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News and Exclusive Interviews with MMAyou Interviews Sean Sherk to BJ Penn - Get ready for a war.
News and Exclusive Interviews with MMAyou Interviews Sean Sherk to BJ Penn - Get ready for a war.
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MMAyou.com had the opportunity to speak with former UFC lightweight champion Sean Sherk as he prepares for his upcoming fight with BJ Penn. Check out what Sherk has to say regarding BJ Penn, his plans at 155, his fight with Hermes Franca, and more.MMAyou.com: First, how are you doing? Sherk: Doing good. Doing good. Just training hard, getting ready for show-time. MMAyou.com: How is training coming along? Sherk: It's coming along great. I've only got another week of hard training left so now the hard hard hard stuff is pretty much done. Everything went great. I probably had one of the best training camps I've ever had. MMAyou.com: Is this the most personal a fight has ever been for you? Sherk: Yeah, definitely. BJ wanted to make this thing personal. He started talking a bunch of garbage about me. So, yeah. I've never had a fight that was personal before. I've always fought just for love of the competition. I grew up competing and I love training and I love to get out there and test myself. That's what fighting is about me. It's not about hatred and not liking somebody. It's about testing myself mentally and physically. BJ wanted to make this thing personal so it's personal for me. MMAyou.com: Do you think he made a mistake making this personal? It's only going to fuel you to fight harder. Sherk: Yeah, maybe he did, I dunno. It probably helps him train a little better too. It seems like he's the kind of guy that likes to talk crap about everybody and bad mouth them and put em down. Maybe that makes himself train harder? He seems like the kind of guy that wants to hate you to fight you. Maybe it helps him out. For me, I fight better and I train better if I don't like somebody. Think about it, if you put fuel on the fire, I train hard the way it is, and you put fuel on top of that. It just makes things a little rough. I put myself through a harder training program, got myself more prepared, and I actually fight better pissed off to be honest with you. MMAyou.com: The Penn camp seems to think that once BJ gets on the ground, you're finished. Do you feel that you can avoid being on the bottom on the ground against him or do you feel that even if you end up there you will be okay? Sherk: I don't think he's going to take me down to be honest with you. I've been wrestling my entire life and I don't think he's ever wrestled before. Maybe he thinks he can take me down, that's great. He's probably going to shoot on me. I'm wrestling with the you know, I got the University of Minnesota, the Gophers right down the street from where I work out. So I workout with these guys all the time. I've got three, four-time All-Americans, division 1 national champions, world-team guys, internationally ranked wrestlers wrestling with me all the time. I don't think BJ is going to take me down. He thinks cause Georges St. Pierre did it he can do it? I don't think that's the case. And if he does get on top of me, I've been on the mat since I was seven years old. I'm not uncomfortable on my back. Just cause nobody puts me there and he's maybe never seen me there before except for the Georges St. Pierre fight. I'm very comfortable on my back but putting me there is not going to be an easy tank. I think after he shoots and fails a couple of times he's not going to have any gas tank left cause it takes a lot of energy to fail on a takedown. MMAyou.com: I spoke to JD Penn yesterday and he feels that BJ is better then you in every aspect of the game. What do you have to say to that? Sherk: Who's JD Penn? MMAyou.com: BJ's older brother and manager and also an works with EliteXC. Sherk: I don't now. He's never fought before has he? MMAyou.com: He's a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt but I don't think he has fought before. Sherk: Watching something on TV and doing it in real life is a little different. If you call my brother and ask my brother what he thought he'd probably say the same thing. Sean Sherk is better in every aspect of the game. Fight night will tell us everything you know? BJ says this, he says that, he's gonna do this, he's gonna do that. We're gonna fight in a week and a half and we'll find out who the better fighter is. But I think he's really underestimating my ability. I have twice as many fights as he does. I grew up training and wrestling. My work ethic is second to none. My heart is second to none. I have a lot of attributes he doesn't have. I think it is going to be a more competitive fight then he gives me credit for. MMAyou.com: Who do you feel has the better boxing in this fight? Sherk: He's showed in the past that he's had good boxing. I've been boxing for a long time too and I'm not afraid to stand and trade with him at all. So, we'll see. If the fight doesn't go to the ground then we'll get into a boxing match. Like I said before, we'll see when we get out there. MMAyou.com: In your fight against Hermes, you seemed to have many chances to take his back yet you never did. is there a reason for that? Sherk: I was probably fighting too conservatively. I think there was one point in time, maybe even two, when I did take his back and ended up getting reversed. I think at that point in time I started fighting a conservative. Especially in that fifth round. I didn't want to make any mistakes in that fifth round when I knew I had the fight wrapped up. MMAyou.com: Would you like to rematch GSP if you ever moved back to 170 and if so what would be the game plan? Sherk: I've got no intention of moving back up to 170. I'm really comfortable at 155. I walk around at 175lbs, that's all the bigger I get. So there's no reason for me to back up to 170 and I think Pierre is probably going to go up to 185 to be honest with you. He’s running out of guys to fight. MMAyou.com: Do you have a message for BJ Penn? Sherk: Get ready for a war. It's going to be a great fight. I think it's gonna be a war. I think the fans are in for a heck of a good fight and BJ's gonna be tested. MMAyou.com: Is there anything you would like to say to your fans? Sherk: I'd like to thank the fans for all the continued support. All my true loyal fans, the people that support me through thick and thin. I appreciate the support and I'd like to thank the sponsors obviously. All my sponsors that stood by me through all the difficult times. MTX, Island Supplements, MMA Overload, Affliction, Warrior Wear, and all the guys at the Minnesota Martial Arts Academy. MMAyou.com would like to ask it's readers to check out Sean's website at www.seansherk.com. Also, our online store is now up! Check out our amazing selection of MMA goods at www.mmayou.com/store. We have over 400 products for all of your MMA needs. Check back with us tomorrow as we will have more great interviews for you then! Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites         
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  written by Ultimate Predictor Champion, May 14, 2008
Sherk if the fight lasts less than two minutes. BJ if the fight lasts more than two minutes.
written by Todd, May 14, 2008
Good read but heres my opninon on the upcoming fight. Anything past Round 2 heavily favors Sherk as BJ's gone 5 rounds just 1 time in career and has been known to gas. Sherk is a cardio maniac, and unless he gets caught in sub I don't see any way he loses to BJ Penn in this fight as his chin is 2nd to none as as we've seen via the Franca knees to the grill. Sherk via majority decision after 5 round if I were a better man!
written by kjklj, May 14, 2008
bj will have great cardio and will stuff all takedowns from sherk. sherk is the most boring fighter there is. bj by anything he wants!
written by shrek sucks cock, May 14, 2008
bj by straight brutal gnp....shrek call your mama, you midget your done
written by Edgar, May 14, 2008
Sherk is going to destroy Penn. Everyone says Sherk Lay n prays but thats not the right name for his style, his style is Attrition warfare. He is going to wear down Penn until BJ loses his will to fight. Cant wait until UFC 84 when Sherk silences BJ Penn and all his annoying fans
written by shrek sucks cock, May 14, 2008
shrek gonna get mauled....call your mama, you midget, your done
written by shrek you one donkey, May 14, 2008
BJ by rape....call your mama, you midget, your done
written by I NEED HELP LATER!, May 14, 2008
I'm sorry Sean Sherk, I spoke in anger. May the roids be with you
written by Ripvanwinkle, May 14, 2008
BJ by Man Rape and Beat down Sherks Face is going to look like an off duty nail bomb sniffer's
written by AK, May 14, 2008
some of these comments are downright disrespectful. you sons of bitches need to have basic respect for a man that steps inside the ring/cage. just a bunch of internet tough guys that wouldn't say the same shit to either fighter in person.
written by HouBJJ, May 14, 2008
Both great fighters...BJ has the edge in standup, BJJ, Sherk probably the better wrestler but BJ's TD defense and perhaps the best MMA guard game in the world will probably neutralize it. BJ's conditioning less questionable than before given his performances over the last year. In all likelihood, BJ by sub or TKO/ref stoppage in rounds 1 or 2.
 written by MMAYOU.com, May 14, 2008
Guys, please leave respectful comments only. Our pages are visited by many pro fighters and we would like them to come back to MMAyou.com
written by King Kekai, May 14, 2008
King Kekai wins this fight, findout how at www.kingkekai.com
nah I got my money on JD, hes gonna jump over the cage during the introductions and beat Sherk with the banner that they hold up behind BJ... written by Unbreakable, May 15, 2008
If this were a "look at my chemically enchanced muscles match, Shrek would win. Seeing how it's not I have BJ in the 2nd, by arm bar or triangle chock....BJ=The man.
written by duane, May 15, 2008
sherks gonna shut bj up .. all i read on sherdog is how bj is gonna fuck him up .. get off his nutts faggots. only reason i dun post on sd is i dun feel like payin some fuckin nerd. watch mark my words .. Sherk wins this fight fashionably
written by WMMA, May 15, 2008
Hey BJ, don't lick the blood off your gloves after you beat Skerk. You might get too much steroids in your system if you do.
written by LIE DETECTOR, May 15, 2008
SHERK SAID "TO BE HONEST WITH YOU" two times in that short interview. You know what they say about people that say that... it means they have a lie on their conscience..
written by Cut Throat, May 19, 2008
All you haters are pathetic ~ you talk sh** about Sherk and steroids ~ Sherk's levels weren't high enough to even have an effect ~ he had a fight 6 months earlier and the tests came out clean if he was doing roids there wouldn't have been enough time to start and stop with getting the levels that low ~ BJ on the other hand uses street drugs and beats on cops but yet you give him respect ~ PATHETIC ~ give respect where respect is due
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