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Originally Posted by Brutus
agreed, i've heard shields' list of accomplishments so many f'ing times its etched into my brain, it seems to always come out in the same order as well. Jake gets shit on a ton here but I was just giving hughes his just desserts. ITs not like the guy is a fucking bum or is Josh Haynes like out there. Hes a former champ and is still extremely talented but is on the backside of a great career in MMA. Cesar Gracie is just being a Gracie and saying that all gracie fighters are superior, which i understand, but give hughes a bit more credit than that.
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I don't think he is being a typical Gracie or disrespectfull towards Hughes. Ceaser isn't really even a Gracie. He is adopted or something like that, but people just assume all the Gracies train with eachother.... Even Helio's kids don't all train together, and Ceaser is just a distant cousin. I don't think he really cares about being part of "Gracie Jiu-Jitsu".
And I think Shields would beat Hughes by the second round... Shields is a 28 year old version of Hughes with a much better BJJ game. If Hughes' strengths weren't what Shields is best suited at then I might give him a chance but Shields even has better standup then Hughes.