Liddell believes Shields will upset GSP

Former UFC light-heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell believes Jake Shields will be able to beat Georges St-Pierre this weekend.

St-Pierre has managed to successfully defending his welterweight title since winning it in April 2008.

“I’m siding with Jake,” Liddell said. “Jake’s going to have to take him down. I’m expecting him to be in great shape for the fight. He’ll be in great shape for GSP. But yeah, I expect him to take him down and finish him.”

Shields was training with Liddell in San Luis Obispo, California, in his early days.

“He had athletic ability, I knew he was very tough and he always wanted to work,” Liddell said. “He was always in the gym working on new things, working with people. We’d always say, ‘Relax, you have a fight in a couple days. Just relax.’”