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Old 06-07-2009, 04:07 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Joe Riggs Breaks Both Hands; Still Wants Shields

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In his dominating performance against Phil Baroni at Saturday night's Strikeforce event, Joe Riggs wasn't around to celebrate afterwards. He was off to the hospital with two broken hands.

You'd never have known it from the way he fought at the Scottrade Center, putting on a striking clinic against Baroni en route to a unanimous decision victory.

"Yeah, I broke both my hands again," he told interview Gus Johnson afterwards. But said he continued on because, "I got a family to support. I got a wife and a baby, I gotta work hard."

Even with two broken hands, Riggs was already pushing for another opponent, the man he was originally supposed to have fought on Saturday night.

"I want Jake Shields. I don't want to be disrespectful to him any more; he's a tough fighter. But yeah, I'd like to fight Jake Shields."

Later that night, Strikeforce officials confirmed Riggs' broken hands and said that he was taken to the hospital for treatment. They said that both Andrei Arlovski and Scott Smith were also taken to the hospital to get checked out.

Arlovski was knocked out in spectacular fashion by Brett Rogers. Smith was picked apart over two-plus rounds by Nick Diaz, receiving hundreds of punches and several hard knees.
"Glass-hands" Joe Riggs.
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Re: Joe Riggs Breaks Both Hands; Still Wants Shields

wow sucks for him hopefully has a speedy recovery and does get to fight Jake Shields I'd like to see that fight.
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Jake Shields has no interest in wasting time on Joe Riggs



“I want the big fights from here on out. I think I showed I can fight at both 170 and 185 pounds. Guys are a little bigger then me at middleweight but I’m faster. My jiu-jitsu style is super aggressive…I bring the wrestling mentality of forcing things and making things happen. As far as a fight at 170, I think my fight there would be for a title fight and Joe Riggs is of no concern for me. He’s not even worth my time … I’m really not even giving him the time of day.”

– Jake Shields expressed complete disinterest toward a possible match up against Joe Riggs when speaking at the Strikeforce post-fight press conference. Apparently Shields was not impressed with the “Diesel’s” dominating win over “The New York Bad Ass” Phil Baroni. Shields and Riggs were originally scheduled to fight on the “Lawler vs. Shields” card last night; however, that fight was scrapped in favor of the more marquee fight against Robbie Lawler. Riggs expressed his dissatisfaction with the decision, and after his win over Baroni, Riggs told the crowd he still wants a fight with Shields. If Riggs in not a worthy foe for Shields at 170, it will be interesting to see who Strikeforce pits Shields against, assuming the promotion wants to crown a welterweight champion by the end of the year. As for Riggs, his future options also appear scant … unless, of course, a rematch with Nick Diaz interests both parties. Hmmm ….
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