Longest event in the history of the sport......
Seriously he could have laid on most guys for HOURS without being able to finish them......
Sherk winner via submision (boredom) 2:35:07
Headbutts were allowed back then. Sherk would have been knocking people out.
Punches and elbows are allowed now, he didn't throw them, so chances are he wouldn't have used the headbuts....
If YOU want Sean Sherk to stop holding Hermes down and pounding on him, YOU make the cut to 155 and challenge for the title.
To all those who boo, YOU try holding Hermes down and not getting swept or triangle choked or caught in an arm bar. If YOU think you could have finished Hermes (who has only been stopped once in his career) then by all means, YOU give it a shot. But until that day, give the booing a rest.
I wanted Sherk to START pounding on him. Instead he lay there and did nothing, there were periods of up to a minute without a serious strike being thrown by Sherk.
Never once did he even attept to posture up and throw big shots, instead it was a clamp down and wait for the time to run down...
Sherk put on a clinic.
That was an amazing fight.
Sherk certainly dominated, but even his corner wanted him to open up. He was content to grind Hermes out and while it was very very very impressive it was also somewhat boring.