from mmaweekly.com <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE – In his post-fight comments following B.J. Penn’s lightweight championship victory over Joe Stevenson, Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White confirmed that Sean Sherk would be Penn’s first defense. He stated that the bout is planned for an unannounced event in May. Much was made leading up to Saturday night’s main event at UFC 80 of Penn’s legacy in mixed martial arts. The win over Stevenson made him only the second fighter in UFC history to win a title in two different weight classes. The first was disgruntled heavyweight champion Randy Couture. White stated that if Penn is able to defeat Sherk and hang on to the lightweight title, he could eventually see him returning to the welterweight division to fight Georges St. Pierre, assuming that St. Pierre still holds the belt if and when that time comes. Aside from announcing Penn versus Sherk, White also indicated that Fabricio Werdum would be first in line to face the winner of Tim Sylvia and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, assuming that Couture doesn’t change his mind and decide to return and fight for the UFC. The winner of Sylvia versus Nogueira will be crowned the promotion’s interim heavyweight champion as the UFC refuses to strip Couture of his title designation, disgruntled or not. Having recently taken up house with the Chute Boxe camp in Brazil, a newly aggressive Werdum defeated Gabriel Gonzaga on Saturday night, earning his shot at the interim champion. Continuing with fighter related topics, White also said that Andrei Arlovski would be fighting at UFC 82 on March 1. He is expected to face an undefeated Jake O’Brien. He also stated that Tito Ortiz would be fighting in May, if he accepts the UFC’s offer to face Lyoto Machida. Other post-fight news and notes from Dana White: –Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic is currently thinking about his future and is undecided about what his next move is. –Croatia, Scotland, Germany and Dublin are all “on the map” now and that the UFC plans to run an event in Germany this year. –UFC intends to return to England in June at the O2 Arena in London. – Season seven of The Ultimate Fighter, featuring coaches Quinton Jackson and Forrest Griffin, will start shooting following Jan. 23’s UFC Fight Night 12 event. – World Extreme Cagefighting is being moved around, starting with the Feb. 13 event in Albuquerque, N.M., but won’t be coming to the U.K. until next year. Other UFC 80 notes: – Announced attendance of 8,412 – No. 1 selling event in the history of the Metro Radio Arena – Fight of the Night awarded to Paul Kelly and Paul Taylor (Each fighter given a $35,000 bonus) – Knockout of the Night to Wilson Gouveia ($35,000 bonus) – Submission of the Night to B.J. Penn ($35,000 bonus)</div> Kelly vs Taylor obviously fight of the night, although Penn vs Stevenson was very good too as well Gonzaga vs Werdum. Sherk vs Penn should be very interesting, Sherk is strong enough to muscle out of submissions and very good at keeping guys down. Penn has underrated hands and is insane at defending takedowns and getting back up if taken down. wonder why the UFC won't strip Randy.. they're willing to sue him for his comments.
From the sounds of it the March/April event in the UK has been moved stateside. I wonder what happened. Good to hear AA is coming back, but human blanket Jake O'Brien is a miserable fighter who will look to smother Arlovski. Hopefully AA can hit him on the chin early on or use leg kicks to slow O'Brien down. I don't know why Werdum is next in line for a title shot instead of Cheick Kongo. "Sherk is dead!" says Penn. I'm looking forward to that one. I think Rivera deserved KO of the Night but Gouveia's was nice.
Sherk off the roids and its over. If Penn said what he said, then its on like donkey kong. Penn has fought from 205 all the way down to the current 155. He'll be ready. Sherks strength wont matter. I wonder if he'll have the same strength without the juice.
I've read enough stuff and Dana has said again and again that Sherk is a health nut to the extreme, he couldn't see him purposely putting steroids in his system. For some reason I believe what I've read. Also the amounts found were small for someone who would have been on roids. This is gonna be a great fight IMO.
Yea, apparently it was quite low traces. Who knows what happened, maybe it was steroids, or maybe it was an enhancement or pills or something that had too much of this chemical or that. I dunno. If he gets caught again, then it would seem more than a coincidence.
Part of the problem is that Sherk was tested with the same machine right after Franca was. Franca tested positive and the machine was cleaned, but the theory is that there still could've been traces of what was in Franca's sample that weren't cleared out of the machine before Sherk was tested. I feel bad for Sherk because there is nothing he can do about it, if he is telling the truth. He's fucked either way. I don't know why blood tests aren't used. They are more accurate.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (speeds @ Jan 21 2008, 04:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Part of the problem is that Sherk was tested with the same machine right after Franca was. Franca tested positive and the machine was cleaned, but the theory is that there still could've been traces of what was in Franca's sample that weren't cleared out of the machine before Sherk was tested. I feel bad for Sherk because there is nothing he can do about it, if he is telling the truth. He's fucked either way. I don't know why blood tests aren't used. They are more accurate.</div> I dunno, I don't know how the testing works. What does the machine test? skin?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Lavalamp @ Jan 21 2008, 05:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (speeds @ Jan 21 2008, 04:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Part of the problem is that Sherk was tested with the same machine right after Franca was. Franca tested positive and the machine was cleaned, but the theory is that there still could've been traces of what was in Franca's sample that weren't cleared out of the machine before Sherk was tested. I feel bad for Sherk because there is nothing he can do about it, if he is telling the truth. He's fucked either way. I don't know why blood tests aren't used. They are more accurate.</div> I dunno, I don't know how the testing works. What does the machine test? skin? </div> Urine.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (speeds @ Jan 21 2008, 06:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Lavalamp @ Jan 21 2008, 05:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (speeds @ Jan 21 2008, 04:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Part of the problem is that Sherk was tested with the same machine right after Franca was. Franca tested positive and the machine was cleaned, but the theory is that there still could've been traces of what was in Franca's sample that weren't cleared out of the machine before Sherk was tested. I feel bad for Sherk because there is nothing he can do about it, if he is telling the truth. He's fucked either way. I don't know why blood tests aren't used. They are more accurate.</div> I dunno, I don't know how the testing works. What does the machine test? skin? </div> Urine. </div> ah, thx that makes sense.
I also read it's possible to end up with tainted suppliments but the athletic commishions hold the fighter accountable for what they put in their bodies. Shawn forked over a lot of $$$ in lawyer fees to have his case heard whereas Hermes just admitted to it as a bad decision. I can't see Shawn paying $20,000 in fees if he was lying.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Celtic Fan @ Jan 22 2008, 09:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I also read it's possible to end up with tainted suppliments but the athletic commishions hold the fighter accountable for what they put in their bodies. Shawn forked over a lot of $$$ in lawyer fees to have his case heard whereas Hermes just admitted to it as a bad decision. I can't see Shawn paying $20,000 in fees if he was lying.</div> He claims to have lost over a half a million dollars in endorsements because of this failed test, so $20k is probably nothing to clear himself, in his mind.
