Claressa Shields, a former Olympic gold medalist in boxing, is making the move to mixed martial arts and surprisingly has signed with PFL.<\/p>\n
Shields has been teasing a move to MMA for the last few years. In fact, she was a guest of UFC president Dana White at UFC 245 last December in Las Vegas<\/a>. Many thought that after Amanda Nunes defended the UFC women’s bantamweight title against Germaine de Randamie that night that Shields could potentially be a future opponent. But that fight won’t be happening anytime soon with Shields now in PFL.<\/p>\n MMAjunkie.com<\/a> first reported that Shields had signed with PFL. The report says that Shields will not be entering a PFL tournament in her debut with the promotion. Instead, Shields will be given opponents in one-off fights at lightweight to begin her career. The promotion used a similar tactic while Kayla Harrison was still green to MMA, and two years later and now Harrison is on the verge of becoming a contender.<\/p>\n Shields issued a short message on her social media<\/a> shortly after the news broke.<\/p>\n Man today been a long day<\/p>\n — ClaressaT-rexShields (@Claressashields) November 30, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n