So people love to build it up and trash talk, but she’s going to want to talk trash in the ring, and I’m just setting that to the side and focused on training to be better, faster, stronger, sharper and smarter. She hasn’t fought for an undisputed championship. She went on: “When we get inside the ring, she hasn’t done this before. “She might be 12-0 with 10 knockouts, but if you go and look at her record, the majority of those girls had losing records (actually four did).”
CLARESSA SHIELDS MMA DEBUT PRO
“Marshall has fought a whole bunch of tomato cans,” Shields said. Former pro boxer Claressa Shields earned the respect of the MMA community by winning her debut MMA fight against Brittney Elkin at PFL 4 via TKO in round three.
CLARESSA SHIELDS MMA DEBUT PROFESSIONAL
Indeed, Shields doesn’t think much of Marshall’s accomplishments as a professional even though she’s unbeaten, suggesting that the quality of her opponents have a lot to do with her record. But the truth is she’s lightyears behind me.” So they’ve been trying to put her through all kinds of stuff in sparring to make sure she’s ready. “I saw her do an interview where she had a black eye. She knows she’s not going to win this fight. Balay (Balita ug Mga Resulta) mga butang.
But when we were face to face she tucked her tail, and that just showed me right there that she didn’t want this fight. Claressa Shields & Marie-Eve Dicaire Weigh-In Ahead of Tomorrow Biyernes, Marso 5, sa Dort Federal Credit Union Events Center, sa Michigan. I was thinking she would have more energy and more spite. “Marshall has been quiet since the press conference,” Shields said. However, Shields said Marshall has toned down her rhetoric in subsequent media events, which the American believes is a sign that her rival’s confidence is wavering. The fighters have exchanged heated face-to-face trash talk multiple times leading up to the fight, including at a press conference early this month. But I think it’s a great story and storyline, and I guess we’ve got history.” “So having one loss in the amateurs and being able to turn pro and do everything that I’ve done since, I don’t really care about (that loss). On the other hand, you’ve got, who lost every tournament she was in after our fight, and in those same tournaments I won gold.
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But that really doesn’t bother me at all because I’ve been able to be successful after that. I lost to her 10 years ago in the amateurs by six points. “I only lost in the amateurs in boxing,” Shields said. The long-ago loss is a hot topic of conversation going into their rematch as professionals, although it’s not as important to Shields as it seems to be to others. Never mind that Shields rebounded from the loss to Marshall in May 2012 by winning a gold medal in the Olympics later that year (while Marshall went out in the quarterfinals) and has become one of the biggest stars in the sport. 10 at O2 Arena in London, England, Marshall’s home country. That’s because the two-division professional titleholder will be traveling to face her lone conqueror – Savannah Marshall – on Sept. Elkin nearly locked in an armbar, but Shields was able to pop out of it - get behind Elkin while she was down and was able to land a few hard punches as the clock ran down.The only blemish on Claressa Shields’ boxing record happened a decade ago, when Shields was a 17-year-old amateur, but it’s back in the news. Here’s what Shields had to say about her MMA debut in a PFL press release. The PFL has announced that Shields will be making her pro MMA debut on June 10. Elkin was able to land some punches from the top position, but most of them were not landing flush. There is a date and an opponent for the MMA debut of undisputed boxing champion Claressa Shields. They began grappling with Elkin getting her back down and mounting on top. In the second round, Shields was now fighting off the back-foot and clipped Elkin with good shots as she was coming in. Shields was on her back for the rest of the first round with Elkin on top of her, but she didn't really take too much punishment.
Shields was able to get back up, but Elkin took her back down and pinned her down. Shields was looking for a knockout punch early, as she took two big swings. Shields was stalking forward as Elkin was tossing up a front kick. The fight began with both in the orthodox stance. Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City, NJ - Three division world boxing champion Claressa Shields (1-0 in MMA) made her mixed martial arts debut for Professional Fighters League with a third round stoppage of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu brown belt Brittney Elkin (3-7 MMA record).
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