Shields: I want to submit Akiyama
GC: In what ways have you prepared for Akiyama, and is there anything new that went on in your camp…
GC: In what ways have you prepared for Akiyama, and is there anything new that went on in your camp for this particular fight?
JS: Mostly the same training. I am always trying to tweak things and make some little changes. I trained with [Michael] Bisping for a week, been out in Florida here training with the guys out here in Imperial. No big changes, but I really want to go out there and pressure him and fight and make him tap out.
GC: So you’re going to be looking for a submission?
JS: Yeah, of course. If something else comes, of course, I’ll take it. But I’m a submission fighter, so I would love to go out there and tap him.
GC: Now you describe that style as American Jiu-Jitsu, could you go into further detail as to why you call it that?
JS: Yeah, well I never train with a G.I., so my style is more of a mix between Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and American wrestling. I took the two and kind of fused them. There are a lot of guys who have done both, but I have really mixed the two and turned it into one thing, which is kind of an American Jiu-Jitsu.