Sherk's fighting Edgar, not Huerta (Page 1 of 2)

I think this will be the fight that sends Edgar down to 145.  The WEC is catching steam and that weight class is really starting to get stacked with talent (Brown, Faber, Garcia, Pulver).

I really like and respect both fighters, but I'm in agreement with both GS and asugar, Edgar's size will be exposed horribly in this fight.  I expect Sherk to decisively beat him.  WAR GOOD FIGHTS AT 155!!!

I like Frankie.

I don't know if anyone remembers, but I wrote an article for my sports blog (link in my sig) about Edgar a while back. I pretty much said the same things every one is saying.

How ever.

Edgar's problem with Maynard was not only Gray's size and strength, but the fact Grey is a better wrestler. I have to look at Sherk's wrestling credentials... but I wouldn't count Edgar out.

Ofcourse I'm going with one of my Fav fighters, Muscle Shark. 
After this, I'd like if Shark faced off against Huerta.

I think if he drops to 145 he would own everyone at that weight for the most part. I also think if he stays at 155 he will also continue to do fine.

Last edited by Jon Fitch Fan! (2009-01-23 07:07:24)

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Favoirte fighters, Damien Maia, Diego Sanchez, K-Flo, Matt Brown, Dustin Hazlett, Rich Franklin and some others obviously

I agree.

Repeat of Edgar vs Maynard.

time for edgar to shine... edgar wins via split decision.

Well, how many 9 second knockouts does sherk have?

Since when am I expected to apply rational logic?

Well, how many T/KO's does Maynard have?
Sherk's got about 8.
And his striking didn't look that bad against BJ, imo. He was just giving up way too much in reach and got suckered into playing BJ's game.
Plus, Joe Veres isn't exactly a top contender.

But Maynard did not stand with Edgar he took him down and layed on him for three rounds he did very little GnP which is what I think the difference will be in the fight.  Sherk will not just take Edgar down and lay on him.

I don’t know if Sherk will keep it standing or not but if he does take it to the ground, but I do think Sherk is much more likely to end the fight via a choke (Edgar wll give up his back to try and get away from Sherks GnP) than a KO.  I just think Sherk is better overall on the ground than Maynard is.  Sure Maynard is probably stronger and can control the grappling a little better but what he lacks is being able to transition from grappling to GnP and from GnP to a finish (like a choke)  Gray is still a very raw fighter and I think he will eventually get those skills but he definitely did not have them in his fight against Edgar.