Jake Shields And Jason ‘Mayhem’ Miller Promise To Hype Their Strikeforce Title Fight

With current middleweight Strikeforce champion Cung Le abdicating from his title due to a busy acting schedule, both Jake Shields (23-4-1) and Jason ‘Mayhem’ Miller (22-6-0(1)) will face each other for that title on November 7 on CBS.

Both fighters will be looked at to shoulder the promotion for the CBS event due to the unfamiliarity North Americans have with Fedor Emelianenko and Brett Rogers. Trying to promote the show with a fighter who doesn’t speak English will not have casual fans tuning in to watch.

Shields and Miller have embraced the opportunity to promote the show.

“Strikeforce is the right promoter to bring MMA to the mainstream,” said Shields, who fought twice on CBS last year under the EliteXC banner. “It’s really important to us to make this successful. I want to do my part to promote this.”

Miller, whose role as the host of MTV’s Bully Beatdown makes him one of America’s most famous non-UFC MMA fighters, said he expects to take on a lot of promotional duties himself.

“Stick a microphone in my face and I’ll riff on it,” Miller said. “I want everyone to watch this fight, and if you miss it you’re missing not just a great fight with me and Jake, but also the No. 1 heavyweight in the world taking on the undefeated Brett Rogers. If MMA fans don’t know about this fight it’s not my fault, because I’m Twittering, MySpacing and Facebooking. I’m out there. I might as well be spray painting about it on walls.”

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With current middleweight Strikeforce champion Cung Le abdicating from his title due to a busy acting schedule, both Jake Shields (23-4-1) and Jason ‘Mayhem’ Miller (22-6-0(1)) will face each other for that title on November 7 on CBS. Both fighters will be looked at to shoulder the promotion for the CBS event due to the unfamiliarity [...]

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