UFC 98: Sean Sherk wants Sanchez/Guida Winner If He Beats Frankie Edgar

Published on: 27th April, 2009

UFC 98: Sean Sherk wants Sanchez/Guida Winner If He Beats Frankie Edgar   | read this item

At UFC 98 former Lightweight champion Sean Sherk will have another opportunity to move one step closer to yet another title shot when he faces off against the young up and comer Frankie Edgar who is also in the hunt for title contention and if Sherk is to win, he says that he would like to face the winner of The Ultimate Fighter season 9 finale main event bout between Diego Sanchez and Clay Guida later on thinking that the winner of such a potential matchup will become the new number one contender to the Lightweight crown in the UFC.

In a new interview with InsideFights.com “The Muscle Shark” says that he is not sure as to when the Lightweight title will be defended once again assuming that BJ Penn defeats Kenny Florian at UFC 101,but expresses that a bout with the Sanchez/Guida winner will be a great matchup for him as well.

“Well, potentially. It’s always up to the UFC. I think that, obviously, it’s a big if. If I do beat Frankie the winner of the Guida and Sanchez fight could be a great matchup for me.”

“That or a potential title fight but again I don’t know when B.J. is going to plan on defending the belt after he fights Kenny. He doesn’t seem like, it’s not really a big concern …. on his things to do list. We’ll see what happens.” says Sherk.

However; Sherk still claims that his fight with Frankie Edgar at UFC 98 will be very explosive with lots of action, plus a potential fight of the year candidate at the same time.

“I think it’s going to be like I said before. Potentially one of the best fights of the year. You got two guys who are real fast, explosive, with great cardio. We both wanna prove that we’re one of the best lightweights in the world.”

“I think you have two guys who are gonna come after each other and try to establish their game plan and try to prove their confidence. I really don’t know what’s gonna happen until we grab onto one another.” said Sherk.

One thing is for sure the fight does have that kind of feel to be one of the best fights in 2009 stemming from Sherk’s last performance in a win over another young up and coming fighter like Tyson Griffin back at UFC 90 last October where it was awarded as “Fight of the Night” by the UFC, so this will definitely be a fight to watch come May 23 at UFC 98.

 Nelson Rodriguez AKA: Nelo2.0 is the Co - Owner of URDirt.com who is also an Editor and Author on the site. Read more from this author

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