Sean Sherk

Background
Sherk was born on August 5, 1973, in St. Francis, Minnesota. Sherk began wrestling at age seven. He continued to wrestle for eleven years, and in that time he wrestled over 400 matches. After finding Greg Nelson's Minnesota Martial Arts Academy in 1994, Sherk began to practice boxing, shoot wrestling, and Muay Thai. In 1999, Sherk defeated Roscoe Ostyn by decision in his first MMA fight

UFC career
Sherk lost to Gray Maynard for the Lightweight match up at UFC 6, Sherk got a win against Sam Stout by Unanimous decision at UFC 10, Sherk beat Ross Pearson at UFC 16 by Unanimous decision, Sherk won his next fight at Fight Night 6 against Joe Stevenson by TKO, Sherk beat Evan Dunham by Unanimous decision at UFC on Non Stop Sport 2, Sherk won the lightweight title at UFC on Non Stop Sport 4 beating Melvin Guillard by Unanimous decision, Sherk lost to Gray Maynard by KO to lost the Lightweight title at UFC 43 main event, Sherk lost to Takanori Gomi in the co main event of Fight night 17.

MMA record

 * style="background: #ffcccc; text-align: center;"| Loss
 * align=center| 5 - 3 - 0
 * Takanori Gomi
 * TKO (Punch)
 * UFN 17
 * August 28, 2013
 * align=center| 3rd
 * align=center| 3.40
 * Palms resort and casino, Paradise, Nevada, USA
 * style="background: #ffcccc; text-align: center;"| Loss
 * align=center| 5 - 2 - 0
 * Gray Maynard
 * KO (Punch)
 * UFC 43
 * July 21, 2013
 * align=center| 5th
 * align=center| 3.52
 * Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada.
 * Lightweight title
 * style="background: #ccffcc; text-align: center;"| Win
 * align=center| 5 - 1 - 0
 * Melvin Guillard
 * Unanimous decision
 * UFC on NSS 4
 * June 5, 2013
 * align=center| 5th
 * align=center| 5.00
 * Bell Centre, Quebec, Canada
 * Lightweight title fight
 * style="background: #ccffcc; text-align: center;"| Win
 * align=center| 4 - 1 - 0
 * Evan Dunham
 * Unanimous decision
 * UFC on NSS 2
 * 28 April 2013
 * align=center| 3rd
 * align=center| 5.00
 * O2 Arena, London, England
 * style="background: #ccffcc; text-align: center;"| Win
 * align=center| 3 - 1 - 0
 * Joe Stevenson
 * TKO (Punch)
 * UFN 6
 * March 8, 2013
 * align=center| 3rd
 * align=center| 4.08
 * Red Rock Casino resort & Spa, Paradise, Nevada, USA
 * style="background: #ccffcc; text-align: center;"| Win
 * align=center| 2 - 1 - 0
 * Ross Pearson
 * Unanimous decision
 * UFC 16
 * January 13, 2013
 * align=center| 3rd
 * align=center| 5.00
 * Mandalay Bay, Paradise, Nevada, USA
 * style="background: #ccffcc; text-align: center;"| Win
 * align=center| 1 - 1 - 0
 * Sam Stout
 * Unanimous decision
 * UFC 11
 * December 16, 2012
 * align=center| 3rd
 * align=center| 5.00
 * O2 Arena, London, England
 * style="background: #ffcccc; text-align: center;"| Loss
 * align=center| 0 - 1 - 0
 * Gray Maynard
 * KO (Punches)
 * UFC 6
 * November 25, 2012
 * align=center| 3rd
 * align=center| 2.11
 * O2, London, England.
 * }
 * style="background: #ffcccc; text-align: center;"| Loss
 * align=center| 0 - 1 - 0
 * Gray Maynard
 * KO (Punches)
 * UFC 6
 * November 25, 2012
 * align=center| 3rd
 * align=center| 2.11
 * O2, London, England.
 * }
 * O2, London, England.
 * }
 * }

