Jack Shields passes away, son Jake facing tough decision with UFN 25 in less than three weeks

A rough month for the mixed martial arts world just witnessed another sad passing. Jake Shields' father Jack passed away on Monday. The UFC middleweight confirmed the news at Graciefightermag.com: "lost my father manager and one of my best friends today!! R.I.P jack you will be greatly missed and loved by many" — Jake Shields Jack was a huge part of Jake's rise over the years. At age 22x, the fighter was on the verge of breaking through, but lack of solid management was holding him back. His father had a little experience working in music promotion so he offered to help out. "Jake asked me to manage him after that and I said, 'I'm sure there's someone down there who knows the business a lot better than I do. I'm all the way up here in the mountains. There's got to be someone closer to you who knows this business,'" Shields told AOL.com back in April. "Six to eight months later he sent me a contract that somebody wanted hi...