BJ Penn vs. Sean Sherk

[Clean Dean]

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]

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]

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.




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]

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

[victory]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[salty]

What about Silva vs Jardine?



And Tito vs the karate master Machida?

[BigAl3]

i`m glad BJ won as well as wanderlai and machida... :up

[salty]

Wasn`t one of the most exciting events. Next weekend if a freebie on CBS, including Kimbo and then Sunday is WEC, and then Hughes the next Sat June 7. Should be like that every week.

[Way2SSlow]

I was really pulling for Sherk. I thought he would push him into the late rounds and then have his way with him. I think Sherk`s right hand is broken. He seemed like he didnt want to throw the right with any power behind it. With no right hand, he couldnt take BJ down. I am not a BJ Penn fan and will strongly favor GSP over Penn should that rematch take place.



Dean,



You gotta comment on the Muscle Shark`s phsyique and his training regimen. I wish I could do half of what he does. I`d love to work out with him a few times.



Oh yeah, and Sherk is probably the ONLY athlete I believe when he says he didnt use roids. I could be wrong, but I kinda believe him.

[mshetley]

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