Evan Dunham Meets Sean Sherk in Indianapolis at UFC 119
by Scott Haber on Jul 8, 2010 12:57 AM EDT
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Rising lightweight contender Evan Dunham (11-0, 4-0 UFC) will face possibly the stiffest test of his young career when he takes on former UFC lightweight champion Sean Sherk (33-4-1, 7-4 UFC) this September at UFC 119 in Indianapolis. MMA Junkie has the scoop:
News of the impending match-up was relayed today to MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) by sources close to the promotion, who said that both fighters have agreed to the matchup and are expected to put pen to paper shortly
Dunham has been making waves at 155 after submitting TUF winner Efrain Escudero, and then going on to dominate top contender Tyson Griffin in a decision victory at UFC 115 back in June. An extremely well-rounded fighter, Dunham has shown off dangerous boxing in fights against Per Eklund and Marcus Aurelio, and slick grappling against Escudero and Griffin.
Sherk will be dealing with some serious ring rust and a general lack of consistency, as he hasn't fought in over a year (dropping a decision to Frankie Edgar back in May of 2009), and prior to that, only fought twice in 2008 and once in 2007. Once a formidable challenger with his powerful wrestling and dominating top-control game, Sherk has been hobbled by repeated injuries, and has looked all but mortal in his few recent appearances, where he barely attempted any takedowns against Tyson Griffin or Frankie Edgar.
The rumored card for UFC 119 on September 25th at the Conseco Fieldhouse now includes:
- Quinton "Rampage" Jackson vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
- Ryan Bader vs. TBA
- Chris Lytle vs. TBA
- Jeremy Stephens vs. Melvin Guillard
- Evan Dunham vs. Sean Sherk
- CB Dollaway vs. Joe Doerksen
- TJ Grant vs. Julio Paulino
- Joey Beltran vs. Matt Mitrione
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Awesome, this is some great news here.
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Yet again?
Time may have passed Sherk by, but the guy has lost twice in the last four years. Let’s not rewrite history and pretend he’s on some sort of huge skid just because he keeps pulling out of fights with injuries.
You are right.
But I just think time has passed him by. I could be wrong. But Sherk seems to have stopped evolving.
by SheepleBuster on Jul 7, 2010 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions
How can you tell? The guy never fights.
"I am a man who pisses largely and frequently, which they say is a sign of great mental activity" -Henry Miller-
his last fight
and the fact that he gets injured often and failed a test does not help
by SheepleBuster on Jul 7, 2010 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I think it’s just a case of bad knees.
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Nope
Sherk will pull out again.
by Polyhedron on Jul 7, 2010 11:41 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
i wish they would announce some good fights
i live in indy and will be extremely pissed if this ends up being one of those patented “shitty cards” they like to put on every now and then.
Rampage vs Lil' Nog?????
Someone’s going out in a stretcher
"Overdrive the sound and make it sound pretty rude." - Jimmy Page
I live in Indy too, bro...
and I’m fucking pumped. UFC 119 isn’t even on UFC’s event list yet and it already is looking to get stacked. Lesnar and Cain rumored? Rampage and Lil’ Nog? Lytle, Dunham and Sherk, Guillard and "The Heathen…
Looks like good lovin to me.
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IMO the Griffin fight was tougher
but I can understand the headline seeing as how Sherk beat Tyson
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hmmm
this might be a card I skip
Not that looking at the line-up tells me whether it will be good. God knows we have seen some amazing fights this year where we didn’t think we would, but I keep looking for PPV’s to skip to save money and keep not skipping them when it comes time.
Unless this is on Spike? Which would be nice, but I didn’t think they had one coming up other than the Jones fight.
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dangit, figured
oh well, maybe I’ll skip it and save some dough (if I don’t cave and go like I always end up doing)
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I see some good storylines here, and while there's no title fights, it should be a solid card.
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira = Rampage winning in brutal fashion
Chris Lytle vs. TBA = great fight, no matter who his opponent is.
Jeremy Stephens vs. Melvin Guillard = The always entertaining Lil heathen Stephens, plus his N word tweets resurface vs. the young assassin. lots of color commentary to work with here…
Evan Dunham vs. Sean Sherk = up and comer takes on former champ…tall fighter vs. short fighter…gotta take Evan here.
CB Dollaway vs. Joe Doerksen = How can you not like seeing Doerksen after his comeback performance vs. Lawlor.
Joey Beltran vs. Matt Mitrione = Two new, true heavy weights testing each other’s relevancy going forward
I think it’s a solid card.
Joey Beltran is the garbage man of the HW division. They keep setting him up to take out the trash. First he got to send Rolles Gracie packing, then he got to send Tim Hague packing, and now he will have a shot at sending Matt Mitrione packing. If you can’t hang with ‘The Mexicutioner’, you don’t belong in the UFC. Joey looks like he could definitely make LHW, but he has a fantastic cardio advantage over all of these lower tier HW that he can use to push the pace and tire them out. Definitely a step up for Mitrione. If he gets past Joey, then he might have a future in the HW division. If not, then he doesn’t belong.
by IWillPartyHard on Jul 7, 2010 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I really don't see them cutting Mitrione
Although Beltran winning would make me laugh to the point of death.
The Dos Equis guy wishes he was Brock Lesnar.
I was under the impression that Mitrione and Beltran were comperable in size/frame
Mitrione will have some run, win or lose, based on his TUF status. He made a deep run, and became a polarizing figure on the show. Unless he loses two straight, I think he’ll be like a HW Mac Danzing.
Hey, now
Danzig might be good at 145 :(
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Beltran is 6’1", 239 lbs, and looks kinda fat
Mitrione is 6’3", 253 lbs, and while not ripped, looks much more cut than Beltran, and has a larger frame.
I’d say when we see them in the cage it will look like Mitrione has a rather large size advantage.
Unlike the Hague fight, the UFC is probably hoping Mitrione wins this, so they will probably keep him if he loses but doesn’t look awful doing so.
by IWillPartyHard on Jul 7, 2010 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't think I could honestly pick Mitrione over Hague
So I see very few ways for him to beat Beltran
The funny thing is
It adds up more often than it doesn’t!
I'm interested to see who they have for Bader...
Thiago Silva?
by Broke Lesnar on Jul 7, 2010 10:39 PM EDT reply actions
Fighting at 117, I think.
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It's one of the few moments I can hang on to
Knowing Seattle could potentially be in the cellar for years to come.
Our 2006 team played like total crap and we were so close to making it to the NFC Championship Game before “4th and inches” against the Bears became impossible for Shaun Alexander.
That’s one of the few times I’ve ever lost my voice.
The Dos Equis guy wishes he was Brock Lesnar.
That was a great moment in my life.
The Bears had such a great defense that year. Seattle had me so damn worried but we pulled that shit out. Hindsight being what it is I would have rather lost that game then the heartbreak that would follow.
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Cane would be a step down, no?
Rogerio would be good stylistically after seeing Brilz give him problems.
by Broke Lesnar on Jul 8, 2010 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions
shiiiiit even a Lyoto fight wouldn't bum me out.
but it seems like Rogerio, Forest, Rampage, and Lyoto will all be paired off in some way.
by Broke Lesnar on Jul 8, 2010 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Another great fight
whose purpose is to usher out an fading name in order to build up an exciting new prospect. UFC knows how to build up fighters.
Hopefully Sherk makes it to the fight in one piece
Tough first fight coming back from a long layoff.
"I thought I was getting raped by Freddy Mercury."
- Tank Abbot
on his decision loss to Dan Severn in 1995
So what are we to believe
Dana said over the weekend that they didnt have a headliner for 119, or at least he agreed to that statement. Is Rampage vs Lil Nog not a worthy headlining fight? I guess maybe only for hardcores but I think Rampage is a draw.
I told you not to f*ck with me.
Oh and...
Yay for Joe Dorkson!!! Glad to see him hanging around!
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on his decision loss to Dan Severn in 1995
I thought Evan Dunham vs George Sotiropoulos would have made much more sense, but this ain’t bad…
by TLow on Jul 7, 2010 11:38 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
I wanted to see Dunham vs. Sotiropoulos too,
but I’m thinking they want to build both of them as potential lightweight contenders, and don’t want to send one of them down the ladder by making them square off now. Kinda like how they’ve avoided matching Cain, Carwin, and JDS with each other.
Sherk's finally going to wrestle instead of STANDANDMISS
Then when he shoots for the double leg he’ll blow out his knee and the fight will be stopped on TKO (injury).
The Dos Equis guy wishes he was Brock Lesnar.
…and then he will fail his post fight piss test
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"A good word that I got from the Mike Tyson Documentary... I'm going to absolutley decimate this motherf**ker, I haven't been in the dictionary to see what it actually means but I'm guessing it's going to be something in the way of just killing a motherf**ker." -Paul Daley (on the definition of Decimate)
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