Sherk backers are putting too much faith in his "wrestling" skills. Sherk has a lot of strength, cardio, heart, desire, etc. Sherk does lack size, which has always crippled his standup game. Plus, Penn is a BJJ master, so on the ground Sherk isn't a favorite either. Add to this that Penn has ability to knock out and submit Sherk at any time. Sherk just doesn't have the knockout, submission potentional. Sherk almost needs the fight to go to a decision to win, and even then it's a coinflip. Gotta like BJ Penn even laying as much as 2 to 1.
As far as the BJ Penn fight against Stevenson, Stevenson is no joke. I'd actually like to see Stevenson & Sherk, I think Stevenson would be a 3 to 2 favorite in that fight.
Don't get me wrong, I love Sherk, but his game and psysique just isn't built for the cage. Unless Sherk has really honed his BJJ and/or Penn completely gets lazy, Penn should be able to win this fight.
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