Jake Shields, Mike Jackson erupt in physical altercation at UFC PI over social media insults; both threaten legal action
Online bad blood has spilled over into real life for two UFC veterans.
Former Strikeforce champion Jake Shields posted a video to Twitter on Friday showing a physical altercation between him and four-fight UFC veteran Mike Jackson, which took place at the UFC Performance Institute in Las Vegas. Shields and Jackson have feuded over social media extensively on a variety of issues such as race, politics, and more.
“Finally ran into the b**** Mike Jackson,” Shields wrote on Twitter. “He quickly discovered the difference between calling people Nazis in person vs on Twitter. This racist is lucky so many people were there to save his pathetic racist ass.”
In the video, which can be seen below, Shields is shown controlling Jackson from side control and then mount position while several bystanders stand around watching the pair. “You’re a little b****, you said you were going to f*** me up,” Shields says to Jackson in the clip, which prompts a response from Jackson asking the assembled crowd for help. Shields then appears to posture up from mount and throw strikes at Jackson before the clip ends.
In a follow-up tweet, Shields invited Jackson to the Xtreme Couture gym for a rematch and explained “they dragged me off [Jackson] because he was begging for mercy.”
Finally ran into the bitch Mike Jackson
— Jake Shields (@jakeshieldsajj) December 16, 2022
He quickly discovered the difference between calling people Nazis In person vs on Twitter
This racist is lucky so many people were there to save his pathetic racist ass pic.twitter.com/90luT0YjfG
Hey @TheTruthJackson I'm at XC now come by and we can go in a cage no timelimit and ill show you how I treat racist
— Jake Shields (@jakeshieldsajj) December 16, 2022
The best part is when he’s begging for someone to help him
— Jake Shields (@jakeshieldsajj) December 16, 2022
They dragged me off because he was begging for mercy
— Jake Shields (@jakeshieldsajj) December 16, 2022
Following the incident, Jackson and Shields continued to attack one another on Twitter, with Shields repeatedly calling for Jackson to show up to Xtreme Couture and Jackson and indicating that he left the former Strikeforce champion with a bloody eye.
A nazi just did a thing. @jakeshieldsajj is such a vile thug.
— Mike Jackson, Esq. (@TheTruthJackson) December 16, 2022
Lol! Yet you are the one left bleeding. All of that white fragility got the best of you, nazi. https://t.co/jVn5icPHQM
— Mike Jackson, Esq. (@TheTruthJackson) December 16, 2022
I appreciate this thug for documenting his white fragility. Best way to hurt a nazi, hit those pockets. https://t.co/qwxaV3qPlB
— Mike Jackson, Esq. (@TheTruthJackson) December 16, 2022
Lol! This dude had his whole team there. Thugs will be thugs. https://t.co/MVK4ZFI7dD
— Mike Jackson, Esq. (@TheTruthJackson) December 16, 2022
You mean "XC", bozo? The white nationalism fucked your brain up. https://t.co/jqozZSd3WY
— Mike Jackson, Esq. (@TheTruthJackson) December 16, 2022
Lol, @jakeshieldsajj is going to have much larger problems on his hands shortly. Starting with that bleeding eye I left him with. Lol, stupid nazi. https://t.co/HE7JIeAkRq
— Mike Jackson, Esq. (@TheTruthJackson) December 16, 2022
I bet you are at XC and not the PI. You were banned because you couldn't control the white fragility running through your nazi veins. You're nothing but a vile thug, yakub. https://t.co/dIgBPqHa7L
— Mike Jackson, Esq. (@TheTruthJackson) December 16, 2022
Jackson told MMA Fighting’s Steven Marrocco on Friday afternoon that he plans to press charges on Shields for the incident.
Shields told MMA Fighting that he spoke to an attorney who relayed that he has firm ground for a defamation suit against Jackson for his accusations related to nazidom.
Jackson, 37, has split his four UFC appearances, sandwiching victories over CM Punk (which was later overturned to a no-contest due to a positive test for marijuana) and Dean Barry between first-round stoppage losses to Mickey Gall and Pete Rodriguez.
Shields, 43, retired from MMA in 2018 following a first-round knockout loss to Ray Cooper III in the PFL playoffs. The veteran grappler holds notable wins over Dan Henderson, Tyron Woodley, Demian Maia, Carlos Condit, Robbie Lawler, Paul Daley, and more.