St Pierre vs Shields Fight - Video, Preview, News And More

St. Pierre is fresh from his latest title defense, winning a unanimous decision against Josh Koscheck. Shields had a tough outing against UFC veteran Martin Kampmann that showed some holes in the cardio (which maybe the result of cutting down from 185 to 170 lbs) of the former Strikeforce champ. St. Pierre is expected to keep the fight standing and using his vast arsenal of strikes to keep Shields from taking him down and enforcing his ground game advantage.

Shields is a Caesar Gracie BJJ Black belt and is known to train with the Diaz brothers and Gilbert Melendez. Before coming in the UFC, Shields fought at Middleweight and fought against Dan Henderson which he won impressively.

UFC champ St Pierre showcased his potent jab against Koscheck, nullifying the former division 1 and national champs chances in taking the fight to the ground. This probably will be the same tactic he will use against Jake Shields, who we all know, will be looking to take him down and use his jiu-jitsu to strangle him in submission.

Aside from this championship bout, another title is on the line as Jose Aldo defends his featherweight belt inside the UFC banner for the first time against Mark Hominick. Aldo just came of from an injury that forced him out against Josh Grispi.

An interesting battle for UFC hall of famer Randy Couture as he fights struggling Lyoto Machida who is currently on a 2 fight losing streak. Lyoto has lost against Shogun Rua and Rampage Jackson. Couture who last defeated boxer turned aspiring MMA fighter James Toney, will set foot in the Octagon after 8 months.

Overall, the record breaking attendance of 55,000 for UFC 129 is not surprising for such a great card and hopefully the fights will live up to its expectations.

UFC Welterweight Championship
Georges St. Pierre (No. 1 WW, No. 1 PFP) vs. Jake Shields (No. 4 WW, No. 7 PFP) 

UFC Featherweight Championship
Jose Aldo vs. Mark Hominick

Randy Couture vs. Lyoto Machida (No. 4 LHW)
Benson Henderson vs. Mark Bocek
Vladimir Matyushenko vs. Jason Brilz
Rory MacDonald vs. Nate Diaz
Kyle Watson vs. John Makdessi
Brian Foster vs. Sean Pierson
Pablo Garza vs. Yves Jabouin
Ivan Menjivar vs. Charlie Valencia
Claude Patrick vs. Daniel Roberts
Jason MacDonald vs. Ryan Jensen