BJ Penn vs. Sean Sherk

Clean Dean · 05-23-08, 04:59

I am very exited about tomorrow nights UFC lightweight title fight. I think The Prodigy will pull off a submission of the seemingly unsubmissible Sherk.

Opinions?

joyriiide1113 · 05-23-08, 05:10

Ive followed BJ Penn for a while now. He competed against my instructor 4-5 years ago at ADCC. My instructor obviously lost (via points, no submission), since then he's been a huge fan of BJ Penn and its been passed down towards me (all his students)...

Clean Dean · 05-23-08, 05:19

Amazing flexibility, and never seems to be hurt. Even when Hughes was pounding him in the crucifix, he walked away without a mark on his face. I am glad he is so much more focused now. His loss to GSP was very impressive. GSP looked like he was beat by a gang.

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Ive followed BJ Penn for a while now. He competed against my instructor 4-5 years ago at ADCC. My instructor obviously lost (via points, no submission), since then he's been a huge fan of BJ Penn and its been passed down towards me (all his students)...

Your instructor must be very talented in his own right. I am about 225 lbs and wrestled in college, and I don't think I'd last more than 30 seconds with Penn on the ground.

BigAl3 · 05-23-08, 05:21

i hope BJ wins, he would have to be my favorite MMA fighter in the UFC...

victory · 05-23-08, 09:49

BJ on a good day is amazing. Unfortunately, every so often he doesn't take things seriously and ends up loosing. He'll probably pull off a win against sherk

salty · 05-23-08, 10:35

BJ has always had a problem with conditioning. Even his last fight he didn't look right after the win. He seems to be doing the right things to correct it, though.

I think he would have been the most dominate fighter ever if he took it more seriously from the beginning.

getcha · 05-23-08, 11:33

I agree with you Dean. I have been a Penn fan for a while. I really hope he comes in conditioned. I think that despite sherk's relatively well rounded game aside from the submission side, I think that BJ(with a significatly better skill set) with submit sherk. I think though aside from BJs fantastic flexibility and how it plays into his TD defense I think that his strikes will pressure sherk into hitting the mat and initially I see BJ working from his back. I don't think sweeps are super likely however I see BJ putting on a show. Super technical fight, BJ by sub.

reaper34 · 05-24-08, 03:58

BJ, BJ, BJ!!! let's not forget his stand-up isn't too shabby either, he's got more than enough to take sean "the steriod" sherk.

jayjacque · 05-24-08, 07:19

Ditto on B.J. 's dominance. He's one of the very elite pound for pounds in the game. And no worries on his focus or conditioning. Sherk is also extremely good, so this will be a great fight

salty · 05-24-08, 10:10

If it goes past 3 rounds, Sherks chances go way up.

salty · 05-24-08, 10:16

What about Silva vs Jardine?

And Tito vs the karate master Machida?

BigAl3 · 05-24-08, 09:19

i'm glad BJ won as well as wanderlai and machida...