{"id":340497,"date":"2020-02-07T11:51:11","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T19:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=340497"},"modified":"2020-02-07T11:51:11","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T19:51:11","slug":"video-claressa-shields-shows-off-her-first-ever-kicks-amid-talk-of-amanda-nunes-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/video-claressa-shields-shows-off-her-first-ever-kicks-amid-talk-of-amanda-nunes-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Claressa Shields shows off her first-ever kicks amid talk of Amanda Nunes fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s recently been a lot of buzz surrounding a crossover showdown between three-division boxing champ Claressa Shields and two-division UFC champion Amanda Nunes. Shields has even suggested she’d be willing to fight Nunes under the MMA rule-set.<\/p>\n

The boxing champ appears to have been serious about those comments.<\/p>\n

On Friday, the 24-year-old shared footage of herself drilling kicks and knees with a trainer. She claims the footage shows the very first kicks she’s ever thrown, and reminded fans to moderate their criticisms based on that.<\/p>\n

See the footage below, via her official Twitter<\/a> account.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/Claressashields\/status\/1225841483082862592<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/Claressashields\/status\/1225841697764061185<\/p>\n

“First time ever throwing a kick in my life!,” Shields wrote. “Save the criticism, you guys couldn\u2019t throw a jab like me on the first day. To be continued though, I enjoyed practice.”<\/p>\n

“Save the criticism it was my first time,” Shields added in another Tweet. “But I am serious about transitioning!”<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/Claressashields\/status\/1225845866969403395<\/p>\n

“Not gonna lie, my heart start beating fast walking into the kickboxing class,” Shields continued. “I was nervous as hell.”<\/p>\n

Speaking to BJPENN.com<\/a> recently, Shields divulged that she’s also begun working on her wrestling \u2014 a key item in the MMA toolkit \u2014 and that she intends to train with light heavyweight champion Jon Jones.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m starting my training this year, 2020,\u201d Shields\u00a0told BJPENN.com. \u201cI\u2019ve been able to catch on to things very fast, learn and I\u2019ve had some great people who have reached out to me. I\u2019ll be going to camp with Jon Jones, I believe, at the end of February just to see if I can get into the whole training thing and do what he does because he\u2019s so great. I\u2019m looking forward to it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve already had my wrestling done with Adaline Gray who was an Olympic wrestler, multiple time world champion wrestler. We did some work together and she was shocked at how quick I caught on to landing a takedown and avoiding a takedown. She was putting everything in my head right there and I thought it would be the worst training ever because I hate when people grab me \u2014 just in boxing, being a boxer you want to be free and loose to punch \u2014 but when we were working, I wasn\u2019t irritated when she was grabbing me. If you teach me how to have some defense, and how I can get the takedown myself, I\u2019m perfectly fine. I don\u2019t like going into anything blind. I learned a lot and I have plenty of video in case I forget, but I\u2019m ready to get super consistent with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Do you think Claressa Shields can successfully transition into MMA?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 2\/7\/2020. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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