Sean Sherk Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

W

Evan Dunham

Lightweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC 119: Mir vs. Cro Cop · Sep 25, 2010

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Split

UFC 119: Mir vs. Cro Cop

Sep 25, 2010

L

Frankie Edgar

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 98: Evans vs. Machida · May 23, 2009

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC 98: Evans vs. Machida

May 23, 2009

W

Tyson Griffin

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 90: Silva vs. Cote · Oct 25, 2008

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC 90: Silva vs. Cote

Oct 25, 2008

L

BJ PennTitle

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Flying Knee Head · R3 · 5:00

UFC 84: Ill Will · May 24, 2008

Hermes FrancaTitle

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R5 · 5:00

UFC 73: Stacked · Jul 7, 2007

Kenny FlorianTitle

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R5 · 5:00

UFC 64: Unstoppable · Oct 14, 2006

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 59: Reality Check · Apr 15, 2006

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC 59: Reality Check

Apr 15, 2006

L

Georges St-Pierre

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Elbows to Head From Guard · R2 · 2:53

UFC 56: Full Force · Nov 19, 2005

KO/TKO

R2 · 2:53

Elbows to Head From Guard

UFC 56: Full Force

Nov 19, 2005

L

Matt HughesTitle

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R5 · 5:00

UFC 42: Sudden Impact · Apr 25, 2003

Decision

R5 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC 42: Sudden Impact

Apr 25, 2003

W

Benji Radach

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Facial Cuts · R1 · 4:16

UFC 39: The Warriors Return · Sep 27, 2002

KO/TKO

R1 · 4:16

Facial Cuts

UFC 39: The Warriors Return

Sep 27, 2002

W

Jutaro Nakao

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 36: Worlds Collide · Mar 22, 2002

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC 36: Worlds Collide

Mar 22, 2002

W

Tiki Ghosn

Welterweight · Submission · Injury Shoulder Injury · R2 · 4:47

UFC 30: Battle on the Boardwalk · Feb 23, 2001

Submission

R2 · 4:47

Injury Shoulder Injury

UFC 30: Battle on the Boardwalk

Feb 23, 2001

Outside the UFC

28-0-1across 29 bouts · 24 promotions · wins by 8 KO · 11 sub · 9 decUW · EC · EC 28 · MMAC 1 · BP +19

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Joel Blanton9-11	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:22	BP	Sep 17, 2005
W	Lee King17-18-1	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	2:20	EC 60	Nov 12, 2004
W	Brodie Farber17-7	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	0:55	SF 6	Sep 23, 2004
W	Darin Brudigan10-10	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R2	1:46	CFX 2	Sep 4, 2004
W	Gerald Strebendt9-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:52	EC 58	Jun 11, 2004
W	Eric Heinz8-8	Submission	Neck Crank	R1	0:58	PFA	Jun 3, 2004
W	Jake Short13-11-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:37	ICC	Apr 30, 2004
W	Kaleo Padilla3-8	Submission	Neck Crank	R2	1:17	YTYT	Apr 17, 2004
W	Ryuki Ueyama12-18-5	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	PRIDE	Feb 15, 2004
W	Charles Diaz11-8	Submission	Keylock	R2	0:58	EP	Dec 28, 2003
W	Mark Long26-28-1	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	0:32	EC	Dec 12, 2003
W	John Alexander5-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:31	EC	Aug 2, 2003
W	John Alexander5-2	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:28	EC 2	Dec 7, 2002
W	Claudionor da Silva Fontinelle10-17-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	1:04	UCC 6	Oct 19, 2001
D	Kiuma Kunioku35-26-9	Draw	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Pancrase	Jul 29, 2001
W	Curtis Brigham11-5	KO/TKO	Corner Stoppage	R3	1:15	UW	Jul 15, 2001
W	Jason Purcell16-36	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:42	UW	Jun 2, 2001
W	Marty Armendarez6-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	2:07	KOTC	Apr 29, 2001
W	Manny Gamburyan15-10	Decision	Unanimous	R1	18:00	RSF 3	Mar 30, 2001
W	Karo Parisyan24-12	KO/TKO	Corner Stoppage	R1	16:20	RSF 2	Jan 5, 2001
W	Ken Parham0-4-1	Decision	Unanimous	R2	10:00	SFC	Nov 3, 2000
W	Karo Parisyan24-12	Decision	Unanimous	R1	18:00	RSF 1	Oct 6, 2000
W	Steve Gomm7-7	Decision	Split	R1	10:00	EC 28	Oct 9, 1999
W	Scott Bills7-9-1	Decision	Unanimous	R1	10:00	EC 28	Oct 9, 1999
W	Kurtis Jensen4-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:37	Extreme Challenge	Oct 4, 1999
W	Johnnie Holland0-1	Submission	Keylock	R2	2:10	UW	Aug 13, 1999
W	Joe Paun5-3	Decision	Unanimous	R1	15:00	MMAC 1	Jul 11, 1999
W	Dean Kugler0-1	Decision	Unanimous	R1	10:00	MMAC 1	Jul 11, 1999
W	Roscoe Ostyn0-2	Decision	Unanimous	R1	15:00	Dangerzone	Jun 19, 1999

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

10 wins, 2 losses

W10

L2

Submission

11 wins, 0 losses

W11

L0

Decision

15 wins, 2 losses

W15

L2

Finishes

UFC KOs

1

Below avg · 10%Lightweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.21Lightweight

UFC submissions

1

Above avg · 6%Lightweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.33

Below avg · 0.44Lightweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Sean Sherk

PowerChin

Knockout rate

8%

1 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

0

0.00 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

2

0.47 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

3 scorecards on file

Sean Sherk

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

Won 1 of 1 coin-flip decision — the kind of close calls that have tended to fall their way. Judges have given them 1 of 1 round they disagreed on (100%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

1–0

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

1–0

Won – Lost

100% went their way

Unanimous2 decisions · 67%

1W1L

Split1 decision · 33%

1W

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallD41st

35%415 / 1,196

Striking accuracy

55%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.54 differential

Landed2.17

Absorbed2.71

56%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-10%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head75%43rd311
Body10%20th43
Leg15%40th61

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

53%Standing

Standing53%220
Clinch16%65
Ground31%130

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Sean Sherk

Landed per 15

Head

D

40th

25.0

40th

Body

F

12th

3.5

12th

Leg

D

37th

4.9

37th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

C

44th

34.2

44th

Body

B

67th

7.5

67th

Leg

A+

91st

2.1

91st

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	25.0	311	1,084	29%
Body	3.5	43	46	93%
Leg	4.9	61	66	92%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	34.2	426	1,062	40%
Body	7.5	93	115	81%
Leg	2.1	26	36	72%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Sean Sherk

44%

Takedown accuracy

57%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+5.2 min net

On top7.0

On bottom1.8

Offense

Takedowns

A+

91st

4.0

91st

TD accuracy

B

67th

44%

67th

Sub attempts

C

50th

0.3

50th

Control

A+

90th

7.0 min

90th

Defense

TD defense

C

44th

57%

44th

Controlled

1.8 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	50 / 113
Submission attempts	4
Control time	87:17

Defense

TDs defended	13 / 23
Control absorbed	22:16

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (187min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Sean Sherk

12 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 187 min

114%

R3 pace · 9 bouts

Sherk builds (+5% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Sherk lifts to 114% of round-1 output by round 3 (9 bouts).

Sherk ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Sherklanded / min

Takedown attempts

Sherkattempts / min

Control time

Sherk% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.9	2.0	2.8	0.62	49%	12
R2	5.0	2.0	3.6	0.51	38%	11
R3	6.6	3.3	3.4	0.53	42%	9
R4	5.8	1.7	1.3	0.67	54%	3
R5	7.0	1.1	0.9	1.00	73%	3

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Sean Sherk

12 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

48/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

76th

47%

76th

Win quality

A

81st

51%

81st

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

1

2

1

3

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Title-fight eliteTitle fight where opp had an elite UFC record at the time
Title-fight challengerBout was for a title (no other rank signal)
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	1	0-1	0%
Top-5	1	1-0	100%
Ranked 6–15	1	1-0	100%
Cross-div ranked	1	0-1	0%
Title-fight elite	2	1-1	50%
Title-fight challenger	2	1-1	50%
Contender-level	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	3	3-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
W	Evan Dunham	Ranked 6–15	49	Sep 25, 2010
L	Frankie Edgar	Cross-div ranked	36	May 23, 2009
W	Tyson Griffin	Contender-level	40	Oct 25, 2008
L	BJ Penn	Title-fight challenger	55	May 24, 2008
W	Hermes Franca	Title-fight challenger	50	Jul 7, 2007
W	Kenny Florian	Title-fight elite	60	Oct 14, 2006
W	Nick Diaz	Top-5	61	Apr 15, 2006
L	Georges St-Pierre	Champion	71	Nov 19, 2005
L	Matt Hughes	Title-fight elite	60	Apr 25, 2003
W	Benji Radach	Unproven	8	Sep 27, 2002
W	Jutaro Nakao	Unproven	8	Mar 22, 2002
W	Tiki Ghosn	Unproven	8	Feb 23, 2001

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

12 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

—

Typical camp

100–180 days

2-0

2 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

5-4

9 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

3-1

4 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

4-3

7 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

2-2

4 bouts

As champion

defending the belt

1-1

2 bouts

As challenger

fighting for the belt

1-1

2 bouts

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last bout

15y 10mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Sean Sherk

Extended layoff

15y 10mosince last bout

vs Evan Dunham · Sep 25, 2010

Fight-by-fight odds & scoring

DFSAs favorite 1-1As underdog 1-1

91.70

DK avg

98.50

Median

136.50

Ceiling

19.60

Floor

58%

Boom

25%

Bust

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