Sean Sherk is about to participate in one of the most important fights in his career, and a fight that could propel him back into title contention. A win over Evan Dunham is exactly what he needs to send a message to the rest of the lightweight division and let everyone know that he’s here to stay and is ready to fight.
Sherk has unfortunately been surrounded by some controversy in his quest for the title, and he’d like nothing more than to completely erase that history by winning the title back again and proving to doubters that he is, without a doubt, the best at 155lbs.
He knows that many people are citing his age as a negative factor that’s working against him in the bout with Dunham, but he remains unwavering in his determination to be unaffected by others’ opinions. In a recent UFC interview, Sherk said, “What I do works and I’m not gonna change it now. I’m not willing to dial it back, I don’t care how old I am. You know, 37 years old, that’s just a number to me—that doesn’t mean anything.”
In addition to his thoughts on his age not being a negative factor, Sherk believes that his age translates to experience and that the experience he has will work greatly in his favor. He said, “I know the kid’s tough, I know he’s wrestled, he’s got some good experience, I’ve heard some good things about him, and I don’t see a whole lot of open, weak areas. But I don’t feel like he’s gonna do anything to me in the cage that I haven’t seen or had done to me before. I’ve literally fought the best of the best in this industry for a very long time, I’ve fought for world titles in two different weight classes. If he thinks I’m gonna keep up with him that’s great, let’s meet in the middle of the octagon—let’s fight and see who goes down first.”
It’s clear that Sherk is very confident in his abilities and is ready to take on the best that Dunham has to offer. Add to that the fact that Sherk is extremely motivated and you’ve got a potentially bad recipe for Evan Dunham this weekend. At the end of his interview Sherk made it clear how motivated he is, saying, “I think I’m a lot more dangerous wanting what I already had than someone else is wanting something that they’ve never had before.”
Tags: Lightweight, Sean Sherk, UFC
