Shields targets free agency status

Jake Shields has admitted that he is set on free agent status regardless of the outcome of his next fight for Strikeforce.

Shields has one fight left on his contract with Strikeforce and that will be against Dan Henderson on April 17th.

He told MMA Junkie: “I am happy with Strikeforce. They’ve given me big fights like I asked for, so I’m happy with them. But also, I do want big fights, and of course the UFC has a lot of big fights as well.

“I try not to think about that too much; I’m just trying to get through Dan. This is the biggest fight of my career. I’ll just get through that and re-evaluate the situation from there.”

“Right now, I can’t really talk to other shows. It’s in the contract. You can’t talk any business. So I just want to be in a situation where I can look at my options and figure it out from there,” he added.