Former UFC lightweight champion Sean Sherk will attempt to reclaim his 155-pound belt during a pay-per-view (PPV) show slated for May 24 in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to FightNetwork.com.
Reports surfaced yesterday, referencing this late 2007 interview with the “Muscle Shark,” which indicated Sherk would fight the winner of the UFC 80 bout between BJ Penn and Joe Stevenson at UFC 84 in Montreal, Canada.
That would have but two championships on the line on one card (Matt Serra and Georges St. Pierre will compete for the undisputed welterweight championship that same evening).
Not happening.
Here’s the snip:
“Recently stripped champion Sean Sherk has been slated to meet the victor of the upcoming B.J. Penn-Joe Stevenson championship bout at a future UFC event on Saturday, May 24 in Las Vegas, according to close sources in two of the three fighters’ camps.”
Sorry Canadian fans. The card is still shaping up nice, regardless.
Sherk was recently stripped of his belt for testing positive for steroids following a successful title defense against Hermes Franca at UFC 73: “Stacked” in July 2007. He endured a lengthy and controversial appeals process, as well as served a six month suspension and paid a $2,500 fine.
By the time May 2008 rolls around, it will be just Sherk’s third fight in 25 months.
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It pays to be sucking the boss off
i knew they would not put 2 title fights on one card it would be stupid and this card is already looking great so i would say save it for ufc 85
no one wants to see sherk fight….people want to see sherk get a good punch/kick in the face and go to sleep and quit MMA.
Can’t wait till Bj getz a ass woop by roided sherk, but that will not happen daddy joe will will by desicion
I don’t know that dude still looks big even without roids. Who ever he fights will have to do some serious weight training. I would love to see him and BJ square off with all the shit they’ve been talking about each other. That would be a good blood match that I would pay for.
[quote comment=”263031″]no one wants to see sherk fight….people want to see sherk get a good punch/kick in the face and go to sleep and quit MMA.[/quote]
Sherk demonstrated some vastly improved bjj skills against Franca…I personally am looking forward to Sherk fighting again.
The only excitement in the Franca Sherk fight was from Franca. Sherk can’t even GNP worth a damn.
If Sherk comes with some vastly improved finishing skills, then I’ll be interested.
If he chooses to grind out another boring decision that’s another story.
At least Karo Parisyan’s decisions tend to be interesting fights.
/cry
Nothing against Joe Daddy, but I really want to see a Penn/Sherk matchup in May.
[quote comment=”263031″]no one wants to see sherk fight….people want to see sherk get a good punch/kick in the face and go to sleep and quit MMA.[/quote]
I want to see Sherk fight. I’m going to be pretty excited about that fight(if Penn beats Stevenson). I’m going to be rooting for Sherk. I’m in the minority, but I like watching Sherk’s fights. I’m not a big Penn fan. Should be a great fight.
yesss, whoever he fights, itll be a good one
i’d rather see joe daddy/bj II than sherk vs the winner. im over sherk, especially since the roids, the have no place in mma. if he wants to bring shame to mma than i prefer not to watch him fight, his best aspect is in gnp and thats not even that good anymore and he’s definitely not a very technical fighter like bj and joe
I support Sean Sherk 100% and wish him great success in his return against either fighter.
about my last post…it may be a little biased. i just know i personally prefer to watch technical, skilled mixed martial artists fighting over wrestlers who can only gnp and lay-n-pray.
[quote comment=”263058″][quote comment=”263031″]no one wants to see sherk fight….people want to see sherk get a good punch/kick in the face and go to sleep and quit MMA.[/quote]
I want to see Sherk fight. I’m going to be pretty excited about that fight(if Penn beats Stevenson). I’m going to be rooting for Sherk. I’m in the minority, but I like watching Sherk’s fights. I’m not a big Penn fan. Should be a great fight.[/quote]
You’re probably a Barry Bonds fan too, aren’t you?
[quote comment=”263055″]Nothing against Joe Daddy, but I really want to see a Penn/Sherk matchup in May.[/quote]
It’s gonna take alot of work for Joe to come out with the victory. But it could be like the first Jens/BJ fight where everyone thought BJ would win but then he lost.
Bottom line just like the cliche, it depends on what BJ shows up.
Having him fight in May makes a lot more sense then the interview and reports I kept hearing yesterday that had in fighting at the UFC Canadian event. `We all know that the UFC reserves the best events in Vegas (not counting UFC 81) so I thought it was strange that the UFC would give 2 title fights and Shogun all on the same card to the Canadian people. GSP alone would make them happy…Canadians still have to be pleased about this card, because it is one of the better international cards the UFC has produced.
I am confident BJ will win next week setting up a great bad blood match between the 2. If BJ beats Joe, I am confident he will beat sherk as well since both sherk and joe-daddy are basically cut from the same cloth meaning they have the same skill sets. By now we all know that MMA math doesn’t work when trying to predict the outcomes of fights. But you can compare how a fighter does against a fighter with certain skill sets and BJ Penn has shown the ability to beat fighters with weak stand up, great submission wrestling, and ground and pound and strong cardio. Those skill sets are basically what make up Matt Hughes and BJ has shown the ability to beat that skill set before. With that being said Joe daddy and Sherk all have the same skill set as Matt Hughes. If BJ Penn beats Joe stevenson, there is no reason to think that he wont beat sherk as well……
Excellent post by John and I agree! I think it will be BJ/Sherk at the end of the road with BJ coming out on top.
I hope you’re right John. No way I want to see Sherk fight any time ever, but especially not for a title after he already lost it for cheating. I don’t want him to get his tainted hands on that belt again. If anyone deserves to get put into a Penn chokehold longer than necessary, it’s Sherk.
[quote comment=”263049″][quote comment=”263031″]no one wants to see sherk fight….people want to see sherk get a good punch/kick in the face and go to sleep and quit MMA.[/quote]
Sherk demonstrated some vastly improved bjj skills against Franca…I personally am looking forward to Sherk fighting again.[/quote]
If you call lay and pray a BJJ skill… i think your sadly mistaken or we both watched totally different fights.
Did anyone know that the idiot Rob Emerson is booked to fight some Japanease dude on the undercard of UFC 81. With the bad press emeerson has recieved I am surprised that the UFC didnt terminate his
contract.[quote comment=”263121″]Excellent post by John and I agree! I think it will be BJ/Sherk at the end of the road with BJ coming out on top.[/quote]
Thakn You, I try.
another delay involving a sean sherk fight, imagine that…
[quote comment=”263098″]Having him fight in May makes a lot more sense then the interview and reports I kept hearing yesterday that had in fighting at the UFC Canadian event. `We all know that the UFC reserves the best events in Vegas (not counting UFC 81) so I thought it was strange that the UFC would give 2 title fights and Shogun all on the same card to the Canadian people. GSP alone would make them happy…Canadians still have to be pleased about this card, because it is one of the better international cards the UFC has produced.
I am confident BJ will win next week setting up a great bad blood match between the 2. If BJ beats Joe, I am confident he will beat sherk as well since both sherk and joe-daddy are basically cut from the same cloth meaning they have the same skill sets. By now we all know that MMA math doesn’t work when trying to predict the outcomes of fights. But you can compare how a fighter does against a fighter with certain skill sets and BJ Penn has shown the ability to beat fighters with weak stand up, great submission wrestling, and ground and pound and strong cardio. Those skill sets are basically what make up Matt Hughes and BJ has shown the ability to beat that skill set before. With that being said Joe daddy and Sherk all have the same skill set as Matt Hughes. If BJ Penn beats Joe stevenson, there is no reason to think that he wont beat sherk as well……[/quote]
I agree with you 100% Sherks strenght won’t come to play, because Penn has already beat guys or stood more then his own with guys who have owned sherk. Even the penn MAchida fight, he gave up almost 50# to machida and still fought a fight that could have gone in his favor. Penn’s skill set is on a level that is far superior to Sherks skill set.
[quote comment=”263098″]Having him fight in May makes a lot more sense then the interview and reports I kept hearing yesterday that had in fighting at the UFC Canadian event. `We all know that the UFC reserves the best events in Vegas (not counting UFC 81) so I thought it was strange that the UFC would give 2 title fights and Shogun all on the same card to the Canadian people. GSP alone would make them happy…Canadians still have to be pleased about this card, because it is one of the better international cards the UFC has produced.
I am confident BJ will win next week setting up a great bad blood match between the 2. If BJ beats Joe, I am confident he will beat sherk as well since both sherk and joe-daddy are basically cut from the same cloth meaning they have the same skill sets. By now we all know that MMA math doesn’t work when trying to predict the outcomes of fights. But you can compare how a fighter does against a fighter with certain skill sets and BJ Penn has shown the ability to beat fighters with weak stand up, great submission wrestling, and ground and pound and strong cardio. Those skill sets are basically what make up Matt Hughes and BJ has shown the ability to beat that skill set before. With that being said Joe daddy and Sherk all have the same skill set as Matt Hughes. If BJ Penn beats Joe stevenson, there is no reason to think that he wont beat sherk as well……[/quote]
John..How would they get this marketed the right way? Not once have I heard Joe or Mike or Dana, anybody mention why Sherk was stripped. During the commercials for this event will they just say
” BJ Penn..the prodigy puts his title on the line against the former lw Champ Sean Sherk..to settle this much anticipated grude once and for all…live from..las Vegas UFC 85 only on PPV ”
Will they just omit the Steroid charges from the script I wonder??
They will prefix it with something like : “The prodigy will be defending his belt and settleing a grudge with the former Lw champion who is returning after serving a 6 months suspension after a very controversial positive steroid test”
Or something to this effect so they can downplay the issue because not mentioning it would be far worse.
i think its b.s. he gets caught cheating than they give him a title shot his first fight back. he should have to earn a title shot with out roids than fight b.j./joe or who ever has the belt(b.j. i am sure),and why where they so hard on barnett when everyone else caught roiding is let back in.
[quote comment=”263097″][quote comment=”263055″]Nothing against Joe Daddy, but I really want to see a Penn/Sherk matchup in May.[/quote]
It’s gonna take alot of work for Joe to come out with the victory. But it could be like the first Jens/BJ fight where everyone thought BJ would win but then he lost.
Bottom line just like the cliche, it depends on what BJ shows up.[/quote]
The best BJ Penn anyone has ever saw up to this point will show up in England.
sherk is awesome, and i can’t wait to see him fight again…
can anyone actually tell me why he was stripped, considering all the controversy surrounding his apparent use of “banned substances”? (THE ACTUAL DETAILS)…
the guy is anything but boring, and i’ll pay to see him fight penn or stevenson, though i’ll be rooting for stevenson over the prodigy
If somehow stevenson gets lucky and gets past bj penn(yes I said lucky and believe luck does play a part in fights) I think sherk beats stevenson when they fight. Style wise stevenson is a much easier fight for sherk to me, gsp and hughes barely beat penn(not very convincingly and with controversy) and both gsp and hughes beat sherk convincingly. Penn is an incredibly difficult fighter to beat and I will be shocked if stevenson beat him, I think if he wins it has to be in the later rounds. Penn was unlucky in his first fight with jens, yes I said unlucky, jens TAPPED after the buzzer, after one of the earlier rounds, jens was very lucky to win that fight. I know there’s a lot of people on this site who think luck plays no part in fighting but I just disagree. It plays a part in so many aspects of fighting like decisions, a split decision could go either way, its lucky the winning fighter had 2 judges who saw the fight in his favour and didn’t see things like the other judge. Two fighters swinging for the fences sometimes you connect because the other fighter leans into the punch(zigs instead of zaggs) and gets hit just right, yes you threw the punch BUT its lucky the other guy moved his head in the way and gets ko’ed. I’ve seen so many times when a fighter gets saved by the bell, total luck. Don’t get me wrong fighting in the octagon is mainly skill but luck is definitely involved at least in a small way.
I think matt hughes got “lucky” in 3 of his big wins of his career, and is in my opinion the luckiest champion in the ufc. His first fight with newton he got submitted, put newton up on the fence, became unconscious and dropped newton on his head rendering him unconscious. Hughes was the first to regain consciousness and so he “won” but c’mon how lucky was that? Next he fought st.pierre who in my opinion was winning the fight and managed to pull off an arm bar at 4:59 of the first round, dude thats luck. Finally he fights penn who dominated him for the first two rounds and breaks his rib going for his back in the second round, and hughes easily defeats a mortally wounded penn in the third round, again lucky. Luck does play a part in some fights I don’t know how anyone can disagree with that.
AWESOME…….i get to see Sherk wrestle people to a victory again!
I have that same look on my face after having the taco deluxe at denny’s.
How come and Dana gives chances to people like Sherk and Tim Sylvia and doesn’t care about fighters like Arlovski or Fedor.I really don’t care about Sherk and I have lots of UFC fans friends of mine that say the same thing.He is not a very good fighter or a ”clean” one.I don’t care that he said he didn’t used steroids because his body looked like a steroid one[even BJ said it].We all know that BJ is gonna make short work of Joe Stevenson,which is twice the fighter Sherk is…do we need to see him smash mr” Matt Hughes Junior on roids”.We already know the result.
[quote comment=”263211″]I think matt hughes got “lucky” in 3 of his big wins of his career, and is in my opinion the luckiest champion in the ufc. His first fight with newton he got submitted, put newton up on the fence, became unconscious and dropped newton on his head rendering him unconscious. Hughes was the first to regain consciousness and so he “won” but c’mon how lucky was that? Next he fought st.pierre who in my opinion was winning the fight and managed to pull off an arm bar at 4:59 of the first round, dude thats luck. Finally he fights penn who dominated him for the first two rounds and breaks his rib going for his back in the second round, and hughes easily defeats a mortally wounded penn in the third round, again lucky. Luck does play a part in some fights I don’t know how anyone can disagree with that.[/quote]
If someone gets “lucky” over and over in big fights, you have to own up to the fact that they’re fucking good. And how about the Newton rematch, smart guy? He caved Carlos’ face in. The Sakurai fight? Trigg? Riggs? Sherk? Castillo? He must have gotten lucky in all those fights too.
Do you even listen to yourself? A “lucky” armbar? Are you fucking kidding me? Like he just threw his hips out there, hoping and praying that St. Pierre’s arm would fall into it and HOLY SHIT IT HAPPENED! AMAZING! WHAT LUCK!
A lucky crucifix and 1,000 lucky unanswered elbows and punches to Penn’s face? I never heard Liddell crying about his injuries when he lost to Rampage, or when he BEAT Ortiz and Couture, so Penn huggers can shut the fuck up.
If Joe is to beat BJ he will need to do so decisively. There is no way Joe would win a split decision. The UFC wants to have the BJ/ Sherk grudge match just as much as some of the fans.
told you guys it would be moved to may sucks it is memorial weekend or else i would be there
[quote comment=”263036″]Can’t wait till Bj getz a ass woop by roided sherk, but that will not happen daddy joe will will by desicion[/quote]
I agree that BJ won’t get his ass whooped by Sherk, but not because “Big Daddy” pulls off a miraculous win. BJ will win both fights because he is one of the top pound for pound fighters in the world.
[quote comment=”263355″][quote comment=”263211″]I think matt hughes got “lucky” in 3 of his big wins of his career, and is in my opinion the luckiest champion in the ufc. His first fight with newton he got submitted, put newton up on the fence, became unconscious and dropped newton on his head rendering him unconscious. Hughes was the first to regain consciousness and so he “won” but c’mon how lucky was that? Next he fought st.pierre who in my opinion was winning the fight and managed to pull off an arm bar at 4:59 of the first round, dude thats luck. Finally he fights penn who dominated him for the first two rounds and breaks his rib going for his back in the second round, and hughes easily defeats a mortally wounded penn in the third round, again lucky. Luck does play a part in some fights I don’t know how anyone can disagree with that.[/quote]
If someone gets “lucky” over and over in big fights, you have to own up to the fact that they’re fucking good. And how about the Newton rematch, smart guy? He caved Carlos’ face in. The Sakurai fight? Trigg? Riggs? Sherk? Castillo? He must have gotten lucky in all those fights too.
Do you even listen to yourself? A “lucky” armbar? Are you fucking kidding me? Like he just threw his hips out there, hoping and praying that St. Pierre’s arm would fall into it and HOLY SHIT IT HAPPENED! AMAZING! WHAT LUCK!
A lucky crucifix and 1,000 lucky unanswered elbows and punches to Penn’s face? I never heard Liddell crying about his injuries when he lost to Rampage, or when he BEAT Ortiz and Couture, so Penn huggers can shut the fuck up.[/quote]
LOL hughes has skills for sure the lucky part of the arm bar is that if it was one second later it wouldn’t have counted. I’m not saying hughes doesn’t have any skills and beat plenty of guys convincingly but luck IS part of a fight and I just think Hughes has had lady luck on his side a few times. So have I, I’ve also had horrible luck too, I’m not discounting hughes wins, I like hughes but feel he was lucky in some of them just like many other fighters ex hamilton and bisbing, or when a fighter gets injured by themselves so there opponent wins ex nate diaz. Serra had luck on his side in some of his wins and bad luck also just like anyone else.
STEROID ABUSER= 3 Fights in 25 months.
bj and him would be one hell of a scrap
BJ is going to stomp Li’l Joe and then thump Sean Sherk. He’s on a mission to capture the 155 pound class!
Cung Le to fight Frank Shamrock in March! This should be a hell of a brawl.
http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=5445&zoneid=2
[quote post=”4498″]Having him fight in May makes a lot more sense then the interview and reports I kept hearing yesterday that had in fighting at the UFC Canadian event. `We all know that the UFC reserves the best events in Vegas (not counting UFC 81) so I thought it was strange that the UFC would give 2 title fights and Shogun all on the same card to the Canadian people. GSP alone would make them happy…Canadians still have to be pleased about this card, because it is one of the better international cards the UFC has produced.
I am confident BJ will win next week setting up a great bad blood match between the 2. If BJ beats Joe, I am confident he will beat sherk as well since both sherk and joe-daddy are basically cut from the same cloth meaning they have the same skill sets. By now we all know that MMA math doesn’t work when trying to predict the outcomes of fights. But you can compare how a fighter does against a fighter with certain skill sets and BJ Penn has shown the ability to beat fighters with weak stand up, great submission wrestling, and ground and pound and strong cardio. Those skill sets are basically what make up Matt Hughes and BJ has shown the ability to beat that skill set before. With that being said Joe daddy and Sherk all have the same skill set as Matt Hughes. If BJ Penn beats Joe stevenson, there is no reason to think that he wont beat sherk as well…… [/quote]
John, I agree with most of what you said, except Gsp alone won’t make us Canadian fans happy (most of my favorite fighters are American). It is a great card though and it would of been icing on the cake to have the BJ vs Sherk fight, but I think that is asking for too much. The one other thing I don’t agree with is, BJ has shown the ability to beat a strong wrestler. He has ,but that was then, this is now. His last 2 attempts (Hughes ,GSP) made him consider moving to LW. I do agree if he can beat Joe Daddy CONVINCINGLY, (Sherk is a bit better) he probably would beat Sherk. However, I think if he beats Joe, it will be by decision and he will struggle with Sherk’s strength the same way he did with GSP and Hughes. BJ doesn’t gas, unless he is up against someone who is stronger than he is. He could be in the best shape of his life, a stronger guy just wears you out WAY faster. He gassed against GSP and he torn his rib (maybe gasses) against Hughes because he was dealing with a STRONGER guy.
[quote comment=”263036″]Can’t wait till Bj getz a ass woop by roided sherk, but that will not happen daddy joe will will by desicion[/quote]
BJ PENN will kick the living fuck out of joe daddy!!!Who has he had a good fight with?? NOBODY THATS WHO.Joe has no stand up game,his ground skills is a joke compared to BJ!Desicion?How you figure that!? You non state of HAWAII people gotta wake up.Our hole STATE OF HAWAII has the best fighters on the planet.If you vacation alot visit any HAWAIIAN ISLAND KAUAI,BIG ISLAND or OAHU.We love to feed non believers HUMBLE PIE.BELIEVE THAT…
BJ will win at 155 then move up & win at 170.Just watch.
[quote comment=”263775″]Cung Le to fight Frank Shamrock in March! This should be a hell of a brawl.
http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=5445&zoneid=2/quote
Good find. Ruomour has it Rashad Evans Vs Thiago Silva and Tito Vs Machida are fighting UFC 85. If this is fact it should make for a healthy card.
[quote comment=”263163″]i think its b.s. he gets caught cheating than they give him a title shot his first fight back. he should have to earn a title shot with out roids than fight b.j./joe or who ever has the belt(b.j. i am sure),and why where they so hard on barnett when everyone else caught roiding is let back in.[/quote]
It really seems like Sherk is getting a pass on this one. You would have thought Barnett hit Couture with brass knuckles, the way they amped up his steroid case. I keep thinking maybe because it was Couture “Capt America” Mr Professional UFC. Barnett beat the image of the UFC “BUT” the only way he could do it was with an edge, Steroids! Where Sherk was more of a UFC embarassment because he friends with Dana, they tried to make him the face of the lw division. IT backfired so they clean it up, he gets suspended, they him strip him of the belt-so it looks like they, the UFC, did their job, make the belt up for grabs with the 2 number ones-then let Sherk get the belt back by making it look like well the suspension was ?able so he will fight the winner of the number 1 contender match for belt. Kind of like the difference your team cheating to win in their own backyard vs someone coming into your backyard and cheating to beat you, if any of this makes sense. It made perfect sense in my head at 6am, while I was writing it…
Principal:
Mr. Madison, what you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
Billy Madison:
Okay, a simple “wrong” would’ve done just fine.
[quote comment=”263832″][quote comment=”263036″]Can’t wait till Bj getz a ass woop by roided sherk, but that will not happen daddy joe will will by desicion[/quote]
BJ PENN will kick the living fuck out of joe daddy!!!Who has he had a good fight with?? NOBODY THATS WHO.Joe has no stand up game,his ground skills is a joke compared to BJ!Desicion?How you figure that!? You non state of HAWAII people gotta wake up.Our hole STATE OF HAWAII has the best fighters on the planet.If you vacation alot visit any HAWAIIAN ISLAND KAUAI,BIG ISLAND or OAHU.We love to feed non believers HUMBLE PIE.BELIEVE THAT…[/quote]
I don’t know abouth the best fighters, but we got some pretty good ones. I don’t know why they haven’t had an ICON Sport event in such a long time. I can’t wait until Justin Bucholz fights Matt Wiman, everyone will be shocked to see how good Justin Bucholz really is. But I would love to see Mark Oshiro fight in the WEC.
[quote comment=”263146″][quote comment=”263098″]Having him fight in May makes a lot more sense then the interview and reports I kept hearing yesterday that had in fighting at the UFC Canadian event. `We all know that the UFC reserves the best events in Vegas (not counting UFC 81) so I thought it was strange that the UFC would give 2 title fights and Shogun all on the same card to the Canadian people. GSP alone would make them happy…Canadians still have to be pleased about this card, because it is one of the better international cards the UFC has produced.
I am confident BJ will win next week setting up a great bad blood match between the 2. If BJ beats Joe, I am confident he will beat sherk as well since both sherk and joe-daddy are basically cut from the same cloth meaning they have the same skill sets. By now we all know that MMA math doesn’t work when trying to predict the outcomes of fights. But you can compare how a fighter does against a fighter with certain skill sets and BJ Penn has shown the ability to beat fighters with weak stand up, great submission wrestling, and ground and pound and strong cardio. Those skill sets are basically what make up Matt Hughes and BJ has shown the ability to beat that skill set before. With that being said Joe daddy and Sherk all have the same skill set as Matt Hughes. If BJ Penn beats Joe stevenson, there is no reason to think that he wont beat sherk as well……[/quote]
John..How would they get this marketed the right way? Not once have I heard Joe or Mike or Dana, anybody mention why Sherk was stripped. During the commercials for this event will they just say
” BJ Penn..the prodigy puts his title on the line against the former lw Champ Sean Sherk..to settle this much anticipated grude once and for all…live from..las Vegas UFC 85 only on PPV ”
Will they just omit the Steroid charges from the script I wonder??[/quote]
PhilQNY:
” BJ Penn..the prodigy puts his title on the line against the former lw Champ Sean Sherk..to settle this much anticipated grudge once and for all…live from..las Vegas UFC 85 only on PPV ”
That is exactly what they will say. I highly doubt we will hear anythuing about ROIDS in the commercial, now I don’t see how they could leave the ROIDS out of the story during the UFC Countdown to UFC 85. They will have to mention that during that our long broadcast, but they cant say it in the pay per view commercial because they can’t inform the casual fan, who may not already know about the roids. Especially with all the steroid talk in sports, mentioning that in the commercial could be too damaging to the pay per view numbers because it may turn off casual fans who may have heard the Name BJ Penn and are ordering it out of curiosity and sway them into not ordering the event.
In reality, with the UFC lightweight division being so stacked with talent and potential contenders, Sherk should have to win 2 fights in order to get a shot at the title. Barnett still hasn’t fought in the UFC since testing for roids against Couture, and he is dying to get back in the UFC. But because sherk is Dana’s but buddy and defends the title for a petty $30,000 he is getting an immediate title shot as soon as his suspension is over. I promise you all that there is no way in the world Dana will get BJ to defend that title for anywhere near $30,000. They are gonna have to pay BJ, and they all know it. Its no secret.
Luckily, I actual want to see BJ vs. Sherk because I think BJ embaresses him anyway, and shows Sherk that he is on a higher level then his cheating ass. So I am not to mad at the unfair decision to let Sherk have a title shot right away. But to be honest it is an unfair decision, that makes the UFC look more like Pride, where they set up what ever matches that they wanted, instead of looking like a proffesional American sport, that has structure, and fairness and a system based on merit and accomplishment, instead of a company that just decides who the #1 contender is just by how cheap they will fight for or because he is a company man.
By the look on his face in this pic he must be getting a good old shot in the ass, lol!
Sherk is the most boring fighter to watch in UFC. He’s so bad it made Tim Silvia look like he was on LSD
In his corner will be Floyd Landis as his trainer, and Marion Jones as his fluffer. Sweet Merciful Crap! What the hell does this jackass think is gonna happen to him? I don’t know what has made this bloated pustule to be so friggin’ dellusional, but I wish to God that someone - even Mike Goldberg or Mitch “Blood” Green - would slap this little bitch around so hard he’d know how much his ass could be sold from Pellican Bay to Riker’s Island.
Someone figure out how to turn Moe, Larry, and Curly into zombies so they could go to town in Sherk. Wee Man or Steve-O could take this little fuckwit out!
And I like Mike Goldberg. He seems like a nice guy and a good commentator for the UFC, but it would be funny as Hell to see a nice guy turn Sean Sherk into a blubbering bitch.
BJ is so over rated. Everyone thinks he is gods gift to MMA and can beat everyone if hes in shape. Fighters lose fights because there opponent is the better fight. BJ will never beat GSP and hes stupid for looking past joe stevenson. Bottom line is if your gonna rely on naturaly talent your gonna lose.
[quote comment=”263081″][quote comment=”263058″][quote comment=”263031″]no one wants to see sherk fight….people want to see sherk get a good punch/kick in the face and go to sleep and quit MMA.[/quote]
I want to see Sherk fight. I’m going to be pretty excited about that fight(if Penn beats Stevenson). I’m going to be rooting for Sherk. I’m in the minority, but I like watching Sherk’s fights. I’m not a big Penn fan. Should be a great fight.[/quote]
You’re probably a Barry Bonds fan too, aren’t you?[/quote]
[quote comment=”263072″]I support Sean Sherk 100% and wish him great success in his return against either fighter.[/quote]