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The feud between former UFC Welterweight Jake Shields and Mike Jackson had the latter being released by the promotion. Jackson had labeled Shields a “na*i” which got him slapped by Shields and even the UFC cut their ties with him. It all started with Jackson giving an abusive reply to one of Shields‘s tweets and escalated to a point where the UFC had to step in to cool things down.

A lot of fans also know Jake Shields for expressing his opinions nonchalantly through his tweets. ‘Nate Diaz’s friend and teammate’ has got involved in some other online feuds as well, apart from his altercation with Jackson. Recently, Shields once more took to Twitter and presented his opinion about a video posted by the noted UAE-based MMA fighter, Tam Khan. His views were supported by a lot of other twitteratis, but there were many who stood against him as well.

Jake Shields was in good agreement with Tam Khan’s viewpoint

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The video tweeted by Khan showcased a number of kids going through a wrestling training session. Khan also mentioned that the source of the video was Dagestan. It was also the place of origin of a lot of noted combat sports personalities, including the former UFC Lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and current UFC Lightweight monarch, Islam Makhachev. The video displayed a kid crying out of the pain he was feeling while holding his half-sitting position for a prolonged time. A voice was also heard in the video that cheered the kid up and he was finally able to hold his position till the required time.

Khan clarified his opinion with the caption of his tweet. It read, “In Dagestan/Chechnya they are producing champions. Meanwhile in the west they want boys to wear make up, skirts & identify as lollipops.”

Shields‘s reply brought up a positive point about training kids from a tender age. He penned, “Good to learn mental toughness early”.

Shields also found a lot of support regarding his viewpoint on this video. Some other comments which reverberated with Shields‘s opinion read:

  • My mosque teacher used to make us do this if we messed about. I hated it; Little did I know he was actually turning us into real men

  • Anybody who grows up learning the sport of wrestling is a champion. The best sport to prepare you for life. There’s a reason why Gable says once you wrestle everything in life is easy

  • They’ll appreciate it once they grow up and see all the soyboys over here.

  • These kids will grow up to be real Men

A lot of others probably would have also supported Shields’s opinion in this regard.

Tam Khan offended some users by bashing the West

It was evident from the comments section that Khan had enraged quite a few people. They chose to dig upon Khan’s caption, which derided the West and glorified Dagestan and Chechnya.

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They also stated why the West was ahead of Dagestan and Chechnya on multiple grounds. A few such comments read:

  • And whats your problem with west?

  • meanwhile in west they have scientists and what Chechnya has?

  • Still, one of the top athletes belong to West so in other words the tweet is extremely misleading.

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The comments section was bound to get divided, since the issue was a comparison of the west to the east on certain grounds. The difference in opinions among the people was also quite apparent. While Jake Shields and others gave out their opinions on Khan’s tweet, we would like to know about your views regarding this video.

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Are you in favor of such strict training methods for kids? Or would like to differ from the opinion of Jake Shields?