revealed their negotiations to settle this altercation, saying, “He told me he’s coming to Houston, come to Houston, we can do whatever we’re going to do”.
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Jackson’s statement implied the magnitude of Shield’s anger. Jackson has shown no signs of stopping his disses towards Shields. For now, Shields has also taken a laid-back approach to it, with just tweets. But, it would be really interesting to see how things roll out if the two cross paths in the near future.