Bench warrant issued for Jake Shields, former UFC fighter charged with misdemeanor battery
Former UFC welterweight title contender Jake Shields has been charged with misdemeanor battery following an alleged assault on fellow former UFC fighter Mike Jackson this past December at the UFC Performance Institute.
Shields, 44, is charged with a single count of misdemeanor battery according to online court records obtained by MMA Fighting.
A summons was issued for the retired fighter on Aug. 9, but he failed to appear at an arraignment on Sept. 21. The same day, a bench warrant was issued for his arrest.
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The two men got into an altercation at the Performance Institute after an online rivalry stemming from race and political arguments came face-to-face.
Shields posted a video on his Twitter account and bragged about the incident, which appeared to show him on top of Jackson, throwing punches as crowd watched the melee unfold. See below:
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
Jackson claimed Shields attacked him without provocation or warning, which led to him filing charges with Las Vegas police.
If convicted, Shields could face up to six months in jail and up to a $1,000 fine.
Jackson is scheduled to fight UFC Hall of Famer Pat Miletich on October 14. That fight too stemmed from online political banter.
