Posts with the tag "Sean Sherk"

In only a few hours, the lightweight title will be decided at UFC 84 "Ill Will." The challenger Sean Sherk will face the champion B.J. Penn in a five round fight. After reading some predictions, there seems to be two different schools of thought on how this fight will take place.

The first line of thinking is that Penn is too explosive and talented for Sherk. Therefore, Penn will win this fight in the first or second round by TKO or submission.

The second line of thinking is that Sherk will be able to wear out Penn and win a decision or eventually get some stoppage.

I tend to lean towards the second line of thinking. Sherk is a conditioning freak and Penn has yet to prove to me that he can go THREE rounds and this is a FIVE round fight. I am picking Sherk to win this fight via decision!

MMAJunkie is reporting that Sean Sherk's steroid suspension has been reduced to six months. This essentially means that he will be able to fight again in January, probably for the title against the B.J. Penn and Joe Stevenson fight.

So what is really going on with the California State Athletic Commission? They took five months to figure out that they suspended Sherk six months too long. Maybe the commission always doubles their suspensions knowing fighters will always appeal.

It's possible that Sherk proved to the commission that he didn't intentionally use steroids. In that case, they may have reduced his suspension. Still you would think that he is either guilty or innocent, not somewhere in-between.