{"id":64388,"date":"2013-07-16T08:53:29","date_gmt":"2013-07-16T15:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=64388"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:57:11","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:57:11","slug":"pierce-camp-makes-case-for-bout-against-shields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/pierce-camp-makes-case-for-bout-against-shields\/","title":{"rendered":"Pierce Camp Makes Case For Bout Against Shields"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/390x270xmike-pierce1.jpg.speedilic.ic_.L57zTIhbhb1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/390x270xmike-pierce1.jpg.speedilic.ic_.L57zTIhbhb1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"390x270xmike-pierce.jpg.speedilic.ic.L57zTIhbhb\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29560\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;We&#8217;d really like to fight Jake Shields next. 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I think we can put on a good fight and to be honest, I think we can finish Jake Shields.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>UFC welterweight Mike Pierce is coming off another UFC victory from UFC 162 where he opened up the night&#8217;s event as the first bout on the Facebook preliminary card.<\/p>\n<p>His head trainer, Phil Claud, recently told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/verbalsubmission\/2013\/07\/11\/verbal-submission-145-ashley-cummins-phil-claud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Verbal Submission<\/a> that they are ready for another high profile opponent. <\/p>\n<p>Pierce versus Shields, you guys interested in that? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We&#8217;d really like to fight Jake Shields next. A little bit of that is availability. Both of those guys are coming off wins in the last couple months. 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