UFC welterweight Mike Pierce said he drew motivation from a meeting at UFC 162 where fighters were told competitors they should wow fans if they wanted to be paid and placed better in the promotion. “I went out there and tried to do just that,” Pierce (17-5 MMA, 9-3 UFC) told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). Although the first round of his fight appeared to be a copy of earlier fights in which he smothered his way to a victory, the 32-year-old Portland, Ore., native and wrestling standout got space in the second and flattened David Mitchell (12-3 MMA, 1-3 UFC) with a punch combination. “I feel so much better on the feet, hitting guys and ending the fight early,” said Pierce, who believes those skills could come in handy if he gets the opponent he wants for his next bout – Jake Shields , who recently outpointed Tyron Woodley at UFC 161. “Man, that guy, he’s tough,” Pierce said of the former Strikeforce middleweight champ and current UFC welterweight
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