A source close to BJ Penn recently commented on BJ’s preparation for Sean Sherk. BJ is currently training with WEC 140 lbs champ Urijah Faber out in Hawaii.
It’s well known that BJ Penn and cardio aren’t exactly fond of one another and many insiders see him being at a disadvantage in this fight because of his lack of conditioning. This is especially true as Sherk is famous for grinding fights out into the later rounds and not necessarily aiming to finish his opponents but APPARENTLY, BJ’s cardio is tip-top right now.
BJ’s BJJ coach (wait a minute… what the hell did I just say?) Charuto, even went so far as to say that BJ would take Sherk down. And I quote:
“BJ will take Sherk down.”
See….. I told you he said that!
Come May 24th we will find out just whom will be taking down whom and whether BJ really has been training or just suckin’ back them cheeseburgers!
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05/24/2008 - 10PM EST, live on Pay Per View from the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Nevada
Lightweight title match between BJ Penn and Sean Sherk
- BJ Penn Vs. Sean Sherk
- Wanderlei Silva Vs. Keith Jardine
- Wilson Gouveia Vs. Goran Reljic
- Tito Ortiz Vs. Lyoto Machida
- Thiago Silva Vs. Antonio Mendes
- Ivan Salaverry Vs. Rousimar Palhares
- Rameau Sokoudjou Vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura
- Terry Etim Vs. Rob Emerson
- Jon Koppenhaver Vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida
- Jason Tan Vs. Dong Hyun Kim
- Christian Wellisch Vs. Shane Carwin
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Main event is rumored to be Sean Sherk vs. BJ Penn for the lightweight championship. Here are other fights to be confirmed:
- Keith Jardine vs. Wanderlei Silva
- Rashad Evans vs. Thiago Silva
- Jeremy Stephens vs. Terry Etim
- Rousimar Palhares vs. Ivan Salaverry
- Goran Reljic vs. Wilson Gouveia
- Dong-Hyun Kim vs. Jason Tan
A very lackluster fight card apart from the lightweight bout and the rumors of Tito Ortiz vs. Lyoto Machida can’t be true because Tito recently said he won’t fight in the UFC again as long as Dana is president.
Other sources have revealed that Tito will fight but this is his last in the UFC. This is what happens when you are spoiled rotten, he has no chance to fight against big name (big purse) fighters because Dana hates him. The onlyonption is to flee to greener pastures. He’ll probably be seeing Tim “Overrated” Sylvia and Andrei Arlovski leaving the UFC soon too.
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