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STRIKEFORCE QUOTABLES: Jake Shields - "I don't want to knock Cesar's decision to train Jose Canseco, but I certainly wouldn't let him in my gym"
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Mar 6, 2010 - 10:59:40 AM

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

“I heard he was out there with Cesar, but personally I’m not a big fan of [Jose Canseco's]. I don’t want to knock anything that Cesar and my camp has done, but I don’t really want to have anything to do with Jose...I don’t really want to help the guy. I haven’t met the guy yet, but seeing his track record, I don’t really want to have anything to do with him. He’s not someone I want in my life. I don’t want to help a guy out who has constantly screwed everyone over who has been close to him... like Hershel Walker and I’d like to see Hershel kick his (expletive), but if he was fighting under my team that would make me feel a little weird, so I don’t know how I feel about that... Being a friend and fan of Hershel and having a guy that I think is kind of a scumbag coming to my gym... I guess that’s Cesar’s decision. I don’t want to knock his decision, but I certainly wouldn’t let him come into my gym."

-Strikeforce Middleweight Champion Jake Shields talks to MMAWeekly.com about his trainer, Cesar Gracie, making the decision to train Jose Canseco.

Penick's Analysis: Canseco has now set up a website urging fans to vote yes or no for the proposed bout between him and Herschel Walker. Shields isn't the only fighter in Cesar Gracie's camp opposed to the involvement in Canseco's endeavor here. Canseco can claim whatever he wants when it comes to why he's wanting this fight, but it's clear he's trying to use the publicity walker received to get himself a payday, and for the sake of Strikeforce I hope they don't put this fight together.

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