
“I think BJ Penn is a punk. Who the hell is he? He’s won one fight in a couple of years now and it’s just whatever man. He wants to make all of these rules and regulations, but who the hell is he? I’m the champ in my eyes so I don’t care if he fights me or not, there’s a whole bunch of guys that could fight me right now. It’s his loss, not mine. He needs me more than I need him.”
– Sean Sherk — who was just stripped of his lightweight title — shares his feelings on BJ Penn via FightHype.com. Penn will now challenge Joe Stevenson for the vacant 155-pound belt at UFC 80: “Rapid Fire.” The winner of the championship match up is supposed to fight Sherk next. Penn has stated that he would only fight Sherk if he was “cleared of the steroid charge.”
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Someone sounds a little upset…maybe it’s the roid rage.
Sherk would get his ass handed to him by BJ… sounds like a bad blood match pending.
He’s got a point about the 1 win in two years tho. But anyone who can bloody up GSP and beat Matt Hughes at a weight up deserves everyones respect.
Ramapage even said that BJ is best pound for pound fighter, nuff said.
Well in my eyes I’m the LW champion, even if I weigh about 205 and have never actually fought. And Sherk fights just as infrequently as BJ because he keeps getting injured because his tendons and ligaments can’t handle the additional strain being placed on them by Sherk’s juicing.
The roids r really going to his head. Who the hell is he, but a cheater in the public eye, and a boring champion, who cant finish anyone. Lets not forget he was a champion who defended his title like once in a year.
Im sorry but he has a lot more to prove in my eyes then BJ does.
I could care less if I ever see Sherk fight again…Company Man!
defend his title for like $40,000 …Being stripped of a title is a very big deal and will put a blemish on his career forever….I would say he has a lot to prove.
I cant wait to hear BJ’s response….we all know its comming.
[quote comment=”231424″]Someone sounds a little upset…maybe it’s the roid rage.[/quote]
HAHAHA. Nice!
What a goon. If BJ wanted to lay and pray Im sure he could do a better job at it then Sherk. Go dry hump in another organization Sherk. The entire UFC fanbase thinks youre a joke.
[quote comment=”231424″]Someone sounds a little upset…maybe it’s the roid rage.[/quote]
Lol…Roid Rage
Is Sherk kidding about BJ needing him more? Sean Sherk is a boring fighter and couldn’t headline a match without a big name.
I HATE SEAN SHERK!
WHO IS BJ! hellooooo hsi name speaks for its self “the prodigy” doesn’t have anything to prove. yeah he may have only fought once in the last 2 years but at least he finished that fight. BJ has more finished fights than Sherk does in the last 2 years. ans Sherk has fought 3 times as many. I would be happy if BJ refused to fight Sherk. NO ONE wants to see Sherk fight because hes BORING, CHEATS and sucks as a champion.
As for Sherk being the Champion is his eyes thats fine but who fives a F*CK what he thinks… its what the public audience thinks. I see myself as the No. 1 heavy weight Contender so i think i Should fight Antonio for the belt. but its not true. so sherk go F*CK yourself and go work construction.. I’m sure you’ll make more than 40,000 a year.
How can Sherk say that BJ needs him more than Sherk needs BJ. There are no scenarios where this would be true. If BJ wins…then Sherk definitely needs BJ to fight if he wants another chance at the title. BJ doesn’t need Sherk and BJ doesn’t care how much Sherk thinks he’s still the champ…he doesn’t have a belt to prove it. I hope if BJ wins he holds out on fighting Sherk. He lost his belt and anyone that loses the belt in any fashion shouldn’t get an immediate title shot for their next fight. There’s a decent sized line for people on the cust of getting a title shot and Sherk should get to the back of the line now.
[quote comment=”231424″]Someone sounds a little upset…maybe it’s the roid rage.[/quote]
and i had a high respect for sherk…now he just sounds like a little bitch. get off the roids and win a belt like a real champ…clean
sean sherk is a dip shit man…
lest he forget he wasn’t cleared of the steroid charge
only his sentence was reduced.
sherk does has fighting ability and would give bj a good fight
mainly due to his strength/and ability to lay on top of people/ground and pound.
i agree with bj, if sherk doesn’t pass another steroids test
pre-fight why fight him??? that’s an unfair advantage
to sherk.
This fight is gonna be soooo awesome!!, just keep adding salt to the injury..if these guys keep the hatred like this, its gonna be another BJ/Pulver or BJ/Hughes..both awesome fights.
What a little bitch Sean Sherk is. I still remember him running over to Hughes when GSP got knocked out by Matt Serra and kissing his ass and laughing…..
Lets see how Sean looks when he gets back in to the Octagon when he is clean. Lets see if he still has that lean bodybuilder look and if his conditioning is as good…..I doubt it!
[quote comment=”231427″]Sherk would get his ass handed to him by BJ… sounds like a bad blood match pending.
He’s got a point about the 1 win in two years tho. But anyone who can bloody up GSP and beat Matt Hughes at a weight up deserves everyones respect.
Ramapage even said that BJ is best pound for pound fighter, nuff said.[/quote]
definately….NUFF SAID[quote comment=”231440″][quote comment=”231424″]Someone sounds a little upset…maybe it’s the roid rage.[/quote]
HAHAHA. Nice!
What a goon. If BJ wanted to lay and pray Im sure he could do a better job at it then Sherk. Go dry hump in another organization Sherk. The entire UFC fanbase thinks youre a joke.[/quote]
hahahahaaa……hahahahahahaah!!
The Muscle Shark does steroids no way!
It’s tough to take this quote seriously. I mean Sherk says that BJ has beat one guy in the last 2 years. Well sure he beat Pulver and lost to Hughes and GSP over the past 2 years. Sherk of course lost to Hughes and GSP as well including being flat out dominated by GSP.
Then you have one of the biggest reasons for BJ not fighting since the Pulver fight being because of Sherk’s failed drug test and subsequent appeals putting the division essentially on hold!
Sherk has his own reasons to be unhappy these days but these comments don’t really add up. What am I missing here?!
i’m just really confused by his statements… i would so much rather watch BJ fight than Sherk. he has a more exciting style, has a larger fan base, and he’s not an arrogant d*ck. if anything, i think sherk is a punk. i have no more respect for that guy.
and i think that his first fight back should have to be against Florian— cause i think Kenflo can take him.
I heard that Sherk passed a lie detector test. Does anyone know if that is true or where I can read about it?
one of bjs fights in the last two years was against gsp in a close decision that could of went bjs way but when sherk fought gsp he got embarrassed
[quote comment=”231456″] He lost his belt and anyone that loses the belt in any fashion shouldn’t get an immediate title shot for their next fight.[/quote]
Unfortunately that’s how it is in the UFC. Tim Sylvia’s first fight after his steroid suspension was a title shot.
I think some of you need to read about the type of roid they are saying he is guilty of… I’m not saying he inosent but a lot of other sport pros have had misdiagnosis when it comes to that drug. guilty was the verdict and once you do your time you have paid your debt. I hope some of you take that into account.
I don’t see how this guy gets off spouting insults at anyone. He’s a proven cheater…plain and simple. He needs to get back in line for his next title shot. Let him beat a few guys clean before he goes after the belt again. I think it’s wrong of the UFC to put him right back in the mix after something like this. This is a scar on the entire UFC. This is supposedly one of the top weightclasses in the UFC right?? Let some of the many other top (CLEAN) fighters get a shot. Who knows if this guy can even fight when he’s not juiced up. Yes, I’m speculating that he’s probably fought dirty before but just didn’t get caught those times. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck it must be Sean “the Duck” Sherk.
I wonder if Sherk plans to change his vitamin cocktail regimen. If not he might be on track for another positive test.
I don’t care for Sherk, never did. Even before the whole steroid scandal I had the impression that he was juicing.
I am just curious to see how the UFC brass will handle the situation if BJ beats Joe and then refuses to fight Sherk.
Sean Sherk is a boring fighter who was found guilty of using an illegal substance. Who cares if he still sees himself as the champ or not. The athletic commission did not overturn the decision so he was stripped of the belt. I can only hope BJ Penn beats him eventually or we’ll all have to suffer through infrequent and boring lightweight title defenses. No other champion in the UFC fights like that.
[quote comment=”231496″]I wonder if Sherk plans to change his vitamin cocktail regimen. If not he might be on track for another positive test.[/quote]
SO TRUE
This is what I have a problem with. If I remember correctly, Sherk has always been a big, muscular guy. Think about his fights with Huhges and GSP. The guy was shredded. He didn’t seem any bigger in the Franca fight than he has ever looked. Why has he not tested positive before now. Don’t get me wrong, nobody likes a cheater, but there is serious room for resonable doubt. He did pass a lie detector……..
Pretty rich coming from a cheater.
Ooooh who cares anyway???
Penn vs. Sherk = Penn win by anything in R1.
Damn all you Sherk Haters.
Let’s go Sean Sherk.
If he beats Stevenson, you will fight and have your way with the punk.
I’m kind of hoping now that Penn wins so he can get his ass handed to him by Sherk.
He has a good reason to say stuff like this. If he can stir up some bad blood between him and BJ Dana might set up a fight. I think 90% of what fighters say about each other is a tactic.
[quote comment=”231491″]I think some of you need to read about the type of roid they are saying he is guilty of… I’m not saying he inosent but a lot of other sport pros have had misdiagnosis when it comes to that drug. guilty was the verdict and once you do your time you have paid your debt. I hope some of you take that into account.[/quote]
Im glad we have one smart person on these chats, sherk is still the champion in my eyes, I dont think that BJ will even slow sherk down. Sherk is a monster, we all know it. he lost twice, while bj losses every other fight.
[quote comment=”231467″][quote comment=”231424″]Someone sounds a little upset…maybe it’s the roid rage.[/quote]
and i had a high respect for sherk…now he just sounds like a little bitch. get off the roids and win a belt like a real champ…clean[/quote]
He did, he won the vacant title in his match against Kenny Florian and tested clean for that fight.
[quote comment=”231450″]WHO IS BJ! hellooooo hsi name speaks for its self “the prodigy” doesn’t have anything to prove. yeah he may have only fought once in the last 2 years but at least he finished that fight. BJ has more finished fights than Sherk does in the last 2 years.
ans Sherk has fought 3 times as many. I would be happy if BJ refused to fight Sherk. NO ONE wants to see Sherk fight because hes BORING, CHEATS and sucks as a champion.
As for Sherk being the Champion is his eyes thats fine but who fives a F*CK what he thinks… its what the public audience thinks. I see myself as the No. 1 heavy weight Contender so i think i Should fight Antonio for the belt. but its not true. so sherk go F*CK yourself and go work construction.. I’m sure you’ll make more than 40,000 a year (because thats all you fight) and maybe you’ll FINISH a job.[/quote]
So you’re a Sherk fan?
[quote comment=”231470″]This fight is gonna be soooo awesome!!, just keep adding salt to the injury..if these guys keep the hatred like this, its gonna be another BJ/Pulver or BJ/Hughes..both awesome fights.[/quote]
That’s how I’m looking at it. I like that Sherk is saying this stuff. Bad blood always makes the fights better. We had to endure Ortiz/Shamrock II and III because they hated each other. The difference is that Sherk and Penn should be competative.
And another thing. I could care less if Sherk uses roids. Don’t get me wrong, I think the UFC did the right thing stripping him of the title because they have to maintain a precedent. The promotion can’t endorse drug usage and they need to be consistant. But otherwise, it’s about entertainment. That’s it. Athletes are paid performers. I don’t look to them for any other reason.
can we just throw sherk in WEC? he isnt exciting to watch at all. he is not UFC matetial.
I’d laugh my arse off if stevenson beats the mighty penn, doubtful but it would be funny. Most are talking as if stevenson doesn’t exist, and has no chance, I’m pretty sure stevenson would fight sherk for the title, penn’s weird. Penn is a talented guy for sure but man the guys strange, with a family like his all his bothers have the same name, odd.
It’s pretty obvious that he’s just trying to fast track things for a rematch. What better way to do that then create drama and animosity? The UFC is starting to feel a little bit silly.
Sherk should have stormed into the cage to dramatic rock music and grabbed the microphone and started calling BJ a punk, it would’ve been more dramatic. Then one of BJ’s friends could come running in from the stands and chase Sherk out. Sherk runs out and they sort of yell and stare at eachother from a safe distance.
Hes just pissed cuz they stripped his title, and he knows BJ Penn is a bigger name than him, and he hates that.
[quote comment=”231488″]I heard that Sherk passed a lie detector test. Does anyone know if that is true or where I can read about it?[/quote]
He did pass one. That could be one of two things. Either he didn’t knowingly take something (yeah right) that gave him a positive test or he knows how to cheat it. Cheating a lie detector test can be done if you know how it works. It’s actually something you could learn to do.
Some people don’t know how to cheat it yet still do. It doesn’t mean $h!t really.
Can we put an asterisk on his belt if he gets it back?
So many Penn fans!
I’m suspicious of B(low)J(ob)’s motivation for Sherk needing to be cleared.
1) He’d HAVE to beat Sherk in round one, he gases by the end of that round anyway.
2) If Sherk needs to be cleared of roids, “Baby J” should have to be cleared of being a douchebag.
Fair is fair.
People here need to do there homework because mistakes have been made in the past, there have been plenty of documented cases where steriods showed up when none was taken, these are facts people not hearsay. Sherk walks around at 175 is 5′6 and has very low body fat, most roid uses are much bigger look at the pro bodybuilders his height they have a good 50 lbs on sherk, I’m pretty sure there using. Too many assuming people on this site that act as if there experts and have no idea what there talking about. People like that rarely get to the truth of the matter because they “know” before they do there research and find the facts. It’s a fact that the levels of steriods in his system have been caused by natural methods in the past so how can you say with certainty sherk took steriods? Its impossible to know one way or another if sherk knowingly took steriods on the information we have and in a court of law your innocent until proven guilty. What if sherk is totally innocent? He’s lost an enormous amount of money with his endorsements and lost his title, I feel for the guy because he might be innocent. But since he was found with steriods in his system the ufc really has no choice but to strip him of his title, I just hope if sherk is innocent he clears his name and puts this behind him.
[quote comment=”231550″]can we just throw sherk in WEC? he isnt exciting to watch at all. he is not UFC matetial.[/quote]
You dont become a UFC CChampion by not being good moron… You get the LW Strap by beating the best in the division, which is exactly what he has done. Period. Dont make stupid comments like that here.
Why are the first 25 comments all desperately trying to defend BJ Penn? Oh yeah cause you guys are all in love with him- even though Matt Hughes crushed him down to 155,! BJ Penn IS a punk, why would we be so ARROGANT as to say that he can select who he fights, and why wouldn’t he fight someone because they used steroids in the PAST… cause he’s afraid of losing and having to make that excuse. If BJ Penn was half a man, he’d be determined to beat the hell out of Sherk, and he would let the athletic commission handle the steroid issues. BJ is arrogant as hell, and now I see why, with all these people kissing his ass while he acts like a jerk. Sherk should have said it like it is; BJ is an arrogant coward.
Waaaaaaa!!! Quit doing roids and people won’t take that stance with you. Pretty simple. Doesn’t matter, BJ would submit him from his back anyway.
[quote comment=”231550″]can we just throw sherk in WEC? he isnt exciting to watch at all. he is not UFC matetial.[/quote]
Agree…Lay and pray. I’d rather watch an Andy Wang fight.
ITS FUNNY HOW MUCH OF A BITCH KARMA IS!!!! Just almost a year ago Matt Hughes and this piece of shit were laughing when St. Pieree lost his belt. Now Hughes is about to get his ass beat my GSP and never have a title shot again by the time he retires and ROID RAGE CHUMP now lost his title and will lose to Penn assuming Penn bets Joe.
[quote comment=”231575″][quote comment=”231550″]can we just throw sherk in WEC? he isnt exciting to watch at all. he is not UFC matetial.[/quote]
Agree…Lay and pray. I’d rather watch an Andy Wang fight.[/quote]
Take him down Andy!
BJ better hope he doesn’t win the belt or he’ll have to eat his words b/c Sherk is next in line. You can’t refuse to defend your title against the #1 contender….well, we are talking about BJ so who knows since the UFC sucks his balls.
So I can assume that everyone feels the same way about Royce Gracie? All of his previous wins are because he cheated, he took juice right? Two guys, Royce Gracie and Sean Sherk has fought numerous fight without testing positive, however both of their last recent fights they tested positive. People throw Sherk under the bus and Royce is still a hall of famer. Believe me, I’m no Sherk nuthugger, but the levels he tested at are very low for a positive steroid test. Sherk=12ng/dl, Grace=50ng/nl. Sherk’s positive test could easily come from OTC supplements, of which numerous fighters use.
[quote comment=”231569″]So many Penn fans!
I’m suspicious of B(low)J(ob)’s motivation for Sherk needing to be cleared.[/quote]
Why the hell would you be suspicious of someone saying they don’t wanna fight a cheat? Sherk wasn’t cleared- i.e.- found guilty. If he only wants to fight respectable opponents that his right.
hmmm lets see: how did sherk do against GSP? TKO’d Biach. And how did Penn do against GSP? Pretty f’n good if you ask me.
Sherk is a tool. He’s got zero talent. All he does is shoot in and take people down. he’s a wrestler, as one-sidded as they come.
I found your comment about Sherk having zero talent hilarious. All he does is take people down??? HAVE YOU EVER TRIED IT???IT IS FREAKING HARD! I have trained in MMA and wrestling for several years now, and takedowns take a tremendous amount of talent, strength, conditioning, and skill. I mean absolutely no disrespect, but if you find takedowns easy, I would like to see you fight. In conclusion, MR. Sherkk, please beat BJ Penn into a bloody pulp. Goodbye, Gentlemen.
Sherk is almost as boring as Sylvia. He laid on top of Franca
for the entire fight, and almost got knocked out by two big
knees. Penn would finish Sherk no problem.
[quote comment=”231583″][quote comment=”231569″]So many Penn fans!
I’m suspicious of B(low)J(ob)’s motivation for Sherk needing to be cleared.[/quote]
Why the hell would you be suspicious of someone saying they don’t wanna fight a cheat? Sherk wasn’t cleared- i.e.- found guilty. If he only wants to fight respectable opponents that his right.[/quote]
He was caught yes, but after he serves his suspension and is cleared to fight then BJ will have NO reason to deny him a shot. After January, Sherk will be eligible to fight again.
In any case, now that Sherk has been officially caught, he will be tested before and after every fight for a long time, possibly for the rest of his career. Just because he was on Roids for the Franca fight doesn’t mean he always was, he has been tested before and he passed.
I’m not a big BJ Penn fan but here it him choking the Sean “The Steroid Shark” Sherk out.
[quote post=”4183″]I HATE SEAN SHERK! [/quote]
Me too!
Let the beef begin alrerady.. i love bj .. i can see this being a main event at the end of 08.. grudge match!!
BJ Penn is a punk. And not to mention he’s a spoiled rich punk.
“The Prodigy” may be the most naturally talented guy in the UFC but come on…scoreboard.
When BJ has done something besides win a BJJ title or beat up a smaller fighter then maybe I’ll start caring what he has to say but until then he’s just a top 10 WW.
Penn:
“If you want to hear my comments go to BJ Penn.com”
Me:
“Screw you BJ, you’re an a-hole”
Sean Sherk calling BJ Penn a punk has more to do with him trying to stay in the 155 pound mix than bieng an asshole. He wants a title match as soon as his time is up and is trying to get under BJ’s skin. He’s playing it smart like Matt Hughes did a couple of months ago and is keeping his name up there because he knows in the stacked lightweight division there are lots of contenders and the belt can change hands before he gets his chance like Karo Parisyan missing his chance at Welterweight because of an injury.
come on enought of you people venting your anger against SS.
I thought he did a good job against Franca, and it was not boring, and BJ pennn may lose his next upcomming fight?????
I am beginnning to think that BJ will indeed fight Sean Sherk if/when he beats Joe Daddy for the LW belt. Think about it, BJ will be champ, Sherk will be #1 contender. If BJ is champ, he has to defend his belt against the #1 contender, unless he wants to play the “Tito Ortiz/I’m a pussy card” and refuse the fight.
BJ’s only other option would be to move up to WW and become champ at 2 weight classes. HOWEVER, at the current time, there is a champ, and a fight coming up for the interim championship. The winner of Hughes/GSP will then fight Serra whenever Serra is healthy to unify the belts, in I don’t know, perhaps June. That would mean that the next open slot for the WW belt to be defended would be after the Serra unification bout, in like October ‘08. By then, there should be no doubts about Jon Fitch being #1 contender, provided he doesn’t lose a fight between now and then. So BJ would have to wait until 2009 to try and hold both LW and WW gold. The only way around it is if right around the time of the Serra unification bout, BJ fought Fitch to see who will be #1 contender. BJ vs Fitch would be an amazing fight.
But honestly, I don’t want someone to hold two belt. It just means that they will not be defended as often as they should. But then again, which belt is currently being defended as often as it should?
Sherk needs BJ more than BJ needs Sherk. Nobody cares if Sherk had the belt. He was boring and a cheater. BJ’s fan base is much larger. Sherk is the one who needs recognition.
Sherk should be suspended for life, as should every othrer juicer.
sherk is a toolbox, he’s gonna be like latimer after he quit the roids and get tossed around like a bitch
Penn is respectable, and doesnt really talk crap unless it’s situations like this, where his future opponent tests positive for roids, he didnt even talk crap to Hughes before, or GSP, or even Pulver, just said he doesnt like pulver cuz he was runnin his mouth. Sean is just pissed about his situation, to bad for him. BJ in round two by sub.
I hope this fight happens eventually. Penn is the best technical fighter and 155 and Sherk is the strongest (maybe because of the juice, but I think it holds true either way). I think the easy pick is BJ, but pure strength can sometimes overcome ability. I would never bet against BJ at 155, but I would like to see them go at it.
[quote post=”4183″]This is what I have a problem with. If I remember correctly, Sherk has always been a big, muscular guy. Think about his fights with Huhges and GSP. The guy was shredded. He didn’t seem any bigger in the Franca fight than he has ever looked. Why has he not tested positive before now. Don’t get me wrong, nobody likes a cheater, but there is serious room for resonable doubt. He did pass a lie detector…….. [/quote]
Agreed. I kno Bj is good but ill still go for shrk just because i like the guy. I dont think hes a cheater. I just think somebody slipped him a little something before his fight. Or maybe it actually could have been his supplements. Whatever. I kno hes a good dad with an incredible work ethic and i hope he can get himself out of this situation.
[quote comment=”231569″]So many Penn fans!
I’m suspicious of B(low)J(ob)’s motivation for Sherk needing to be cleared.
1) He’d HAVE to beat Sherk in round one, he gases by the end of that round anyway.
2) If Sherk needs to be cleared of roids, “Baby J” should have to be cleared of being a douchebag.
Fair is fair.[/quote]
Sounds like you are a douchebag.
Jason
It’s a crying shame that Royce Gracie got caught doing roids.
However he pulls a hell of a lot more water in MMA than any “Sherk” motherfucker.
Royce was the definition of skill over strength. He juiced because he could not stand to lose. He should have retired in glory.
Is anyone actually giving Stevenson a chance?
Those who don’t like sherk because hes boring, all I have to say is your not a true mma fan. If you were, you would know how amazing of a wrestler sherk is. the only reason he dosn’t finish is because fighters are good at the fetile position. Why don’t you nag other fighters for not being able to transition to a better postion? You should love every aspect of the game.
Sherk is just a whining bitch. BJ will own him. GSP will own hughes again. 2champ mega fight late in 08 :):)
Bj would kick Seans @ZZ!
[quote comment=”231642″]Is anyone actually giving Stevenson a chance?[/quote]
He certainly could pull it off, but I just don’t think he is on BJ’s level yet.
BJ has better boxing and standup, so Stevenson will eventually have to take him down, which is a task in of itself(BJ is nearly impossible to take down). Once it gets there, it will only get worse since BJ has one of the most dangerous guards in MMA. I do not see Stevenson submitting BJ, and I doubt he will be able to keep BJ on the ground for long.
Stevenson has a nasty guillotine in his arsenal, he is really good at sneaking it in, and his BJJ is excellent, more than enough to prevent getting submitted by BJ.
Who knows, there have been plenty of upsets lately. We will see.
that punk bitch bj is gonna get his ass fuckin pwned against sherk and all of you will finally see that he isnt that good and that sherk is the best 155 in the world. finally i wont have to hear about bj penn and people will realize that he really isnt that good and sherk is a bad mother fucker.this fight will end after the 2nd round once fat boy runs out of cardio and heart like always and sherk is still 100%.and if anyone thinks that his cardio comes from roids just watch his all acess,dudu is a machine. all this may not happen if fatboy cant beat stevenson,which i really wouldnt doubt it if he dosent it
[quote comment=”231647″]Those who don’t like sherk because hes boring, all I have to say is your not a true mma fan. If you were, you would know how amazing of a wrestler sherk is. the only reason he dosn’t finish is because fighters are good at the fetile position. Why don’t you nag other fighters for not being able to transition to a better postion? You should love every aspect of the game.[/quote]
I agree, Sherk is an excellent wrestler. Almost like a mini Matt Hughes. He had Florian grabbing onto the cage for dear life and Franca completely desperate.
Both of those fights went to decision because Franca and Florian just would not be broken. Lay ‘n Pray my ass, Sherk is always active on the ground trying to pass guard and get a dominant position. He must have mounted Franca half a dozen times, every time Sherk took him down he immediately went for side control. Both of Sherk’s title defenses were awesome and everybody here is complaining because he doesn’t knock out his opponents.
If you want to see knock outs watch boxing, or K-1, you obviously are not ready for what MMA has to offer. Those who say that Sherk is just a LnP fighter is not a true MMA fan.
You want LnP, see Jake O’Brian, now there you have a case!
All that money spent for the lawyer still could not get him to prove that he did not use steroids, ef Sherk, ef lawyers.
I don t get it; why he claims he s innocent.No one asks him to prove it and no one is going to believe it anyway.The tests he made are beyond suspicion.I can t figure why it would be one day reliable and an other day not.Sherk brought nothing new in this case except moaning like a cheater.
He should rather change the way he fights(lay and pray)and give to the fans entertainments bouts.
There seems to be a HUGE assumption that BJ will beat Stevenson. Do not count your chickens before they hatch. Either way, BJ and Sherk will fight sometime down the road. All of these “big time” fighter have to start fighting more than once a year though. Dana, get on that.
Christ, there sure are a lot of Sherk haters on this website.
I think Sherk is right right. BJ WOULD be a punk if he chose not to fight Sherk as a champion. A little bitch, if you will. What kind of a champion picks who they don’t want to fight? Even IF Sherk DID cheat (and let’s face it, it’s still a bit a shady) then I’m sure he won’t do it again before his fight with Penn.
Whether he’s doing it on purpose or not I don’t know but Sherk is starting to follow in Tito Ortiz’ footsteps by getting fans to absolutely despise him. At least he’ll make some money off the hype and publicity I guess. I for one definitely want to see him get smashed now more than ever.