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In 2021, Shields intends to make her mixed martial arts debut. Former pro boxer Claressa Shields earned the respect of the MMA community by winning her debut MMA fight against Brittney Elkin at PFL 4 via TKO in round. Shields signed a three-year deal with PFL in late 2020 and won her MMA debut over Brittney Elkin in June with a dramatic come-from-behind TKO in Round 3.Ĭomplete PFL World Championship 2021 Results can be seen here. Two-time Olympic gold medal winner Claressa Shields is very motivated as the year comes to a close.

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She is widely considered to be one of the greatest female boxers of all-time and is undefeated in her 11 appearances as a professional in the ring, with a 77-1 amateur record as well. Shields, 26, is champion boxer in three weight classes who also won gold in the 20 Olympic Games. The main event will feature the highly anticipated MMA debut of two-time Olympic gold medalist and three-division boxing world champion Claressa Shields (below) who will take on seasoned veteran Brittany Elkin.

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Shields defended valiantly in the opening round and kept the fight standing while out-landing Montes from range, but the 21-year-old underdog continued her pursuit in rounds two and three and succeeded, ducking under a looping right hand in both frames and bulldozing Shields to the floor.Īside from briefly achieving full mount in the closing minutes, Montes did very little once she was on top, but the control was enough to give Shields her first professional loss. Multi-division world champion Claressa Shields participated in the final press conference leading up to her anticipated MMA debut showdown with Brittney Elki. Montes (3-0) exploited the inexperience of her decorated foe with a game plan that revolved around closing the distance, clinching Shields (1-1) against the fence, then working for takedowns and controlling her from top position. LOS ANGELES Two-time Olympic boxing gold medalist Claressa Shields has a date and an opponent for her mixed martial arts debut with the Professional Fighters League. Here’s what Shields had to say about her MMA debut in a PFL press release. Claressa Shields is brimming with confidence going into MMA debut on Thursday at 2021 PFL 4. Former pro boxer Claressa Shields earned the respect of the MMA community by winning her debut MMA fight against Brittney Elkin at PFL 4 via TKO in round three. The PFL has announced that Shields will be making her pro MMA debut on June 10. Two judges scored the contest 29-28 in favor of Montes, while the lone dissenter scored it 29-28 for Shields. There is a date and an opponent for the MMA debut of undisputed boxing champion Claressa Shields. The two-time Olympic gold medalist boxer and WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO champion had her first professional MMA bout on Thursday night in the main event. The multiple-time champion boxer and two-time Olympic gold medalist was unable to counteract the wrestling of Abigail Montes and ultimately suffered a split decision loss to the Mexican prospect at Wednesday’s PFL World Championship finale. Claressa Shields has successfully debuted in MMA. At the start of the third Shields sprawled to defend a takedown and continued to hammer a seemingly spent Elkin with punches from her knees until the referee stopped the contest.Claressa Shields tasted defeat for the first time in her professional combat sports career. But toward the end of the second round she was able to scramble out from underneath her opponent and deliver some hard punches from the top position which seemed to stun Elkin. The couple of times she did manage to momentarily escape, she showed her inexperience by staying close to Elkin and trying to ground and pound her rather than standing up, which only got her taken to her back again. Shields got taken down and mounted for most of the first two rounds avoiding submissions but doing little else from the bottom. The most accomplished boxer to ever cross over into modern MMA, Shields displayed relatively weak grappling but powerful punches along with determination in coming back to stop Brittney Elkin in the third round of the PFL 4 main event. Shields signed with PFL this past November and is expected to make her MMA debut later this year. Two-time Olympic gold medalist and three division professional world champion boxer Claressa Shields showed exactly what you'd expect in her much anticipated mixed martial arts debut in Atlantic City, N.J.

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