UFC Champions Who Don't Get Enough Credit Part 2
One of the top LightWeights to ever compete in the UFC, Sean Sherk was the second person in UFC history to become LW Champion. He first won the LW Belt at UFC 64 vs. Kenny Florian. He would go on to defend the belt at UFC 73 against Hermes Franca in a fight that was deemed Fight Of The Night.
He was then stripped of the tittle due to a failed drug test. During this time B.J. Penn captured the LW Belt and an eventual showdown between the two took place in one of the most significant LW fights to take place in the UFC. Sean Sherk lost via TKO in the third round.
With such an impressive resume of fighting the who is who of the UFC's 155 lb and 170 lb divisions Sean Sherk is one of the UFC's past champions that don't get the credit he deserves. He was one of the best to ever step inside the Octagon.
Sean Sherk's record stands at an impressive 36 - 4 with his four losses being against elite fighters and former champions Matt Hughes , George St. Pierre , B.J. Penn and Frankie Edgar. He has since retired after winning his last fight in 2010 against Evan Dunham via Split Decision.
I like your post on under appreciated UFC Champs. Athletes give so much and then are forgotten in our culture. nice post @rentmoney
So true .. for the most part we live in a .. what have you done lately sports culture.
Thanks for your comment @steven-patrick
I think his name is tainted by the failed drugs tests but agree he deserves more recognition.
I will always remember the UFC All Access show about him. He didn't even have a fight coming up but all he did was work out and train all day. His workouts were also super intense, probably the most intense I have ever seen from a fighter. Then he showed his diet which was one of the strictest I have ever seen too. He'd have a plastic tub with a piece of chicken and some broccoli in it for lunch, then for dinner another container with a piece of chicken and 2 carrot sticks.
The drugs obviously helped him but it wasn't a case of him just injecting steroids and he became super strong. He actually sacrificed a whole lot and worked extremely hard for the success he had as well.
I don't think I ever watched the All Access show but with his physic, I can imagine the intense training he does. The failed test certainly doesn't help him any but the the big reason I think he is mostly forgotten is because B.J. Penn was the king of the LW division back then and everyone else basically from that error was over shadowed by the Prodigy.
If you ever get the chance it is worth watching, his regular day to day training was more extreme than most guys fight camps now.
It's actually amazing people even forget how great BJ was, my brothers who didn't watch mma back in the day don't believe me when I talk about him being one of the best ever. They have never actually seen him win though.
B.J. was one of those ahead of his time. It's sad to see how far he has fallen. He always fought the best possible opponent he could get ( including Machida at HW ). I kinda wish he was a little smarter with the fights he took in his last 5 - 6 fights but either way I still view him as the most accomplished LW fighter.
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