I dare you not to get fired up for this showdown after watching this promo:
April 23rd, 2008
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I dare you not to get fired up for this showdown after watching this promo:
wheres the video beatch
Check now. Sorry.
Well…I’m pumped
BJ by submission, 3rd round
Im soo pumped, and now im even more pumped..great video..
I got BJ winning submission, but more like late 1st, early 2nd..imo
this is going to be an awesome fight!!!!! bj wins by tapout, triangle choke, 2:48 in the second round! bank on it bruddas!!
I can’t stand Sherk. He’s a boring fighter and of course there’s the whole bit about steroids. I hope BJ crushes him something like penn hughes 1.
Yeah. Everyone says Sherk is too much for this guy. Here is a question and something to think about B J haters. You think a guy that made Hughes tap out cant make Sherk tap out when fighting at his natural weight? Sherk doesnt even fight at his natural weight. He cuts mad weight to fight guys that are way smaller than him physicaly just so he can have a strap. He couldnt even finish Florian or Franca, who are not even at Penn’s level, he just rode them the whole fight. And you Sherk lovers think he can finish B.J? Denial is a bitch sometimes.
I’m no Penn hater but I do think people are Sherk haters. Give some credit to the guy, he doesn’t just ride he beats you until you look like your insides. The man has 2 losses and they both come to the same guys who beat Penn. Sherks ability to hang with Penn on the ground is a little questionable but his size will definetly benefit him. On the other hand we have yet to see if Penn can handle a long distance match, I have yet to see him handle anything past the second round. I know it doesnt’ matter but maybe everyone should just root for their guy respectfully instead of talking shit about a fighter they will be watching on tv.
You are so right!Penn is gonna beat his @$$!
Um… Sean Sherk has never been submitted. He has fought extremely tough BJJ artists such as Kenny Florian, Hermes Franca, Nick Diaz ect… and Sean Sherk has completely dominated them.
Look at the BJ/GSP match, the only reason why GSP won is because he was stronger and in better condition that BJ..
Sherk will win this.
Those other BJJ guys aren’t like BJ. BJ is in another level when it comes to BJJ. It’s very difficult to train for someone like BJ.
This is going to be a great fight though. I can’t wait to see what happens. I say BJ by TKO or Submission. Yes, it can happen to Sherk.
It has happened to Sherk. GSP absolutely dominated him and BJ gave GSP the fight of his life. If BJ comes in in halfway decent shape this fight won’t even be close. If BJ can get Hughes on his back, he can most certainly get Sherk on his back. BJ RNC Rd. 2.
Sherk doesn’t dominate anyone anymore. In order to dominate a fight you have to finish the fight. Sherk is a lay ‘n pray dry humping snoozefest.
FYI, Sherk has been training with a ton of high… high level BJJ guys in preperation for this fight. He’ll come into the fight in better shape and more prepared than he’s ever been.
This is BJ’s fight to win, but if hecan’t put Sean away by the end of the second round he’s in deep, deep trouble.
To say that dominating a fight requires a finish is a pretty lame statement.
Would you say Randy Couture dominated Tito?
Would you say Fedor dominated Big Nog (twice)?
Need I continue?
Fedor half killed Nog.
Sherk sat on Franca and hugged him while throwing short ineffective punches.
I do agree that Sherk dominated him and you don’t have to finish a fight to dominate, but please don’t compare Fedor’s performance against Nog to Sherk.
gsp didnt fight like gsp hughes 2 when he he fought bj and still beat him after being stabbed in the eye. if bj doesnt end it real quick he,ll be f!@#ed
wow you beleive everything you hear huh bj didn’t thumb hughs in the eye hughs got a knucke in the eye then during the punch bj’s thumb ran down hugh’s nose and cheek watch the replay in super slow mo and you will see what i mean also bj broke a rib at the end of the second round and still continued to fight and never gave up even when he was defensless getting pounded in the facedo your research and watch more fights befor you throw a comment out like that
BJ has dominated a bigger stronger wrestler in Matt Hughes, and arguably beat GSP in their first match. BJ will completely ruin Sherk.
sounds like the same reasons you thought serra would beat gsp(not exactly but close). he doesnt have to sub him to beat him. sherk knows that b.j has way better stand-up than him so its obviuos to everyone that sherk is gonna look for the takedown, but he had better watch out for those knees coming in. franca rocked him 2 or 3 times w/well timed knees and b.j. has koes din thomas with the knee. i can guarantee you b.j. is working hard on timing his knee strikes. it will be easy for b.j. to find guys who fight like sherk to train, but who is sherk gonna find that fights like b.j. to train with? ther is no one. b.j. penn by ko or tko
LoL!!!!!!!! So we’re comparing Nick Diaz to BJ Penn huh, and Franca as well LoL! You gotta be kidding me!
Mr nc-17 Sherk dominated nick diaz we must of watched different fights the fight i watch it was a close fight in which sherk had alot of problems taking nick down.
Also please do not compare gsp to sherk when they fought gsp broke sherks spirit and made him not want to fight anymore
Saying all that i do think these are the two best 155lbs in the world but sometimes first (bj) is a whole lot better then second
Agreed, I’m betting the house on Sherk and Jardine
So … I heard you’re be looking to rent apartment soon?
Be prepared to be homeless! Those two are gonna need a trip to the hospital just like GSP did after his fight w/ BJ. With that being said, go get your cardboard box.
wow did you, just say sherk has never been submitted thats hilarious Gsp dominated and humiliated sherk so bad that he went down in weight and even could win there without cheating second gsp never dominated bj bj gave gsp the worst beating he ever gotten for almost 2 straight rounds but yeah he did outlast him but didn’t over power him he won by decision and hughs was also dominated by bj and both of those fighter dominated sherk and over powered him so please explain how sherk will over power BJ
Sherk is going to destroy BJ “lamer” Penn. Muscle Shark by TKO 2nd round.
“What’s he going to do when I’m on top of him punching him in the face, and licking the blood off his face while I’m punching him”
GOD, I LOVE BJ
Pulver, Machida, GSP, and Hughes are the only fighters to beat BJ Penn. Pulver was the only loss at LW. He also has a win over Hughes as well, and he just beat Joe Stevenson. Both of them are wrestlers. BJ has fought and beaten strong wrestlers before, but he has also lost to Hughes as well. HOWEVER, that was BJ’s first fight back in the UFC and it was at WW and he was out of shape.
This is going to be such a great fight. I like BJ to win, however, as a plus 200 underdog, a betting few bucks on Sherk isn’t a bad idea…
In this fight I will probably be betting on Penn/Unders
I will probably throw $200 on Penn (straight bet)
and an undertermined amount $$$ on a parlay or maybe even a reverse with Penn and the Unders!
I see Sherk getting Rear Naked Choked no later then half way through the second round. I wont be shocked if BJ submitts him in the 1st round. However long it lasts it will be very entertaining…I have no doubts that BJ Penn will win this fight!
John, can you please explain to me how a “Reverse Action” bet works? I don’t know what it is, therefore, I have never done one.
If you are going to bet on BJ to win, you MUST parlay the bet with the Under. I do not like BJ’s chances of winning in rounds 4 or 5, but I also don’t like the chances of the fight going that long. My bet as of now is Penn and Under in a parlay as well. Actually, getting Sherk at plus 200 and parlaying that with the over, along with the Penn/Under parlay could prove to be a guaranteed payday!!!!!!!!!! So put $ on 2 parlays, Penn/Under and Sherk/Over. Put the same amount on each, and I consider it pretty close to guaranteed money. Of course anything can happen, but they are solid picks.
Also, for anyone with a BetUs account that may be intersted, you can bet on the Cleveland Cavaliers to win the series (they are up 2-0) against the Wizards at -500. The Cavs WILL win this series pending a freak injury to LeBron. I bet a large, undisclosed amount of money on that one…
wow, thats an easy 5000 dollar bet
parlaying both is brilliant! its really difficult to imagine penn grinding a UD or sherk finishing penn early. damn bodog doesn’t have parlays for mma lines, but they usually have better odds on the favorites for straight up bets. still waiting for thiago silva odds to come out. might just skip it if its too steep.
Are you sure you can still bet VM? If the series is already 2 games into it how do they still let you bet?
I was VERY surprised that the odds were being offered!
john or mike, I’m a member at 1 poker site and a sportsbook (for 10 years) but they don’t do mma. Will you guys get a refer a frend bonus if I say you refered me? just a thought and would give you some extra bonus money to play with!
john or mike, I’m a member at 1 poker site and a sportsbook (for 10 years) but they don’t do mma. Will you guys get a refer a frend bonus if I say you refered me? just a thought and would give you some extra bonus money to play with!
Kevin, yes, I would receive a refer a friend bonus!!!!!!!!
Violentmike: I have never bet a reverse on mma yet, but I think I will try one on the BJ fight. Best way I can explain it is in football terms.
Example: Eagles -7 over the Giants over/unders 45
If I bet a $25 reverse with Eagles/overs (must pick 2 bets)
The only way you win money is if both bets win.
If the eagles and the overs wins, I would win $100 ($25 times 4)
If 1 of my picks looses, I would loose $30, if both my bets loose, I would loose $60
Betting a reverse in mma is a little trickier because there are odds involved… Tomorrow I am going to find out how it works with mma because say you pick 2 underdogs…it would pay out a lot of $$$
Mike: I really like reverses when betting football or basketball, something with a line, not odds. But say we bet (2 underdogs)in a reverse in mma…It would would pay a whole lot of $$$.
But in terms of basketball and football, you win 4 times what you bet if both your bets win, so if you are really sure about 2 games its a great bet…. It pays out much more then parlays (close to double), downside is if both your bets loose, you would loose on both picks where as a parlay you would just loose what you bet.\
Its probably the greatest risk = great rewards type of bet!
THANK YOU for explaining John.
For the record: ‘Lose’ is you not winning your money. ‘Loose’ is my ex-girlfriend. Cheating whore!
hey John or mike, would you guys get a refer a friend on betus if i open an account? let me know, the site i gamble on is a sportsbook without mma. i’ve been there almost 10 years, but odds aren’t as good as some of the other sites
Sure Would!!!! All I need is your email address.
Or you can email me at carmelo327@yahoo.com in case you didn’t want to post your email…
Bj’s “licking his blood’ part was hilarious…Funny because it is true.Bj is one nasty mofo always licking his gloves after he whoops some ass..I love it!
the only man to finish Sherk and in a nasty ass fashion was GSP, other than that nobody has subd or KOd Sherk I will be very impressed if BJ comes out and finishes him, but if it makes it past the 2nd round now my friends thats a very bad sign for BJ..
And the Prodigy lost a close decision to GSP, what does that tell you?
It tells me the eye poke had to affect GSP or it wouldn’t have been that close and when they fight again, you will know what I’m talking about.
theres something wrong with the player?
Sherk has quick hands, I noticed when he was shadow boxing before his fight
quick hands shadow boxing don’t mean shit if you don’t let your hands fly and sherk is not known for his hands anyways
This fight will come down to one determining factor…cardio! Whomever has the better cardio conditioning will win.
Wrong! Sherk WILL have the better cardio, that doesn’t translate to a win. It is likely BJ will submit Sherk before his questionable cardio comes into play. If BJ gasses then it is possible for him to drop a couple of rounds in points, but simply stating “whomever has better cardio conditioning will win” is ridiculous because then Sean Sherk’s only competition would be kenyans.
I agree cardio is going to be the determining factor here. I don’t think it is who has better cardio but wether or not Penn has actually improved his cardio. Sherk is like a brick wall, you can’t just hope for a quick KO or a smooth submission. You have to break him down piece by piece, he’s iron when it comes to getting hit and a die hard when it comes to submissions. BJ is great at both striking and submitting but he needs to expect this thing to go to the 5th. If he doesn’t chances are he’ll gas early and get the GnP action Sherk is more than willing to deliver. And please people you don’t give Sherks opponents enough resepct, these guys were number one contenders for a reason.
most inept comment ever, stop talking until you turn 18
wow cardio is the only factor thats funny
1. sherk has to be able to take penn down wich hughs and gsp had problems with and sherk is alot weaker then either
2 sherk has to avoid the hands and knees on each and every shoot to be able to get a one leg let alone a two leg take down
3.laying and praying will not work on penn he is to active on his back and sherk on his back pen can dominate.
4.now there is the cardio thing but with bj now finally training (wich he never used to he fought out of sheer ability ) cardio shouldn’t be a factor but if it is bj will have won to many rounds for it to count
I doubt this will be a good fight at all. Without his roids, Sherk will not has the amount of strength he has had in the past and since he is a “lay and pray” fighter, that goes out the window. Not like he good beat BJ Penn even on steroids. Bottom line: BJ Penn DESTROYS Sean Sherk in the 1st round.
You do realize Sherk is better than Joe Stevenson, right. It took BJ 2 rounds to finish him. No way BJ finishes Sherk in the first. BJ HAS to finish Sherk. It doesn’t matter if Penn’s cardio has improved, because there is no way BJ can go 5 rounds at Sherks pace.
Man, I am tired. Has = have and good = could.
According to: fiveouncesofpain:
Dana white talks various topics:
* The UFC is still in negotiations with former UFC heavyweight champion, Andrei Arlovski
* White says former light-heavyweight title challenger, Renato ‘Babalu’ Sobral will be welcomed back to the UFC provided he gets a few “quality wins under his belt”.
* White dismissed the idea of a women’s division, saying their aren’t enough elite female fighters out there.
* White said he’d love to see a fight between Urijah Faber and Norifumi ‘Kid’ Yamamoto, but the Japanese fighters comes with a big price tag.
* White said he blocked UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva from meeting boxer Roy Jones Jr. in a boxing match because Silva is not a boxer. “I’ll put him against Anderson Silva if he wants to fight MMA. Anderson Silva is not a boxer. Boxing is not what we do.”
Please bring back “Babalu”!!! He would definitely add to the 205 class! Babalu vs Machida would be awesome, so would Babalu vs. Soko or another fight with Shogun.
Please bring him back!
they need to re-sign a.a. desperately and put him up against big nog. that is the only great hw fight they have left for a while. i agree about rjj. he keeps talking about this, so let him step into the octagon. roy had better keep his mind on joe calzaghe, or he will get koed again. i hate saying this about rj cuz he was my favorite in the 90s but he is not even a shadow of himself.
Babalu shouldn’t have to get any wins to be let back in… they guy’s gone the distance with Fedor (I know it was 7 years ago, but still) and he beat Prangley, Rua and Horn, all in the same night! He’s just a bad MFer!
Come on Dana, bring him back!
Also: UFC 86: Cole Miller vs. Jorge Gurgel
and Tito Ortiz signed a big sponsorship deal with Micky’s. It will be announced prior to UFC 84
bj is crazyyyyyyyy
i hate sean sherk
fuck yeah i cannot fucking wait!
yeah!!
“SEAN SHERK… YOUR DEAD!!!!!” Hahahahaha…
I’m so pumped to watch BJ demoralize Sean “The Roid Shark” Sherk!
Wow im pumped up for this one! Who ever wins is the Anderson Silva of the division.
site is super slow this morning??
Penn is going to destroy sherk. I don’t even feel like this is a fight. Hopefully BJ doesn’t toy with him (as he’s been known to do). The only way sherk wins is to lay on BJ for 5 rounds, but the odds of laying on BJ when he’s this motivated are zero.
Bring on GSP!!
one more thing, how long is sherk gonna say I did nothing wrong??? fucking cheat!!
Bj Penn is simply a bad ass
BJ Penn is crazy
I seriously can’t wait for this one! BJ is an animal, I think his technique and skill level is for sure going to be the advantage over Sherk’s power ( as it almost always is ) and BJ takes this one by ( you guessed it ) Triangle choke in the 2ND round.
Cardio ain’t shit when there’s no blood going to your brain!
First three rounds Sherk gets quick takedowns and dominates action in half guard and side control. After that BJ will be too tired and Sherk will do whatever he wants. Sherk by TKO in the 4th or 5th.
lol this one isn’t making it out of the 2nd, probably the 1st Bj is too good..stand up, can take apunch and is the best bjj guy in the world
There a small chance this will happen and that is almost Sherk’s ONLY chance. I just think BJ’s too wiley on the ground. He’ll reverse Sherck several times before he locks in a submission.
are you smoking crack cause first sherk will try his hardest to take bj down and when he fails at that he will be so so confused he will try to trade punches with bj wich is the wrong thing to do bj wins 1st round then in the second bj will hit sherk a few times in the face good and then sherk will go for the take down again after about 4 attempts he may get it but penn will just pop back up and if he doesn’t he will out work sherk from the bottom till sherk makes a mistake and bj will then take his back and finish the fight with a rnc conclusion sherk may think he has a chance but after being dominated by penn where will he go to the W.E.C to feather weight then get dominated by faber
this is a scary fight for both of them. i really didnt
have faith in bJ only cause he hasnt had any impressive wins lately besides his latest win. but i think sherk might have this one. referee stoppage round 2
How contradicting is that statement “nothing lately except his latest two” LoL, you use the same word for a negative and a positive WTF! = ) Thats like saying i didnt eat pizza today except at lunch . . . Random english!
BJ licking the blood off of his gloves is the most bad ass thing I have ever seen in the octagon!
word!
That is disgusting…SERIOUSLY..explain to me why licking blood off of unsanitary gloves is “bad ass”. Maybe it’s a guy thing
You said it, maybe this just isnt for you . . . I bet if GSP did it you would think otherwise. Its an animals sport and thats as crazy and bad ass as it gets!
I dont know how he’l do it cause his bag of tricks is loaded!!! But i know he’ll do it!! BJ BJ BJ!!! I want a bloody fucking mess, some bomb ass PJJ (PennJiuJitsu), and at least 2 minutes of precision stand-up!!! And if he says it, he’ll do it . . .Lick that blood off his face and totally freak Sherk out, make him cry cause he’s so scared! BJ BJ BJ!!!
On paper Sherk all the way. BJ is good but overrated…he is 3-3 in his last 6 fights and Joe Stevenson is the only good fighter of his 3 wins since 2005 worth talking about. Off paper Sherk is no Ronald McDonald. He is too powerful, durable, and has way to much stamina for BJ. Even if BJ comes to fight in decent shape that won’t compare to Sherks ridiculous monster cardio. Sherk will push the pace and gas BJ. Enough of this nonsense talk about Sherk juicing. He had more than enough evidence to prove himself innocent, so a lack of steroids in his system for this fight is irrelevant.
BJ was 2-1-1 in his four fights before he faught Hughes the first time and he wrecked shop on him! You need to look at it like this, the new Penn is undefeated, bottomline. Period. And if you wanna count those losses go ahead, An arguable decision to Machida at 205, An arguable decision to GSP at 170, A pure loss to Hughes at 170 . . . Not one chump on that list yo! And Sherk would have gotten smashed by Machida (he wouldnt even try to fight Machida in his wildest dreams!) And we know what happened when he faught GSP/Hughes, how can you even compare the two . . .
this is a great point. How many guys are capable (and willing) of holding titles 50 pounds apart and every in between? I can think of one guy good enough and crazy enough to do it and have a shot at it!
BJ’s record is much more impressive than Sherk’s. Look at that fight with GSP. He stood there feet nailed to the ground in front of one of the best strikers out there and came out looking good. GSP was the one getting beat.
BJ has KO power and top shelf BJJ. And is a totally fearless maniac to boot. He was the first to submit Hughes right? Damn.
Hallman was the first and the second to sub Hughes, BJ was third fallowing in Hallmans footsteps with an RNC. All 3 of his first sub losses were RNC. Then GSP’s armbar.
Hughes and GSP beat Sherk by taking him down,something BJ WON’T be able to do. Hughes and GSP can match STRENGTH and CARDIO with Sherk , again BJ falls short on both. If the Sherk is the same as before (meaning he didn’t juice, or still is, lol),I see him gassing BJ in a 5 round fight.
wow how can you say bj is the weaker of the 2 not in those words it took all matt hughs had to take bj down and all gsp had to take bj down now if those two (who dominated Sherk had a hard as hell time ) how can you say sherk will be anywhere close to that. second you are talking about bj like you studied him the fact of the matter is bj when he fought hughs and gsp didn’t train like he should have and dominated both of them early in all 3 fights by sheer fighting ability . now that bj has started to train like he should there should be no shadow of a doubt who the more skilled and capable one is to win
also he had matt hughs beat at the end of the second round but also broke a rib in the process so how can you even compare the 2 fighters you can’t
Does anyone actually believe that Sean Sherk had some incredible evidence that proved he never used steroids? To suggest that not taking steroids for this fight won’t be a factor is to suggest there’s no reason to take them at all. I mean if they’re not a factor then why use ‘em? Tell the guys who were animals in Pride–like Rua, Crocop, Wanderlei–that they aren’t a factor.
and remember, HGH isn’t testable!! He’s still juicing…allegedly