Wand swarmed Jardine
Yeah i cant really see why Sherk tried to strike at all. He should have covered up and threw a ton of leg kicks.
i kept waiting for him to clinch and slam BJ but he never did.
lol I was waiting for someone to start a thread about this.
What's good about his striking? That he throws a lot of punches? He doesn't move his head, he doesn't establish range or find range with a jab, he doesn't step-in, and he doesn't use many angles aside from the same 2 or 3 over and over.
BJ beat him to the punch more times than not with very basic techniques. I'm DULY impressed with BJ's Boxing ability, as opposed to Shawn's swarming. Swarming doesn't work on guys who know how to throw hands and utilize offense and defense at the same time.
Shawn has a lot of speed, and he's tough. But I don't think he REALLY knows how to use it. Just seems that up until this point he counted on it surprising the guys he was in with.
"Pretty good" was just based on my subjective and biased standards.
Well, it's better than given credited for and I think by MMA standards it's not bad.
But yea, the wild ass swinging has to go especially when he got clinched. He really doesn't land clean either.
And he seemed to abandon his defense especially head movement as the fight went on. He got jabbed shit load and he tried to counter from so far away when he doesnt have the reach. I thought he showed ok headmovement and footwork against GSP and diaz, but didn't really see much of it here.
But you're right. He really does not fight like a good inside fighter. The dude never finds his range and steps inside.
Rogan actually said it right when Sean is just stepping into BJ's pocket not his own.
It sucks
Wand swarmed Jardine
Aside from BJ tiring, I don't see any way on paper Sherk could have won that fight. MMA is evolving indeed, to the degree where level of opposition establishes classes. BJ is pretty much better at everything than Sherk, aside from going real fast, which isn't always necessary and even sometimes, a terrible idea because the opponent might adjust. BJ can adjust to that.
Volume to the body sucks. You don't have to be a 1-punch killer for that. If he mixed short hooks low with uppercuts high, he'd resemble the Legendary "Chiquita" Gonzalez, who KO'd more than his fair share of tough guys.
It makes sad cause it just reminds of that cliched movie and cartoon scenes where the longer and bigger dude just puts his hand on the shorter guy's head and the shorter person can't get inside and reach with his punches.
well it's just that he's not even a good accumlative damage guy either. The guy has never rocked someone on his feet. And I've watched most of his fights.
I just hope he's able to develop an inside game cause it just makes sad when he is constantly whiffing those punches.
But then what do you mean by "inside game"...? If he can't hurt a guy to the body, then an inside game is useless, too.
someone give zambo's number to sherk