At EliteXC’s July 26th event, Jake Shields will face Nick Thompson for the EliteXC welterweight championship. Shields was originally set to face Drew Fickett as part of EliteXC’s June 14th event. However, Fickett’s violation of his contracted negated that bout from ever happening. Now, Shields will finally get the chance to fight for the vacant title with an opponent he actually wanted to see in the cage.

Shields comments on the bout and more during this interview with mmarated.com.

Tags: Drew Fickett, EliteXC, Jake Shields, Nick Thompson