Comments on: Am I The Only One Confused About The “Interim Lightweight Title?”

By: Sam Cupitt

Sam Cupitt — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 01:25:41 +0000

Kudos on the mallrats reference.

Lets face it, Sherks suspension is probably going to be reduced if not dismissed completely. Which will give him a 6 month suspension that will allow him to fight in January. Just wait two weeks and give him Penn.

By: David

David — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 23:50:30 +0000

“Ha ha ha, you dumb bastard. Its not a scooner it’s a sailboat.”
It adds fuel to a Lightweight showdown between Stevenson and Sherk. They can sell BJ Penn/Sherk for the title no problem. Stevenson/Sherk isn’t sexy and needs some controversy.

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By: Cory77530

Cory77530 — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 23:12:19 +0000

All this talk of a interm title is BOGUS!! If Sherk loses his appeal there is NO WAY in HELL he should keep his belt..Dana White is the BIGGEST joke in MMA.. A man that doesnt stand by the rules is a man that has NO HONOR…If UFC continues to run their organization like this then it will become the mockery Boxing has become…Dana has done alot for MMA but now its gone to to his head…Thats my opinion and Im sticking to it

By: Evan

Evan — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 23:10:44 +0000

Hearing re-scheduled again………

The California State Athletic Commission today confirmed the postponement of UFC lightweight champion Sean Sherk’s Tuesday, Nov. 13 appeal hearing for a steroids-related suspension. CSAC associate governmental program analyst Bill Douglas cited scheduling conflicts as the reasons behind the delay. The hearing has not yet been rescheduled.

http://www.thefightnetwork.com/news_detail.php?nid=5333

By: charles

charles — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:24:25 +0000

If you don’t think Sherk takes steriod then you haven’t seen that UFC show.When they show you his training regiment.He is either doing Speed or steriod.Either that or he has a bad case of ADHD.That guys is crazy when he works out but I do agree with you guys on the only reason he still has the belt is because they’re FRIENDS.Thats B.S. big time.It shows to make it in the UFC you have to kiss Dana White’s ass.

By: el boxeo

el boxeo — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:40:22 +0000

btw.. the only reason he hasnt been stripped is cause dana sees sherk as a friend… this is bs…. either make it for the #1 contender (which doesnt have same prestige as for a title) and ride with your guy sherk in the appeals process or strip him now regardless and say when this is resolved you have the next fight for the championship…

anybody really think the csac is just cave in and say all is forgive “we messed up” if any thing or any doubt there gonna reduce his sentence ala baroni (another guy who i guess was really clean) but either way he dana should expidite this and just strip him now…

im sure sherk didnt knowing take roids but if he has it in his system by any means then its his fault or his teams…

its not like the guys is getting tagged for coke or meth…. its stuff that can be used, does get used sometimes unknowingly…

ever wonder why boxing has interm titles / super champions and regular champions in the same organization and weight class… to protect their investments…

sherk is dana investment professionally and personally..

By: ossBASHA

ossBASHA — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:35:15 +0000

True.

By: Mike Huckaby

Mike Huckaby — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:29:26 +0000

They’re also doing it because making it a title fight is really the only way they could make a Penn/Stevenson main event over there passable.

By: ossBASHA

ossBASHA — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:34:16 +0000

I guess Dana would rather question the CSAC’s credibility than his own and his fighters’.

By: dizzle

dizzle — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:31:10 +0000

UFC is kinda fucked up right now if u ask me. if it aint steriod abusers…it’s pot smokers and cigerrete fiends. I don’t get how Sherk gets to hold on to the belt after being caught doing steriods. This just boggles my mind.

By: Evan

Evan — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:10:52 +0000

ossBASHA

I’m with you. I hope Sean gets dismantled by BJ if that ends up being the fight down the road.

By: ossBASHA

ossBASHA — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:06:08 +0000

It’s a longterm thing… in 2008 they can have a super fight between two champions to show the undisputed blah blah blah, etc…

Fuck steroid users and I hope BJ shines.

By: Charles

Charles — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:41:25 +0000

I know that when Frank Mir got into a crash and Andrei Arlovski won the Interim Heavyweight title and he was champ until Mir could retain the title but time passed and they stripped it from him.From what I gathered they should have a ruling on the case before this fight even takes place but Dana always gets his way.The real reason is so that they can say it is a champion vs champion fight for the real belt to increase sales!!

By: Evan

Evan — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:31:44 +0000

This whole thing to me just seems like a way to allow Sean to save face since the CSAC have been messing around.

By: garth

garth — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:24:46 +0000

the junk in Sherk’s blood may have been low, but it was still a LOT higher than the highest athlete tests the regs cite. This has been gone over before. The only chance for Sherk is to prove a tainted test. “I didn’t know what was in it” don’t work.
and you’re right, what the hell is dana getting at? I bet the only way he could get BJ to fight was if it was for a belt.

By: Danny

Danny — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:22:50 +0000

I disagree. If this isn’t the perfect situation for an interim title, what is? The sole purpose of an interim title is, as you stated, to keep a certain flow going in the weight class.

Now, if you were to argue that interim titles should be done away with altogether, I wouldn’t necessarily disagree. But to say that this situation does not warrant an interim title fight goes against the very definition of the term.