Jake Shields charged with misdemeanor battery in UFC PI brawl

Former UFC title challenger Jake Shields has been charged with misdemeanor battery after allegedly assaulting Mike Jackson at the UFC Performance Institute this past December.

Online records suggest that the 44-year-old former UFC star has been charged with one count of misdemeanor battery. A summons was issued for Shields on August 9, however, he failed to appear in court for an arraignment on September 21. A bench warrant was issued for Shields’ arrest the same day.

Shields has not been taken into custody as of this writing. Law enforcement typically won’t search for a suspect in a misdemeanor case, with most arrests happening during routine traffic stops after officers realize there’s a bench warrant that has been issued. Shields could be facing up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.

Mike Jackson, who is preparing for a fight against Pat Miletich on October 14, revealed the charges against Shields during a recent interview with MMA Fighting.

“He’s a piece of s***,” Jackson said. “Jake Shields, I know somebody is going to tell you about this. You better be on your best behavior, you f****** coward. Because the man is looking [for you].

“He has a warrant out for his arrest because he’s a coward piece of s***. So he’s on the run essentially. He’s ducking and dodging the cops because they want to get him. The [district attorney] wants to get his ass real good. So that’s going to happen.”

The issues between Jackson and Shields stem back to a social media argument between the pair over the topics of race and politics. Things took a turn when they ran into each other at the UFC Performance Institute back in December where they were both training. A video of the altercation was shared by Shields on social media, which he bragged about, as he is seen on top of Jackson punching him.

Finally ran into the bitch Mike Jackson

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

— Jake Shields (@jakeshieldsajj) December 16, 2022

“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.”

Jackson is claiming that Shields attacked him out of nowhere and without provocation. In turn, Jackson, the man famous for fighting ex-WWE star CM Punk in the UFC, filed charges with the Las Vegas police department. Jackson claims he tried to set up a boxing fight with Shields to settle their issues, but the fight didn’t come to fruition.

“He’s pasting this narrative online that I’m scared of him and he whooped me,” Jackson said. “First of all, the dude attacked me from behind like the coward piece of s*** that he is. Fine. He said he wanted to fight. I gave him terms to fight. We agreed to the terms of the fight, and then he jumped me from behind.

“He agreed to box me. Those are his words. OK, you agreed to box me, here are the terms. We do PRIDE rules, 10-minute first round, and every round after that is five minutes. There is no round limit. We go until someone quits or someone gets knocked out, and it will be on a pay-per-view stream and we split the profits — 60 percent to the winner and 40 percent to the loser. He’s like ‘No, f*** that, you’re a p*****, I want to fight you UFC 1, bare-knuckle rules.’ You’re a f***** piece of s***.

“That’s fine, they’ve got a warrant out for your arrest, Jake Shields, you f****** piece of shit coward Nazi. They’re coming for you boy – you better watch out.”