Former UFC star Jake Shields slams husband who watched at knifepoint as his influencer wife was gangraped by seven men in India: 'It's your job to protect her even if you risk death'

Former UFC star Jake Shields has blasted the husband of a Spanish influencer who was gangraped by seven men in India, insinuating that he didn't protect her at all and only cares about his own injuries from the attack.

Hours after Vincente and Fernanda made headlines around the world for reporting the abuse, which took place on Saturday while the couple were camping in a rural area of the Indian state, Jharkand, Shields took to X, formerly Twitter, to dish out his controversial take on the high-profile crime. 

'His wife was rapped (sic) by 7 men and the man hardly has bruises,' tweeted the 45-year-old, who was the last Rumble on the Rock Welterweight Champion in 2006, adding: 'If 7 men tried to rape any girl I'm with I need to be dead or unconscious.

'It appears he got hit once or twice and decided to watch instead of fight,' Shields further wrote as an observation to a video made by the couple at an Indian hospital. 

Footage showed their bruises and lacerations, with a caption stating that Vincente's mouth had been 'destroyed' by the men, who have now been arrested. He was also hit with a helmet 'several times' and 'with a stone on the head.'

Jake Shields - a former Rock Welterweight Champion - tweeted a controversial take on a high-profile gangrape case in India that's made headlines all over the world 

The 45-year-old, ex-UFC fighter called Vincente  a 'coward' for not protecting his wife while she was being gangraped by seven men in the Indian state of Jharkand on Saturday, despite the Spanish citizen having a knife to his throat at the time of the abuse 

In addition to his poor spelling, Jake Shields' message on X was also criticized by fans 

'She will leave him and rightfully so within a year,' Shields claims in response to the clip. As a man you should be willing to die to protect your girl with out a second thought.'

Context on X rebutted Shields' take on the abuse, clarifying to users on the platform: 'This is misleading. The original posts states the man [Vincente] had a knife to his throat.' 

Not long after his first tweet related to the rape, Shields doubled down on his initial opinion. 

'Men want a woman who is loyal and will obey them but the Same man isn't willing to put himself in danger to protect her.'

Fernanda was raped while camping with her husband in a rural part of Jharkand, per reports

'Why would a girl be loyal and obey a man who is just gonna sit and watch her get gangrapped (sic)? 

'Y'all are a bunch of cowards,' he added, referring to users on X who disagreed with him, pointing out the extremely perilous situation that Vincente had found himself in during the attack on him and his wife. 

'Easy to say when you weren't there or involved,' a user pointed out while replying to Shields' tweet. 'Wait until you are in the situation and let us know how it goes.' 

The former Strikeforce Middleweight Champion hit back by responding: 'I've been in some extremely crazy situations and always immediately reacted. Some us aren't cowards.'