Palhares: Shields knows I will submit him
Rousimar Palhares: “Because he knows he has to fight me now and knows that he will lose, that I will submit him. He trains jiu-jitsu, he knows that.”
In an interview yesterday Jake Shields said that he would take out Palhares’ knee in their eventually showdown, but the WSOF welterweight champion has other ideas:
“What this guy said about me is weird, but even parrot’s talk. Now it’s time to work hard and see who’s the best,” Palhares told MMAFighting.com. “You know why he was so mad? Because he knows he has to fight me now and knows that he will lose, that I will submit him. He trains jiu-jitsu, he knows that.”
Palhares thought Shields’ win over Foster “was really good”, but wasn’t surprised since he “already expected a submission because of (the level of) his opponent”. About Shields’ post-fight attacks, calling him a dirty fighter, “Toquinho” isn’t bothered.
“It doesn’t bother me anymore,” he said. “Thank God I don’t spend too much energy paying attention to that anymore. I’m more experienced now, so that doesn’t bother me anymore.”