Former Strikeforce champion Jake Shields has responded to Mike Jackson’s statements following a recent altercation at the UFC Performance Institute last week.
After multiple heated exchanges over Twitter involving accusations of racism, Shields (33-11-1 MMA) ran into Jackson (1-2 MMA) during a training session, and the situation became physical. Shields posted a short video to social media, which saw the grappling specialist on top of Jackson.
“First off, I never heard of Mike, we originally got into it on Twitter,” Shields told MMA Junkie. “He started calling me a Nazi for no reason. I had no idea who he was. Usually, I would just block someone if they called me a Nazi, but I saw he was in the fight industry. I’m extremely respected in the fight industry, everyone in the fight industry, for the most part, loves me.