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I thought the stoppage was pretty lame man, it should have went to a 4th round. Then maybe Sherk would of started trying to take him down? Lol I can't decide what was worse in this fight, the stoppage or Sean Sherk's strategy?
yeah...cuz with 10 000+ fans screaming it's easy to hear the horn.....
Yamasaki just isn't a decisive referee...
Agreed. When BJ hit sherk with the Knee he followed up with a couple of punches and then saw Yamasaki look like he was stepping into to stop the fight with his arms forward to seperate the fighters and then stops.
Also you are right about Yves. he can ref consistently even while doing backward rolls in the middle of a round.
I thought the stoppage was pretty lame man, it should have went to a 4th round. Then maybe Sherk would of started trying to take him down? Lol I can't decide what was worse in this fight, the stoppage or Sean Sherk's strategy?
I was listening to the post-fight interviews and Sean somehow got it into this head that he was a boxer and was going to showcase his boxing skills against BJ Penn. Opps.
BTW if I was Kenny Florian or Roger Huerta, I would start talking all this shit I can about BJ. Whoever wins that fight needs to call BJ out, insult his mother, whatever. Then need to keep him interested in at least fighting one more fight at LW.
I was listening to the post-fight interviews and Sean somehow got it into this head that he was a boxer and was going to showcase his boxing skills against BJ Penn. Opps.
BTW if I was Kenny Florian or Roger Huerta, I would start talking all this shit I can about BJ. Whoever wins that fight needs to call BJ out, insult his mother, whatever. Then need to keep him interested in at least fighting one more fight at LW.
I agree...I really think Penn believes he beat the best the UFC 155 has to offer him. Florian is about the next best and I think he could pose problems because he is well rounded and has absolutely no quit in him. He would be a hard guy for BJ to finish, but I think BJ would win.
Huerta gives his back to everyone..that wouldn't evn be close if you ask me. 1st round RNC...winner BJ
Sherk said later he had no recollection of how the fight ended. Penn said the bell rang. he asked the referee whether the bout was over and Sherk motioned as if enough was enough.
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It was obvious his game plan was to wear BJ down until the 3-4 round and then hit him hard.
I think if he had held out, he would of started to take BJ down and ground and pound his ass, but he got into his head he was a pro boxer, but was basically losing the exchanges.
BJ Penn has great take down defense, and he wasn't even too gassed by the end of the fight. So I disagree that Sherk wouldn've won the later rounds by GnP. Even if he did, he would not have finished BJ, which would have left it 3 rounds to 2 anyway.
On top of that Sherk was an absolute idiot; he has a terrible game plan. He tried to box with BJ who is much better at it than he is, and had one clear take down attempt. At least he was classy though, which I was glad to see.
I thought the stoppage was pretty lame man, it should have went to a 4th round. Then maybe Sherk would of started trying to take him down? Lol I can't decide what was worse in this fight, the stoppage or Sean Sherk's strategy?
How was it lame? Sherk was hurt and couldnt continue.
He was in no shape for a 4th round.
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