EliteXC: Jake Shields vs. Paul Daley

This is one of the main card bouts on EliteXC's next CBS show on Oct. 4, and it's for Shield's welterweight title. Shields is on a 10-fight win streak, while Daley is on a six-fight win streak.

This fight appears to be a classic striker vs. grappler scenario. Daley, 25, who recently came out of retirement, is a pure striker, and most of his losses have come from rear-naked chokes and guillotines.

Shields, while he has won by TKO several times, seems to favor submissions - actually, that's putting it mildly - he's a black belt under Cesar Gracie. That would seem to be the smart move here against Daley, especially when the title's on the line. Sometimes fighters get caught up standing with a striking specialist - a la Tito Ortiz with Chuck Liddell - and have paid for it. However, when Georges St-Pierre said he was going to out-wrestle Josh Koscheck, did anyone think he could do it, and do it decisively? Despite his athleticism, probably not that many. But that's exactly what St-Pierre did.

I see Shields winning, either with the sub or by unanimous decision, where he will avoid Daley's bombs, and take the challenger into the championship rounds.