When Jake Shields fought UFC welterweight champion and future Hall of Famer Georges St-Pierre at UFC 129 in April of 2011, he was riding a seven-year, 15-fight unbeaten streak. On that night, in front of a record crowd of 55,000-plus at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Shields suffered an agonizing unanimous decision defeat at the hands of the French-Canadian powerhouse. It marked Shields’ most lucrative payday and undoubtedly gained him a boatload of supporters (as he won two rounds according to judges at cageside). With that said, spirited performance or not, it was a loss nonetheless.
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Jake Shields Wants Another Shot at Georges St-Pierre and UFC Gold – MMA Weekly