Focus on Jake Shields

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Jake Shields is a professional Mixed Martial Artist from the United States of America, who is currently signed on to compete in the Ultimate Fighting Championship or the UFC, the premier Mixed Martial Arts promotion in the world, where he competes as a Middleweight in the 185 lbs division. Shields is also the final Rumble on the Rock 175 lbs champion as well as the first Elite XC Welterweight Championship holder. He has also held the Strike Force Welterweight Championship and the Shooto Welterweight champion.

Shields began to take part in combat sports from a very early age and he started wrestling at the age of just nine years. Shields also wrestled for four years during his college days and has fought in over 600 wrestling matches throughout his career. Shields began training to become a Mixed Martial Artist when he joined the kick boxing academy of UFC veteran Chuck Liddell back in 1999 and he began fighting as a Mixed Martial Artist in 2001.

Jake Shields is also trained in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and is also trained in Muay Thai. Over the years, the American has developed a style that he refers to as American jiu-jitsu and according to him, this new style has held him in good stead and has given him a lot of success over the years. Shields is one of the most explosive fighters in the UFC and has been hailed for his blistering takedown skills.

The world first came to know Jake Shields as a competitive Mixed Martial Artist when he went on a run of 15 connective wins in a period spanning six years before he was defeated by the UFC Welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre. This defeat prompted him to move up to Middleweight division of the UFC where he has stayed ever since.

All about Alicia Fox

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Victoria Elizabeth Crawford, better known by her ring name of Alicia Fox, is a model and professional wrestler from the United States of America and is currently signed on to perform in the Smack Down brand of the World Wrestling Entertainment or the WWE where she has gained mainstream popularity under her ring name. Fox began wrestling at a young age, being a lifelong fan of the promotion and she got the chance to try her hand at professional wrestling when the WWE offered her a contract in 2006.

She was signed up by the WWE on a developmental contract and was assigned to the Ohio Valley Wrestling or OVW, which is a developmental promotion for the promotion and here, she first achieved success becoming the OVW Women’s Championship just a couple of months after signing the contract. Alicia Fox was soon transferred to Florida Championship Wrestling or FCW, another developmental promotion for the WWE. She made her debut on the main roster of the WWE in 2008 and was given the gimmick of a wedding planner.

But her stint in the WWE was short lived as she was soon traded to Extreme Championship Wrestling, which was also owned by the WWE and at ECW; she became a valet for DJ Gabriel. She was again traded to Smack Down in 2009 as part of the supplemental draft of the WWE and siding with Michelle McCool, she began a feud with Melina.

She was again traded to the Raw brand after just four months and soon enough, Alicia Fox would win her first WWE Divas Championship, going on to win in a Fatal 4-Way match. Although she has yet to live up to the hype surrounding her, she is still one of the most valued women wrestlers in the promotion right now.