Jacare, Jacare, JA-CARE!
I've seen them in a bunch of grappling contests over the years and Jacare outclasses Jake by far. I think at the moment, Jacare's striking is probably the "crisper" of the two and would leave me to give him the edge in both submission/grappling and standup, however Shields has a fucking gastank and could really keep this one going if he could avoid the submission, although I'm not terribly confident that he'd be able to since Jacare's such a BJJ wizard.
I think that Jacare's rise within Strikefarce's MW contention was probably a pretty solid argument for Shields to travel to the UFC, because on paper at least, I feel Jacare trumps Shields in almost all of his own "wheelhouse" areas. Not a knock whatsoever on Shields, I just think Jacare(who I'm a total mark for) simply has a superior similar skillset and would benefit likewise.
Jacare via convincing submission Rd. 2.
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