Watch: Claressa Shields shows off ground game as MMA transition continues

Photo by Steven Ferdman/Getty Images Claressa Shields flexes for the camera during a 2020 media appearance.For elite level boxers, the idea of making any kind of long-term transition to MMA often seems like it would carry very little value. Most fighters who reach the championship levels of the fistic art can more than equal any of the highest paydays available in MMA. But, women’s boxing is a somewhat different animal. And with little in the way of major PPV opportunities available, it seems that the opportunities MMA provides women fighters are proving to be a real lure.

At the very least that’s the case for undisputed light middleweight champion Claressa ‘T Rex’ Shields. The 26-year-old…