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“I think he needs to talk to a psychiatrist. That sounds pretty sick to me, but good luck. I’m sure there will be blood, both mine and his, so we’ll see what happens. I don’t know, that’s kind of a weird thing to say and I did hear that he said that. I was like, ‘What the hell is he talking about?’ What can you say. He’s got some issues, but I’m not going to let anything he says bother me.”
Former lightweight champion Sean Sherk responds to comments reigning 155-pound kingpin, BJ Penn, made about licking the blood off his gloves when he’s done pounding “The Muscle Shark’s” face in during their championship bout at UFC 84: “Ill Will” on May 24.
April 29th, 2008
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LOL, I posted this yesterday, what a moron. He should see a shrink because it amazes me how he has convinced no one except himself that he wasn’t on the juice. BJ by decapitation in rd 1, then bring on gsp and maybe even anderson silva (my two fav fighter BJ/Silva) I get wet thinking of it
Are you crazy? Silva is out of what is realistic for BJ
so was macjida, did you see that fight?
no one is out of reach for BJ. Period. Any fighter any time! Silvas no different.
lol…are you serious?
of course. BJ is probably the only guy capable of moving and winning at any weight class (with the exception of HW)
yea, i am . . . Dude, fans like you didnt even know who Anderson Silva was two years ago . . . Now you guys are on his nuts cause he beats Rich Franklin???? Anderson Silva didnt just come about in the UFC, hes been around for hella long hence the 22-4 or so record mostly racked up as CageRage Champion. . . Yea i think BJ can beat him and anyone else. Period. What really sucks is when Anderson Silva does lose one day you’ll hop on the nuts of the guy that beats him calling him the best ever . . .Im a Penn fan win lose or draw buddy and i feel the i feel and it wont change when the wind blows. An in shape BJ Penn is the worst thing that could happen to an MMAist that thinks hes the best cause i know if BJ hears about he wont stop hounding the guy til he fights ‘em and smashes ‘em.
well put man. I’ve been a BJ fan since there were no BJ fans, and he is the best (maybe #2) p4p fighter in the world. If he got an offer to fight Fedor tomorrow, he wouldn’t hesitate at answering the offer. How many guys put up their own money (and belt) to fight top competition that the UFC can’t get? (Gomi) and win? I can’t name any…oh except BJ!
WORD!
Didn’t have any time to come to the site today since I need to get a new hard drive today….
But I had heard some news regarding the London PPV. Hughes and Alvez is the main event of course. But do you know what the other options were? The top two options were GSP vs Fitch, but GSP feels that he injured his hand against Serra and wants to heal. The other fight was Henderson vs Franklin. But they decided that they did not want to rush such a BIG fight. But the UFC said that they do plan on having BOTH of these fights take place some time this year.
That is all according to Dave Meltzer.
So I believe that Hendo/Franklin is in the beginning stages. They just need to figure out when and where they want to stage this blockbuster.
Tomorrow morning I’m hoping to be all over the site during the AM. But the way this week is going, you may not see my at all…..
was wondering where you were mike, I emailed you some amusing shit man.
“An in shape BJ Penn is the worst thing that could happen to an MMAist that thinks hes the best cause i know if BJ hears about he wont stop hounding the guy til he fights ‘em and smashes ‘em.”
MMAist! That word is just the MMAest!
uh no it isnt . . .Example Art, artist. “est” is not a suffix in the english language, go to school dude.
and if you need me to spell it all the way out for you no problem “MMAist = Mixed Martial Artist” Unles you are talking about Ron Artest from the Sacramento Kings basketball team i dont know where you learned the english you’re (that means “you are”) pushing. Get a wizard LoL!
BJ is the best pouind 4 pound fighter in the world. He epitimizes pound 4 pound. He takes fights against the top guys regardless of weight classes.
The Die Hards know all about BJ! Mania, I know u r a big fan!
I have no doubt that BJ will rear naked choke Sherk till his face turns purple, no later than round 2!!!
OKay well when SHERK rips BJ a new one, stop talkin all your chit saying that he can beat GSP, cause there Isn’t no way that’s gonna happen.
Sorry john, you’re wrong. It will be a triangle while Sherk is getting too aggressive. lol
All wrestlers who face BJ get rear naked CHOKED!!
When the wrestlers are lucky enough to eventually get the take down against Penn, his freakish flexability always allows him to get back control. There arent too many fighters in the world that can do what BJ does…..when he is on the bottom, he always finds a way to take a wrestlers back, trap 1 arm with his monkey legs….Then its rear naked choke time, and Sherk face goes from red-purple-blue, and night night…Roid Head!
Sorry the worst thing that can happen to an MMArtist is an in shape Silva. I dont care how good BJ is, hes not capable of holding out against a class striker like Silva. This isnt coming from someone whos just seen Silva in the UFC and hugged his nuts. Ive seen him fight in England, followed his fights in Pride and in Brazil before that. He just wouldnt be a match for Silva, too much of a disadvantage. Hes beaten the best in his division and BJ couldnt beat GSP so this isnt even an argument. There are no excuses. This can only be a debate if he ever redeems himself against GSP and before that, get a couple of wins in his own division.
so you supposidley followed silva in pride cause he lost a quick fight to a leg bar right after he beat franklin the first time . silva is a good bjj artist but he is no where near the caliber of PENN also if someone else can submit silva there is no doubt PENN can do the same and if you watch penns fights he is not afraid to trade punches with anyone in route to causing damage of his own if a 205 machida can’t drop penn with the power to dropfranklin and destroy bonner how can you say penn is no match for silva cause even cotoure is amazed with how PENN fights
This is gonna be an easy win for BJ - i hope the betting odds are in Sherks favor, although i think BJ will have at least -200 odds..
Anyways - it’ll be the first time im actually considering betting on a fight, $200 to win $100 just seems like easy money to me
I agree, and did catch the tone of your Karo comment, I was laughing at the mention…hence the Karo??
Oh haha - well..shrug..i hate dirty sanchez, and i felt bad for karo..so i guess i was alittle biased ;p
if the odds are -200 or better, ill put some decent cash on BJ for sure haha i just hope the fact that Sherk was the former lw champ and hasnt actually lost it to a fight holds some weight to the odds makers
doubt it tho
i wouldnt be surprised if it was -300 on bj 
I’ll put 2k on those odds!!
No you wouldn’t
oh ok, Thats right, I’ll put it on sean “i juice and grind out decisin after decision” sherk…
This fight doesn’t need anymore hype. I just don’t see how Sherk’s going to handle a pissed of BJ! When he’s on his game, he’s one of, if not THE, best fighter in the game.
The answer to how BJ will lose is easy. BJ will lose the fight for himself. His cardio still isn’t going to be improved and probably ,like alot of you people out there, he thinks Sherk isn’t going to be as dangerous without roids and not having fought for a decent lot of time. My moneys on Sherk, the only two guys he’s lost to BJ has lost to as well.
I agree with your cardio comment, but that’s the only way I see BJ having issues.
I couln’t care less about the roids issue. If you ask me, Sherk did everything he could to prove his innocense. I haven’t taken a side on that and I don’t think it will be a factor when they fight.
I just think BJ is on another level.
It was either after the bj v joe daddy or the bj v pulver II fight where he licked the blood of his gloves. When I saw that, I was like, “grooossss.”
BJ’s gonna kill Sherk especially now that Sherk doesn’t have the benefit of the roids.
it was after the stevenson fight…the fight with pulver ended too quickly! lol. not really but he opened joe up REALLY deep with that elbow to the forehead.
Oh shut up Sean. I can’t believe i use to be a fan of this guy.He got caught juicin’ and then lied about. BJ is eating you alive inside and you cant take it.
When BJ is done with you, you’ll be fighting in the Strikefrce/EliteXC Preliminaries with Lutter, Starnes and the rest of the Bums.
BJ by 4th round Rear Naked Choke. (And I bet he’ll hold on after Sean tapslike he did against Jens Pulver)
Wouldnt that be some shit if bj licks sherk’s blood off his gloves and then tests positive for steroids too! j/k
LOL
All bj has to do after he wins is pull sherks short down so the whole world can see the needle marks he still has on his @$$ (not that i wanna see that at all), but then lets see sherk defend that one.
LOL, haha
I don’t know what all you crazy’s are talkin about man!
BJ is one of my favorite fighters too and I happen not to really care for Sherk cause he has boring fights and he juices. But with that said, this fight isn’t gonna be easy for either fighter. BJ, without a doubt, is the more talented fighter. I mean, dudes on another fuckin planet! But for what Roid Rager lacks in skill he almost makes up for it in streangth, speed and stamina (pipe down biiatches, I said “almost”). Granted he still doesn’t know how to finish a fight, he sure knows how to let one drag on and on and on and on and on and on and on.
If BJ cant sub or tko him in the first 2-3 rounds… it could be a long night for BJ if he ends up in deep waters.
i dont know if bj does not end the fight by the end of round 2 i think sean takes it by decision
I can’t believe everybody is convinced that he (Sherk) knowingly took roids. Roids doesn’t give you that sort of definition, it only gives you the size. His level of definition requires a very strict diet and a ton of training. This guy was like 3ml over the legal amount of nandro while Hermes Franca was like 50ml over the limit. If roids is why Sherk looks the way he does then Franca should look like the incredible hulk.
We all saw his trainning regime on “Countdown”, we all know that Sherk in round 1 is the same as Sherk in round 5 (stamina). This level of stamina would actually be hindered by roids. So let all give the guy a break. If he was a beefcake with mass but no definition, poor stamina and who didn’t train fair enough he’s on roids, in this case I believe him.
Looking forward to this fight, BJ by submission!!!
Again, nobody is questioning Sherk’s work ethic. Just because you’re a hard worker doesn’t mean you don’t cheat. I’m not totally convinced he juiced, but it’s his word against the commission. I’ll lean towards the commission, thank you very much.
Considering that same commision wouldnt retest the sample the sample that sherk provided for them and then reduced sentence id say they knew they screwed up and couldnt admit.Also quite a few controversial tests came out of that same lab in fights around that time.Like an insane amount.
Considering that same commision wouldnt retest the sample the sample that sherk provided for them and then reduced sentence id say they knew they screwed up and couldnt admit.Also quite a few controversial tests came out of that same lab in fights around that time.Like an insane amount.
Fighters don’t take steroids to bulk up. They take them to help with their recovery time. It allows them to train more, therefore developing better technique, better cardio, and more muscle mass/definition. I don’t doubt that Sherk used steroids, along with a laundry list of other professional and amateur fighters. He probably just f***ed up his cycle and had a little left in his system come pee in a cup time.
Chris most people take roids for size. Most body builders inject it directly into their calfs (as calfs are hard to enlarge through exercise) to get SIZE. Also roids effect the heart (negatively by reducing the ability for good circulation)making Sherks level of conditioning impossible to acquire wih steroids.
Plus 3ml vs 50ml over the limit which represents Sherk and Franca respectively would mean that Franca should be at very least as ripped as Sherk if not more so. Steroids doesn’t strip down fat mate.
joe actually they tested his blood from 3 different viles and they all tested posotive
and the reason franca took them was because of an injury also 3ml over is still 3ml over and he could have been just coming off his cycle
for that point people do take roids for size but if you take roids and have a good diet w/great weight loss plan you can come out looking ripped you need to have fat on the body not to look ripped.
I’m with you on this one, I never really saw what he had to gain from roiding up, he’s probably physically the strongest guy at 155 anyway. Still backing BJ to win this one though, he’s got too many skills.
Nandrolone reduces body fat. Sherk was a ripped 170 pounder to begin with, and was already a hard worker. My best guess is he needed the help to cut the last few pounds when his supplements maxed out their effects.
Nandrolone does not reduce body fat. Even the slightest bit of research will prove that statement to be patently false. And if anything, nandrolone would be counterproductive for a guy trying to cut 20 lbs of water weight for a fight, as it causes many users to retain water.
Yes, Sean Sherk tested positive for Nandrolone. His test revealed 12 nanogram/milliliter. The average is 4 to 6 ng/ml. After a hard work out a normal person can reach 8 to 10 ng/ml. Sean Sherk is not a normal human. To give you an example of gross steroid use, I can only point to Royce Gracie. When he tested positive for Nandrolone after his last bout with Sakuraba, he broke the test. They had to send it to an independent laboratory, where they confirmed that he had a Nandrolone level of 50 ng/ml. So much for the Gracie’s never taking steroids. That is a true positive test.
Hardcharger is right, most anobolic steroids cause water retention. This is a big part of the strength gain,due to the increased turger pressure in the muscle cells. It is not unheard of for a guy to look like Sherk and to never have used steriods. Hormone levels vary too much between individuals to say twice the average is guilty. It’s a fact, that intense training will raise hormone levels. If joe blow can have a level of 6ng/ml, I don’t think it’s out of the question for an animal like Sherk to have 12ng/ml. I’m holding my judgement until I see how big he is next month. If he was juicing before, he WILL be smaller now. It’s IMPOSSIBLE to retain steriod built mass, without steriods.
BJ is one crazy mofo, and I love that about him. I’ve heard Sherk nuthuggers say BJ’s afraid. Yeah fucking right!
He fights at every weight class, why would he be affraid of a 155er lol, thats just dumb, yea hes scarred of sherk but is requesting GSP at every chance and at every press conference lol
BJ afraid of Sherk? Haven’t heard that.. BJ will fight anyone at just about any weight class.
I knew that sean would comment on that statement, LoL, how could you not, and he didnt say gloves, he said his face!! Off his face while the punches are still coming!! I love BJ. Period. Sean is just next, another Lamb to slaughter!! And what the hell is Sherk talking about LoL, both of their bloods will be spilt, BJ has never ben cut ever, has he ever even had a mark on his face let alone a cut . . . Thats like saying i could sub him like he can sub me . . . Never has happened and you wont be the guy to do it if it ever does . . . Keep dreaming sean and i know when you do dream its about sqirming away from BJ’s left hook and that blood thirst tongue!!!!! HA! BJ BJ BJ!!!
Sean is going to crush the Over rated BJ. Remember when BJ gets in there with top caliber fighters he folds. Sean sherk by GNP.
he folded to GSP . . . He folded to Hughes either time . . . He took his belt in his prime and then didnt even tap with a brokn rib and his face getting pounded??? You can say he didnt tap cause his arms were locked up but you can say “ref stop the fight” thats called a verbal tap and McCarthy was right in BJ’s face asking him and BJ just took it like a man. Idiot! Oh but i remember when he folded to Gomi . . . Idiot! And Machida at 205 lbs . . . Idiot!!!
Dude,
What fighters did he fold against? He fought Hughes with a broken rib and he lost his other fights via decision…
Stop trolling, dude.
He beat Hughes their first fight, had him in a body triangle AND an armbar in their 2nd fight before injuring a rib, took GSP to a split decision (alot of ppl argue that BJ won), took lhw contender machida to decision (2 weight classes over), dismantled a heavily regarded top contender in stevenson…
i dont think BJ views Sherk as a “top caliber” fighter, so he should not have any issues mentality and be full of confidence while being relaxed and ready to fight
Sherk wont be able to hold bj long enough to do any significant GnP, he will get swept and punished on the reversals or standing up
Finally, another person who wants to see Sherk destroy Penn!
Yeah but it ain’t gonna happen. BJ has fought a higher quality of fighter and has won some. Sherk was the one who has folded vs. top tier fighters.
He gave GSP the fight of his life while he was fat and outta shape, beat Hughes once, and only lost to hughes in the second fight because he popped a rib! And this tie he’s going to be in shape…Im not saying BJ is an easy win here, but if Sherk wins, it WILL NOT be by stoppage. If he couldnt finish KenFlo, Franca or Nick Diaz, how is he gonna finish BJ Penn? I’m looking forward to this fight so we can put this issue to rest, but once its over, theres no good challengers left at 155 to challenge either of them. Theres some good talent (huerta, griffin, guida, tavares, diaz) but these two are in a class by themselves. This fight may ruin the division.
Those other guys could go 5 rounds at Sherk’s pace, BJ CAN’T. If that was a 5 round fight with GSP he would have finished BJ early 4th round. I like how the BJ fans mention how he was fat and out of shape,but they seem to miss the fact that GSP got poked in the eye VERY EARLY and got a broken nose because of that. That haunted GSP the whole fight and his cardio was effected also. It’s fair to assume BJ will have better cardio next time they fight, BUT it is also fair to assume GSP won’t get poked in the eye (which directly caused him not to be able to breath properly),so he will perform MUCH better also. I also think it’s fair to assume that GSP has improved more than BJ. It will definitly be a different fight, but not in BJ favor.
thats funny you must be a canadian or just swinging from gsp’s nuts cause if you watch the fight again it was a solid knucke to his eye not a finger thumb or your lil dicj that gsp took to the eye watch it in slo mo and don’t state facts if they are not really facts
Are you crazy? He gave GSP the fight of his life, while Sherk got MAULED by him. He beat hughes when he wasnt supposed to be fighting at 170 and still came to within seconds of snapping his elbow in the second fight if hughes hadnt been saved by the bell, even though he had popped a rib. Btw, hughes beat Sherk with a clearcut decision, although it was an excellent fight. Im not saying its gonna be asy for BJ, but I will say that Sherk will NOT win by stoppage. If he couldnt stop KFlo, Franca, or Nick Diaz, how’s he gonna stop BJ? IM looking forward to this fight so we can put this issue to rest, but after its over theres no good competition for the belt at 155. Huerta, Griffin, Guida, Tavares, Nate Diaz…Theyre all good, but not on the same level as these two. None of them could move up to 170 and fight successfully, and BJ and Sherk have both done that. As much as I hate to say it, I think Sherk wins this fight by split decision. Although, as a HUGE fan of BJ, I hope like hell that I’m wrong.
Actually sherk won two rounds out of five against hughes when hughes was at the top of his domination of the ww division.And hughes even admitted he had taken penn lightly in that fight
Actually . . . who cares, and Hughes didnt take him lightly in the second fight and still almost got subbed with what would have been the sickest elbow snapping sub ever, he got punched from every angle, and then got lucky BJ broke his rib, he’ll admitt it, Hughes actually did admitt it”i knew i lost the first two but that ment i had three more to go.” Hughes has won 40 seconds of a total 17 minutes in the ring with BJ, just ask him if you ever can, he knows BJ is the best fighter hes ever faced and GSP would say the same . . . If GSP ever has the nuts to mention BJ’s name in an interview, puss!
Advantage: Penn.
Sherk should see a physical therapist after Penn tears him a new one.
penn is the better fighter without a shadow of a doubt but after he stopped daddy he was blowing and leaning on joe rogan for dear life.in my eyes he looked in phenomenal shape and condition.im not sure how much fitter he can get for this fight!!!penn early(tko/sub)sherk decision.
lol and you believe that act? BJ is known for gassing, but has gone the distance numerous times. At LW no one can touch him, thats why he won’t be there long, he wants to fight the best, so he’ll bump up to ww earlier not later
My only concern with this fight is if BJ cant finish sherk within 2 1/2 to 3 rounds then sherk is gonna win by yet another decision just due to the fact of his cardio.
When BJ says I have just enough cardio to finish the fight kinda worries me. Exactly how much cardio is that? I dunno but, I hope its enough to take BJ 5 rounds
yea. realisiticly, kinna doubt that bj is big & strong enough to dominate sherk like Hughes or GSP did leveraging their size and strength. hope he’s not using that as his gameplan. i think this fight will come down to Sherk’s ability to hold bj on his back for 5 rounds AND bj’s ability to finish before gassing.
here’s a fact for yo bj has never been over powered by anyone he has fought machia couldn’t over power him hughs couldn’t over power him and gsp was never over powering him in any way (FACT AFTER FACT AFTER FACT)
i just hope its an exciting fight. i wish bj would challenge anderson silva. that would be a scary fight.
My only fear for this fight is that BJ finishes him too fast and we all gotta wait another 3 months for the next *ss kicking after just minutes of this fight. HA!
That was me 3 seconds into the stevenson fight and BJ landed that right uppercut haha “STEVENSON DONT YOU FALL INTO UNCONSCIOUSNESS, I WANNA SEE BJ PUT A CLINIC ON YOU FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER ROUND”
haha - id be very surprised if sherk is able to somehow pull off a miracle
ME TOO! I was like NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Get on your feet soldier, get the F*CK up JOE!!! I want him to pick you apart not pick you up off the ground from a one puch KO! He likes to toy with guys and i like to wach it!!!! Make it a blood bath BJ, do what you do pimp!
sherk will go for a smack down then relises he can’t cos hes not smacked up!
I hope Sherk eats BJ’s gall bladder
I think this will be an awesome fight. Sherk will defininetly push the pace to try to tire BJ out (only way to for him to win the fight), and BJ is so clinical that he is always fun to watch. BJ should win, but don’t let it go past the fourth round and still be close. Otherwise, Sherk via decision, becuase he will almost certainly win round 5. Do think Penn wins before that though. After this fight, if BJ stays @ 155 he could be every bit as dominant a champ as Silva.
Some of you are saying how BJ should have won the second fight with Hughes, but he had a broken rib. That’s B.S. BJ lost the second fight with him because his ass got tired in the 3rd round. Period.
Bottom line is, if BJ can’t sub or ko sherk within the first 2 rounds, he’s not gonna win.
He’s highly skilled but his cardio blows just like Lutter’s…well, maybe not that bad.
Sherk by decision
The fact that you compare BJ’s cardio to Lutter’s shows that you know NOTHING.
To mention Lutter and BJ in the same sentence is ridiculous.
Go post on a kiddie site. We like knowledgeable MMA fans…
even if it does go past the 3rd, 4th, bj can still pull off the win after he dominates the first few rounds, even if sherk takes the last one or two. bj just has to finish or win the first few (highly unlikely because he’ll finish it first) and avoid sherks submission by dry humping.
The odds are up for BJ vs. Sean on bodog.
-225 Penn
+185 Sherk
Max bet $500
I’m going with BJ!
sorry but ur wrong..bj is the best “FIRST ROUND FIGHTER” there is. but once the fight is past 2 round bj is done. his stamina sucks. like with gsp, he kicked his ass until the 2nd round when he couldn’t breathe ne more. sherk will win this fight by ground and pound stoppage in the 3rd round as long as he can survive the 1st…
The thing that should scare a lot of fighters is that Penn isn’t even in his prime yet. I mean he’s fought so many world class fighters and either won or lossed by a slim margin. Penn is fckn dangerous..
If BJ drinks even a drop of Sherks blood, BJ runs the risk of coming out positive for steroids.
I know that this is a fight forum (a very good one too MMAM!) that is basically setup to discuss fighters abilities and prospects but personalities are often a major point of discussion. That said, i find it impossible to see past BJs personality too his brilliant MMA skills because, and i’ll use a Serra-ism here, BJ is an absolute penis! The guys is a penis. Everytime he opens his mouth in any media, from TUF5, through to prefight media conferences through to every fricking time he talks, the guy is a walking, talking human penis.
Two words….”WAR SHERK”!! Bring home the belt baby!!
BJ Penn= Excellent fighter, excellent teacher, excellent performer, excellent promoter… Do ya see where I’m getting at here??? BJ Penn is just excelllent. He never has a dull moment during fights and intervews.. BJ Penn is just damn good.
Sincerely: Penn’s #1 nuthugger since his win over
Joey Gilbert…..
pUniSHment!!!!!!!
Normally, a fighter’s personality plays a big part in whether I’m a fan of him or not. I acknowledge that BJ does act like a spoiled punk… but he’s so awesome in the octagon, I can’t help but be a big fan of his.
Wait…Rilly i hope your are online the day after BJ punishes Sherk for just being stupid. Are you just as stupid as sherk because…oh wait your probably 12 and just started following MMA. BJ Penn will… and mark this, he will go on to be a legend of MMA. Sean Sherk on the other hand will be the first MMA champ to be stripped of the strap for cheating! Cheating is going to be playing in his head for the rest of is life. He is and always will be a cheataaaar! hehe