Shields: 55,000 fans won’t be able to help GSP

“[The crowd] is a small factor, you can’t let that stuff get to you. When it comes down to it, it’ll be me and Georges in the cage, nobody can help him, the crowd will be booing me and cheering him but you just deal with it.

“It’s great to see this growth, 55,000 people, that’s just insane. It’s not something I saw myself [doing], but I’m happy to be here. It would be a dream come true [to win the belt], I’ve worked so hard for this, I’ve spent 11 years working hard so if I get it, it will mean so much.”

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