UFC 103: Sean Sherk vs Gleison Tibau in the works for Sept. 19
by Jesse Holland on Jul 13, 2009 12:03 PM EDT
Email
Print
Former lightweight champion Sean Sherk (33-4) will attempt to get one step closer to reclaiming his contendership status for the 155-pound title when he collides with Gleison Tibau (17-7) at UFC 103, scheduled for the American Airlines Arena in Dallas, Texas, on Sept. 19, according to MMAWeekly.com.
Sherk failed to reclaim his title against BJ Penn at UFC 84: "Ill Will" back in May 2008. It was his first fight since being stripped of the title and suspended for six months because of a positive test for steroids that he refuted vigorously.
At the ripe old age of 35, the "Muscle Shark" rebounded with unanimous decision win over Tyson Griffin at UFC 90: "Silva vs. Cote," demonstrating much improved striking skills. Primarily known for his overwhelming wrestling attack, Sherk’s new multidimensional approach earned him and Griffin the "Fight of the Night."
Unfortunately, he may have become too reliant on his stand-up and not his wrestling, which was a big factor is his divisional dominance for so many years. That helped Frankie Edgar outpoint him en route to a unanimous decision loss at UFC 98: "Evans vs. Machida" back in May.
Which Sherk shows up for the Tibau fight remains to be seen.
The Brazilian jiu-jitsu wizard is also coming off a decision loss (split) after Melvin Guillard took him the distance at the TUF 9 Finale less than a month ago.
It snapped a two-fight win streak for the Brazilian, who's been up and down since his debut against Nick Diaz at UFC 65 way back in November 2006.
The streaking American Top Team (ATT) product followed the Diaz loss by winning his next three fights inside the Octagon before dropping consecutive bouts to perennial division threats Tyson Griffin and Joe Stevenson.
Tibau could make a major statement with a win against the former champ.
For more on the still-developing UFC 103 fight card that includes possible bouts of Josh Koscheck vs. Frank Trigg and Martin Kampmann vs. Mike Swick, as well as Hermes Franca vs. Tyson Griffin, click here.
43 comments
|
0 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
haha..good pic of Sherk Jess!! I don’t know, sometimes it just feels like Sherk’s career is going in circles…good enough to win but not good enough to beat top 3
by McArthur on Jul 13, 2009 12:07 PM EDT reply actions
Sherk by total domination. Hope he works on his head movement and footwork.
by DSmith on Jul 13, 2009 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Sherk needs to go back 2his roots, while still mixing it up with his extremely ‘short hands’ striking technique
by Silva_Rampage on Jul 13, 2009 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Agreed- everything needs to blend in seamlessly and it doesn’t. He’s either in wrestling mode or striking mode. Koscheck has the same problem but at least he’s gotten better at it.
by DSmith on Jul 13, 2009 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions
shamo – how do you see tibau beating sherk? hes pretty much overmatched in every category but jiu jitsu, i see sherk winning an easy decision
by brendan on Jul 13, 2009 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Nope, I think that Tibao has Sherk in the PED category as well. Total shot, nothing to back it up. The dude just looks unaturaly large.
by Freddy on Jul 13, 2009 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions
tibau has also excellent wrestling and he is so much bigger and taller that even if his striking is not that good he will have no problem dominating on the feet as well..
by shamo84 on Jul 13, 2009 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions
brendan, tibau is the guy who took tyson griffin down at will even if he let him up every time..
by shamo84 on Jul 13, 2009 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions
To every newb posting on here. Sherks last loss to Frankie doesn’t even matter. Sherk easily could have beat Frankie had he went back to his roots. Look for Sherk to finally understand he can’t strike with the best of them and maul Tibau. This is honestly Joe Silva giving Sherk a win. Don’t waste my time trying to explain how Tibau will beat Sherk cause he plainly won’t.
by Cogito Ergo Sum on Jul 13, 2009 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I like this fight a lot. gOod fight for my boy Tibau!
by JOhn G on Jul 13, 2009 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Sean has become a stand and banger. Gleison is gonna take it to him and stuff the takedowns. It will get real ugly – decision style.
by NameNotRequired on Jul 13, 2009 6:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Noooooooooo! This Dallas UFC is starting to suck. Another midget punching Sherk decision.
by Ken on Jul 13, 2009 12:14 PM EDT reply actions
This card looks tight.
Rich Franklin (25-4) vs. TBA
- Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic vs. Junior dos Santos
- Martin Kampmann (15-2) vs. Mike Swick (14-2)
- Josh Koscheck (12-4) vs. Frank Trigg (19-6)
- Tyson Griffin (13-2) vs. Hermes Franca (19-7)
- Sean Sherk (33-4-1) vs. Gleison Tibau (17-7)
- Efrain Escudero (11-0) vs. Cole Miller (15-3)
- Rafael dos Anjos (11-4) vs. Matt Wiman (10-5)
by Dragon on Jul 13, 2009 12:24 PM EDT reply actions
I hadn’t heard that Cro Cop was fighting Dos Santos. That should be interesting.
by RyanHobbs on Jul 13, 2009 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Looks good to me. A lot wrestling and decisions on this card though. Half the card can’t finish fights, but very solid matchups either way.
by DSmith on Jul 13, 2009 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Very true. We will probably only get to 5 fights at the most.
by Dragon on Jul 13, 2009 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Except for the last two listed, every one of these fights has definite implications and means something in their respective division.
by NameNotRequired on Jul 13, 2009 6:13 PM EDT up reply actions
yes this card does look good. But all i can think about now is BJ vs Kenny and Griffen vs spider. :)
by mak on Jul 13, 2009 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Cole can finish. I don’t know how ‘finishable’ Efrain is, this will be his biggest test so far but Cole is at least capable of it. And Wiman can ko/tko dos Anjos.
by DSmith on Jul 13, 2009 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Well Tyson can’t finish for shit but his fights have been exciting.
by DSmith on Jul 13, 2009 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions
since somebody convinced him that he is a great boxer they have not been that exciting.
by shamo84 on Jul 13, 2009 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Sherk/Griffin wasn’t exciting? What plant are you on?
by DSmith on Jul 13, 2009 1:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Sherk needs real boxing lessons pure and simple, his technique is great if you go by the book but even with his tyrannosaurus arms he should be able to generate a lot more power than he does with his speed and build. He’s “arm punching” and not torquing his body/hips/legs into his shots – until he learns that (which is debatable in possibility, many say you either have KO power or you don’t) he will never progress higher than “also ran” status with the current crop of competition.
It’s certainly not going to get any easier for him as new talent comes through – I’d like to see how the Brits from TuF cope with someone like Sherk – Pearson and Winner could well have a good shot against him with a few more fights under their belts.
by Jimrod on Jul 13, 2009 12:26 PM EDT reply actions
Nah, I’m 5’7" with something like 68" reach and I can knock mo’fo’s out no problem, he just doesn’t dig in his shots with meat behind em – looks like he learns from watching boxercise DVD’s or something :D
by Jimrod on Jul 13, 2009 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Looks like Zombie Sherk is making his UFC debut.
by Dennis on Jul 13, 2009 12:44 PM EDT reply actions
wow soooo they are handing sherk a win probly on the undercard??? why i wanna see him fight top 10 guys hes 35 how many more fights can the guy have mabey 10-12 something like that sooo lets make them good ones
by kingco1 on Jul 13, 2009 1:15 PM EDT reply actions
I think sherk gots this
Little bit of boxing and finish strong with takedowns and some gnp
I think he realized in edgar fight he has to dso what he is best at
by phenomenal angel on Jul 13, 2009 1:31 PM EDT reply actions
FUCKING FINALLY something about SEAN SHERK !!
It’s been a while there was some news about Sean. I hope he trains hard, well i know he will. I hope he goes for takedowns.
I think Dana and Co. talk to Sean and said: You can’t go for takedowns and win by UD decision all the time. you know?
I think that Sean had to fight on his feet becuase of the PPW.
WAR SEAN SHERK !!
by sean on Jul 13, 2009 1:49 PM EDT reply actions
I think Dana and co. forced Sean to stay on his feet. Becuase of the PPW
by sean on Jul 13, 2009 1:50 PM EDT reply actions
Sherk will win this easily. Shit, even Melvin Guillard beat Tibau and all he has is amazing stand up.
by griffinfan05 on Jul 13, 2009 2:06 PM EDT reply actions
sean the roid-shark sherk what a joke penn will whipe the floor with the roid man sherk!!!!! gleason tiabu will kick his ass u guys don’t know what u guys are talking like get a rematch together with gullard and tibau tibau will kick his ass gleason is a bull and will run over sherk in september for sure
by Aj dana on Jul 13, 2009 2:34 PM EDT reply actions
gleason wins in 2 rounds sean “the roid-shark” sherk he is a joke he needshis juice just to get int he gym that punk and put gleason and gullard in front of each other again gleasaon will smash him gullard got lucky big time fuck sherk he’s a punk penn shut him up really bad which i have on my desktop pic haha and really tyson griffin beat sherk but didn’t get the win on paper but we all know who won for real
by sherksux on Jul 13, 2009 2:39 PM EDT reply actions
I hope sherk can win this one. I would love to see sherk vs kenny rematch or sanchaz sherk would be fun. or sherk vs clay. alot of good matchups for him.
by mak on Jul 13, 2009 11:32 PM EDT reply actions
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
Related FanPosts on MMAmania.com
Related FanShots on MMAmania.com
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
