{"id":122718,"date":"2014-12-14T14:13:37","date_gmt":"2014-12-14T22:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=122718"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:04:34","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:04:34","slug":"shields-vs-foster-confirmed-wsof-17-main-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/world-series-of-fighting\/shields-vs-foster-confirmed-wsof-17-main-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Shields vs. Foster confirmed for WSOF 17 main event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/jake-shields-returns-action-wsof-17-january\/shields-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-121970\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Shields.png\" alt=\"Shields\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-121970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Shields.png 550w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Shields-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Shields-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former UFC fighter Jake Shields will take on fellow former UFC fighter Brian Foster at WSOF 17 on January 17th.<\/p>\n<p>The promotion confirmed the news with <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2014\/12\/jake-shields-vs-brian-foster-confirmed-for-wsof-17-headliner-in-las-vegas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a>, and also announced that the bout will serve as a title eliminator bout, with the winner facing reigning champion Rousimar Palhares.<\/p>\n<p>Shields spoke about his opponent saying:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe\u2019s a good, well-rounded fighter.  He has a lot of submissions and a lot of knockouts, so he\u2019s dangerous everywhere. For me, I\u2019d say he\u2019s most dangerous on the feet.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>How do you see this matchup playing out?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC fighter Jake Shields will take on fellow former UFC fighter Brian Foster at WSOF 17 on January 17th. The promotion confirmed the news with MMAJunkie, and also announced that the bout will serve as a title eliminator bout, with the winner facing reigning champion Rousimar Palhares. Shields spoke about his opponent saying: \u201cHe\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":121970,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[5806],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Shields vs. Foster confirmed for WSOF 17 main event | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/world-series-of-fighting\/shields-vs-foster-confirmed-wsof-17-main-event\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shields vs. Foster confirmed for WSOF 17 main event | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former UFC fighter Jake Shields will take on fellow former UFC fighter Brian Foster at WSOF 17 on January 17th. 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