UFC welterweight Jake Shields believes he has just one fight left on his current UFC contract, and with his next bout, he wants to make it count. Now 35 years old and seven fights into his UFC career after successful runs in several now-defunct competitors to the industry leader, Shields is in a position where he needs to make something big happen, and he has a plan. Shields (29-6-1 MMA, 4-2 UFC) said if he can pull off what no fighter has thus far been able to do – finish Hector Lombard (33-4-1 MMA, 2-2 UFC) – he should get a shot at the next welterweight champion. “I’ve gotta be close,” he today told MMAjunkie Radio. “I’m on a good win streak right now, and I want to go out there put Hector away and hopefully finish, which isn’t an easy task
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With contract fights dwindling, Jake Shields wants title shot with UFC 171 win – MMA Junkie