Sean Keith Sherk ( born August 5, 1973 , St. Francis ) is an American mixed-style fighter , representative of the light and welterweight categories. He performed on a professional level in the period 1999-2010, best known for his participation in tournaments of the UFC fighting organization, where he owned the lightweight champion title. He also performed at Pride FC , Pancrase , KOTC and many other organizations.
 Sean Scherk | |
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| general information | |
| Nickname | The muscle shark |
| Citizenship |  USA |
| Date of Birth | August 5, 1973 (aged 46) |
| Place of Birth | Saint Francis , USA |
| Accommodation | Minneapolis , USA |
| Height | 168 cm |
| Weight category | Lightweight (70 kg) |
| Arm span | 170 cm |
| Career | 1999—2010 |
| Team | Minnesota Martial Arts Academy |
| Style | Wrestling Boxing |
| Mixed Martial Arts Statistics | |
| Boev | 41 |
| Wins | 36 |
| • knockout | 8 |
| • change | 13 |
| • decision | fifteen |
| Defeat | four |
| • knockout | 2 |
| • decision | 2 |
| No one's | one |
| Other information | |
| Website | SeanSherk.com |
| Battle stats on the Sherdog website | |
Content
- 1 Biography
- 1.1 Starting a professional career
- 1.2 Ultimate Fighting Championship
- 1.3 Pride Fighting Championships
- 1.4 Return to UFC
- 1.5 Further life
- 2 Statistics in Professional MMA
- 3 notes
- 4 References
Biography
Sean Scherk was born on August 5, 1973 in St. Francis , Minnesota . From the age of seven he was engaged in wrestling and power training , by the age of eleven he had already held more than 400 fights in the fight [1] . Since 1994, he trained at the Minnesota Academy of Martial Arts under the guidance of trainer Greg Nelson, studied boxing , jester-wrestling and Muay Thai [2] .
Beginning of a professional career
He made his debut in mixed martial arts on a professional level in June 1999, fought in various small promotions in the USA, in all cases he left the fights as a winner. Having ten victories in the track record, including two victories over a fairly strong fighter Karo Parisyan , he attracted the attention of the largest American fighting organization Ultimate Fighting Championship .
Ultimate Fighting Championship
First entered the UFC octagon in February 2001 - his rival Tiki Ghong in the second round dislocated his shoulder and was forced to give up.
Before holding the next fight in the UFC, Scherk won several victories in third-party organizations, performed at the King of the Cage tournament, fought in the Japanese promotion Pancrase , where in a duel with local fighter Kyuma Kunioku , after all the allotted time, the judges recorded a draw.
Remaining an undefeated fighter all this time, in 2002, Sherk resumed relations with the UFC, beating such fighters as Yutaro Nakao and Benji Radah . Thanks to a series of successful performances in 2003, he was awarded the right to challenge the welterweight champion title, which at that time belonged to Matt Hughes . The confrontation between them lasted all five rounds, Hughes won by unanimous decision and for the fourth time defended his championship belt, and Scherk thus suffered the first defeat in his professional career [3] .
Pride Fighting Championships
After the defeat, Sherk fought for less prestigious promotions for some time, and in 2004 signed a contract with the largest Japanese organization Pride Fighting Championships and successfully made his debut here, winning by unanimous decision against the local fighter Ryuki Weyama . Nevertheless, this performance was the only one for him in the Pride. Despite his great popularity in Japan, because of his family and medical insurance, he was not comfortable traveling here every time, so he decided to associate his future career with small American promotions. Also, as noted on his official website, it is to Japanese fans that he owes his nickname “ The Muscle Shark ” ( The Muscle Shark ).
Return to UFC
By 2005, Sean Scherk brought his number of victories to 31 with one single defeat, which contributed to his return to the UFC. However, the return began with a technical knockout loss to Georges Saint-Pierre .
In 2006, Sherk defeated Nick Diaz by unanimous decision and went down to the lightweight category to challenge the vacant championship belt. He defeated another challenger Kenny Florian on points and took the championship belt for himself, receiving an additional bonus for the best fight of the evening. Later it turned out that Scherk fought in this battle with a rupture of the rotational cuff of the shoulder and then was forced to undergo lengthy physical rehabilitation [4] [5] .
Scherk defended his championship belt in July 2007, gaining points over Brazilian Ermis Franca . However, it soon became known that he failed the doping test done the day before the fight - in his sample traces of an anabolic steroid nandrolone were found at a concentration of 12 ng / ml. As a result, the California Athletic Commission suspended him from competing for a year and imposed a fine of $ 2,500 on him [6] . The fighter did not agree with this and filed an appeal in which he pointed out the procedural violations committed - the test laboratory Quest Diagnostics and the California Athletic Commission did not accept his objections, although the period of disqualification was still reduced to six months [7] . Guided by the conclusion of the athletic commission, the UFC organization announced the deprivation of Sherk's champion title [8] .
The vacant championship belt was played between BJ Penn and Joe Stevenson , and Penn won [9] . Right after the fight, Dana White declared that Sean Scherk, who at that time had already served a disqualification, and since April 2008 successfully passed all doping tests, will be the next contender for the title [10] . In May, the planned champion fight really took place, but Scherk lost to Penn by technical knockout, failing to reach the fourth round.
In October 2008, in a tense match, he unanimously defeated Tyson Griffin , receiving an award for the best fight of the evening.
In May 2009, he met future champion Frankie Edgar and gave him a unanimous decision. After the fight, he again had problems with the athletic commission - he left the arena immediately after the fight, although he had to give urine for analysis. Commission officer Keith Kaiser contacted him and demanded that he return immediately, threatening to deprive him of a fighting license. Scherk returned within an hour and passed the test, his test turned out to be clean, but for this incident he was still punished by suspension for 45 days.
Several times the matchmakers appointed him fights, but each time he was removed from the tournaments due to injuries - among the rivals were Glayson Thibau , Rafael Oliveira , Jim Miller , Clay Guid [11] [12] [13] . Finally, after a 16-month hiatus in September 2010, he still got into a cage against Evan Dunham and won by a separate decision, having won an award for the best fight of the evening.
It was planned to return Sherk to octagon in the fall of 2011, but due to accumulated injuries, he never appeared in the cage. In October 2012, the fighter again lamented for injuries and called the beginning of 2013 a possible date for his return [14] . However, in September 2013, in an interview with the MMA fighting portal, he actually announced the end of his sports career [15] . In February 2016, he announced his intention to meet with the legendary Royce Gracie within the Bellator organization, and answered negatively to the question of a possible return to the UFC [16] .
Further Life
Former UFC lightweight champion Sean Scherk currently owns a real estate business. Married, has two sons.
Statistics in Professional MMA
| Professional career of a fighter (total) | ||
| Boev 41 | Wins 36 | Lost 4 |
| By knockout | 8 | 2 |
| Surrender | 13 | 0 |
| Decision | fifteen | 2 |
| Draw | one | |
| Result | Record | Rival | Way | Tournament | date of | Round | Time | A place | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victory | 36-4-1 | Evan Dunham | Separate solution | UFC 119 | September 25, 2010 | 3 | 5 a.m. | Indianapolis , USA | Fight of the evening. |
| Defeat | 35-4-1 | Frankie Edgar | Unanimous decision | UFC 98 | May 23, 2009 | 3 | 5 a.m. | Las Vegas , USA | |
| Victory | 35-3-1 | Tyson griffin | Unanimous decision | UFC 90 | October 25, 2008 | 3 | 5 a.m. | Rosemont , USA | Fight of the evening. |
| Defeat | 34-3-1 | BJ Penn | TKO (shots) | UFC 84 | May 24, 2008 | 3 | 5 a.m. | Las Vegas , USA | Fight for the UFC lightweight champion title. |
| Victory | 34-2-1 | Ermis France | Unanimous decision | UFC 73 | July 7, 2007 | 5 | 5 a.m. | Sacramento , USA | He defended his UFC lightweight champion title, but was stripped of it due to a failed doping test. |
| Victory | 33-2-1 | Kenny Florian | Unanimous decision | UFC 64: Unstoppable | October 14, 2006 | 5 | 5 a.m. | Las Vegas , USA | Won the vacant UFC lightweight champion title; Fight of the evening. |
| Victory | 32-2-1 | Nick Diaz | Unanimous decision | UFC 59: Reality Check | April 15, 2006 | 3 | 5 a.m. | Anaheim , USA | |
| Defeat | 31-2-1 | Georges Saint Pierre | TKO (shots) | UFC 56 | November 19, 2005 | 2 | 2:53 | Las Vegas , USA | |
| Victory | 31-1-1 | Joel Blunton | Surrender (strangulation at the back) | BP: Pride and Glory | September 17, 2005 | one | 2:02 | Georgia , USA | |
| Victory | 30-1-1 | Lee King | Surrender (triangle hands) | Extreme Challenge 60 | November 12, 2004 | one | 2:20 | Medina , USA | |
| Victory | 29-1-1 | Brody farber | Surrender (Guillotine) | SF 6: Battleground in Reno | September 23, 2004 | one | 0:55 | Reno , USA | |
| Victory | 28-1-1 | Darin Brudigan | Surrender (triangle hands) | Cage Fighting Xtreme 2 | September 4, 2004 | one | 1:30 | Brainerd , USA | |
| Victory | 27-1-1 | Gerald Strebendt | TKO (punches) | Extreme Challenge 58 | June 11, 2004 | one | 3:52 | Medina , USA | |
| Victory | 26-1-1 | Eric Heinz | Surrender (neck pinching) | Pride and Fury | June 3, 2004 | one | 0:58 | Worley , USA | |
| Victory | 25-1-1 | Jake Short | Surrender (strangulation at the back) | ICC: Trials 2 | April 30, 2004 | one | 2:51 | Minnesota , USA | |
| Victory | 24-1-1 | Kaleo Padilla | Surrender (neck pinching) | You think you're tough | April 17, 2004 | 2 | 1:17 | Kailua-Kona , USA | |
| Victory | 23-1-1 | Ryuki Weyama | Unanimous decision | Pride Bushido 2 | February 15, 2004 | 2 | 5 a.m. | Yokohama , Japan | |
| Victory | 22-1-1 | Charles Diaz | Surrender (American) | EP: XXXtreme Impact | December 28, 2003 | 2 | 0:58 | Tijuana , Mexico | |
| Victory | 21-1-1 | Mark long | Surrender (punches) | Extreme combat | December 12, 2003 | one | 0:42 | Fridley , USA | |
| Victory | 20-1-1 | John Alexander | TKO (punches) | Extreme combat | August 2, 2003 | one | 1:57 | Anoka , USA | |
| Defeat | 19-1-1 | Matt Hughes | Unanimous decision | UFC 42 | April 25, 2003 | 5 | 5 a.m. | Miami , USA | Fight for the UFC welterweight title. |
| Victory | 19-0-1 | John Alexander | Surrender (strangulation at the back) | Extreme Combat 2 | December 7, 2002 | one | 1:28 | Minneapolis , USA | |
| Victory | 18-0-1 | Benji Radah | TKO (stopped by a doctor) | UFC 39 | September 27, 2002 | one | 4:16 | Ancasville , USA | |
| Victory | 17-0-1 | Yutaro Cocoa | Unanimous decision | UFC 36 | March 22, 2002 | 3 | 5 a.m. | Las Vegas , USA | |
| Victory | 16-0-1 | Claudinor Fontinell | Surrender (strangulation at the back) | UCC 6: Redemption | October 19, 2001 | 2 | 1:04 | Montreal Canada | |
| Draw | 15-0-1 | Kyuma Kunioku | Draw | Pancrase: 2001 Neo-Blood Tournament Second Round | July 29, 2001 | 3 | 5 a.m. | Tokyo Japan | |
| Victory | 15-0 | Curtis Brigham | TKO (failure) | UW: St. Paul | July 15, 2001 | 3 | 1:15 | Saint Paul , USA | |
| Victory | 14-0 | Jason parsell | TKO (punches) | UW: Ultimate Fight Minnesota | June 2, 2001 | one | 1:42 | Bloomington , USA | |
| Victory | 13-0 | Marty Armendares | TKO (punches) | KOTC 8: Bombs Away | April 29, 2001 | 3 | 2:07 | Williams , USA | |
| Victory | 12-0 | Manvel Gamburyan | Unanimous decision | Reality Submission Fighting 3 | March 30, 2001 | one | 18:00 | Belleville , USA | |
| Victory | 11-0 | Tiki gon | Surrender (injury) | UFC 30 | February 23, 2001 | 2 | 4:47 | Atlantic City , USA | Gon dislocated his shoulder. |
| Victory | 10-0 | Karo Parisyan | TKO (stopped by a second) | Reality Submission Fighting 2 | January 5, 2001 | one | 16:20 | Belleville , USA | |
| Victory | 9-0 | Ken Perham | Unanimous decision | Submission fighting championships | November 3, 2000 | 2 | 5 a.m. | Collinsville , USA | |
| Victory | 8-0 | Karo Parisyan | Unanimous decision | Reality Submission Fighting 1 | October 10, 2000 | one | 18:00 | Belleville , USA | |
| Victory | 7-0 | Steve Gomm | Separate solution | Extreme Challenge 28 | October 9, 1999 | one | 10 a.m. | Ogden , USA | |
| Victory | 6-0 | Scott bills | Unanimous decision | Extreme Challenge 28 | October 9, 1999 | one | 10 a.m. | Ogden , USA | |
| Victory | 5-0 | Curtis Jensen | TKO (punches) | Extreme Challenge: Trials | October 4, 1999 | one | 1:00 | Mason City , USA | |
| Victory | 4-0 | Johnny holland | Surrender (American) | Ultimate wrestling | August 13, 1999 | 2 | 2:10 | Bloomington , USA | |
| Victory | 3-0 | Joe paun | Unanimous decision | Midwest MMA Championship 1 | July 11, 1999 | one | 3 p.m. | Clinton , USA | |
| Victory | 2-0 | Dean Cagler | Unanimous decision | Midwest MMA Championship 1 | July 11, 1999 | one | 10 a.m. | Clinton , USA | |
| Victory | 1-0 | Roscoe Austin | Unanimous decision | Dangerzone: Mahnomen | June 19, 1999 | 3 | 3 o'clock | Manoman , USA |
Notes
- ↑ Peterson, Fredrick Sean Sherk profile . 411mania.com (May 14, 2008). Date of treatment August 9, 2008.
- ↑ MMA record for Sean "The Muscle Shark" Sherk . Sherdog . Date of treatment August 9, 2008.
- ↑ UFC 42: Sudden Impact [DVD]. Las Vegas, Nevada: Ultimate Fighting Championship .
- ↑ UFC 59: Reality Check [DVD]. Las Vegas, Nevada: Ultimate Fighting Championship .
- ↑ Kevin Randleman at a crossroads . MMAWeekly.com (February 18, 2007). Date of treatment August 9, 2008. Archived on April 20, 2008.
- ↑ Gross, Jeff UFC 155 pounds (70 kg). Champion, Challenger Positive for Steroids . Sherdog (July 19, 2007). Date of treatment August 9, 2008.
- ↑ UFC Champ, Sean Sherk's Suspension Reduced . MMA Weekly (December 4, 2007). Date of treatment August 9, 2008. Archived June 18, 2008.
- ↑ Zeidler, Ben One-on-one with Sean Sherk . MMA Madness (December 20, 2007). Date of treatment August 9, 2008. Archived April 30, 2008.
- ↑ UFC 80: Rapid Fire [DVD]. Las Vegas, Nevada: Ultimate Fighting Championship .
- ↑ Wilkins, Matt Dana White Confirms Penn vs. Sherk and More . MMA Weekly (January 20, 2008). Date of treatment January 20, 2008. Archived January 22, 2008.
- ↑ Savage, Greg Neer Replaces Sherk at UFC 104 . sherdog.com. Date of treatment September 2, 2009.
- ↑ Sean Sherk promoted to "UFC 108: Evans vs. Silva" main card, faces Jim Miller , mmajunkie.com. Date of treatment November 12, 2009.
- ↑ Sherk scratched; Gugerty to face Guida at UFC on Versus 1 in March , mmajunkie.com. Date of treatment January 15, 2010.
- ↑ Sean Sherk Will Return to the UFC: "I'm Not Ready to Walk Away" , mmaweekly.com. Date of treatment October 29, 2012.
- ↑ Shaun Al-Shatti. Former UFC lightweight champ Sean Sherk announces retirement from MMA . mmafighting.com (September 2, 2013).
- ↑ Tristen Critchfield. Sean Sherk Would End Retirement to Fight Gracie in Bellator, Not Interested in UFC Return . sherdog.com (February 28, 2016).
Links
- Sean Scherk (Eng.) - Professional Fight Stats on Sherdog