Jake Shields (29-6-1 MMA, 4-2 UFC) knows Saturday’s UFC 171 event features 10 welterweights, all of whom are jockeying for position in the suddenly wide-open UFC title picture. But when the former Strikeforce champion meets fellow 170-pounder Hector Lombard (33-4-1 MMA, 2-2 UFC) in a pay-per-view main-card bout at Dallas’ American Airlines Center, he thinks a convincing performance could significantly help his case. With recent wins over UFC 171 co-headliner Woodley (who meets Carlos Condit) and former title challenger Demian Maia, Shields is confident in his body of work
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UFC 171′s Jake Shields feel he’s ‘close to a title shot,’ predicts Hendricks-Lawler – MMA Junkie