Sean Sherk is back?!

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  1. scurlaruntings

    scurlaruntings ESB 2002 Club Full Member

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    Ex-champ Sean Sherk aims for spring UFC return, wants to solidify HOF credentials

    http://mmajunkie.com/news/26896/ex-...-return-wants-to-solidify-hof-credentials.mma

    Sean Sherk, UFC Hall of Famer?

    With the UFC entering a new era and veterans such as Tito Ortiz, B.J. Penn and Rich Franklin in the homestretch of their careers, former UFC lightweight champ Sherk is hoping to cement his place in a crowded field of HOF candidates.

    Inactive since a September 2010 win over Evan Dunham, the oft-injured Sherk (36-4-1 MMA, 8-4 UFC) now is planning for a spring or early-summer return to the octagon.

    "I wanted to fight [in 2011]," Sherk told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio) on Monday. "But I had the same issues that held me out of the octagon for 18 months. It's just injuries. It's injuries piling up.

    "I fought too many times in the last five or six years with serious injuries. I don't feel the need at this point to fight injured. When you're fighting and not 100 percent, it's not a fun thing. It's not something fun to go through. It's not fun going through training camp when you need surgery."

    HOF?!?!?!? Really?!?!?! :think
     
    scurlaruntings, Jan 10, 2012
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  2. achillesthegreat

    achillesthegreat FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BRAVE Full Member

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    Massively forgot about him. Can't see him being relevant at 155. He'll be a good testing ground for fighters but can he beat Maynard, Henderson, Edgar even Pettis, Guida and Miller?
     
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  3. Will Cooling

    Will Cooling Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Would be a good opponent for Melendez
     
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  4. scurlaruntings

    scurlaruntings ESB 2002 Club Full Member

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    Melendez would tool him. Sherk's really lost a step.
     
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  5. The Spider

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    I've been mostly a fan of Sean Sherk. But should a guy be putting his own hand up in the media for HOF inclusion? Also, Sherk was busted for Nandrolone use after the Franca fight, and that's not the sort of thing that should endear you for HOF selection.
     
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  6. scurlaruntings

    scurlaruntings ESB 2002 Club Full Member

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    Sherks been on gear his ENTIRE career. The one time he got busted was the one time he got caught. Dude is 5ft 6 and walking around at over 200lbs. Yeah right. Either way he's not HOF material.
     
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  7. The Spider

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    Pretty much what I was alluding to above :good
     
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  8. Will Cooling

    Will Cooling Boxing Addict Full Member

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    True but he'd still be a step up in competition for Melendez.
     
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  9. scurlaruntings

    scurlaruntings ESB 2002 Club Full Member

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    :think 5-6 years ago definitely. Right now? I'm not seeing it.
     
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  10. mckay_89

    mckay_89 Haw you! Full Member

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    At this stage I don't hink Sherk is a better fighter than Masvidal akthough I appreciate they have different styles. Zuffa need to bring Gilbert over soon, he's wasted in SF.
     
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  11. scurlaruntings

    scurlaruntings ESB 2002 Club Full Member

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    This. :deal
     
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  12. thewinfella

    thewinfella The Golden Boy Full Member

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    They should give him a striker , an out an out striker like Pettis , or Njokuani , even the Barboza / Etim winner

    Still a very marketable fighter providing there's something left in the tank
     
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  13. thewinfella

    thewinfella The Golden Boy Full Member

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    Seriously .......................

    Based on what evidence , Masvidal is no more than a run of the mill average fighter in the UFC , and he got a title shot in SF :huh:yikes
     
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  14. thewinfella

    thewinfella The Golden Boy Full Member

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    You do know Sherk passed a polygraph ref knowingly taking PED's right
     
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  15. sugarngold

    sugarngold RIDDUM Full Member

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    Smash mouth style wrestlers like Sherk, Ortiz and others are like punchers in boxing. They start to lose a step at 30 and once their reflexes start to fade a bit they find themselves on the wrong side of too many exchanges. Unlike a puncher who always had a chance - the wrestler's ability to shoot with power often erodes due to injuries. Sherk was a monster in his prime especially considering the fact that he fought all over the world and in a division higher than his own against ATG fighters like GSP and Matt Hughes.

    One fact no one has mentioned in this thread is that Sherk beat Nick Diaz who is currently set to fight for the interim title.
     
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