Sean Sherk (36-4-1, 21) was born in St. Francis, Minnesota, U.S. on August 5, 1973. At the age of 25 years on June 19, 1999, he made his professional MMA debut against Roscoe Ostyn, winning the fight via 3-round unanimous decision.
On February 23, 2001, 27-year old Sean Sherk made his UFC debut on his 11th professional MMA fight at UFC 30 against a 24-year old Tiki Ghosn, winning the fight in the 2nd round via TKO.
On his 21st career fight at 29 years old, Sean Sherk got a shot at the UFC Championship welterweight titles against Matt Hughes on April 25, 2003 but lost the fight via 5-round unanimous decision.
He became the UFC lightweight champion on October 14, 2006 at age 33 on his 36th professional MMA fight at UFC 64 after defeating a 30-year old Kenny Florian via 5-round unanimous decision.
Sherk's last fight was a 3-round split decision win against Evan Dunham at UFC 119 at age 37 on September 25, 2010. He retired with a 1-fight winning streak.
He has fought 12 times in the UFC, and has a record of 8 wins and 4 losses in the promotion.
Some of Sean Sherk's best fights have been against Kenny Florian, Hermes França, Tiki Ghosn, Gerald Strebendt, Benji Radach, Tyson Griffin and Jutaro Nakao.
Sherk has 4 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
41  | Sep 25, 2010 37 years, 1 months 36-4-1 (21) | 28 years, 9 months 11-0 (8) | UFC | LT | 3 | SD | WIN |
40  | May 23, 2009 35 years, 9 months 35-4-1 (21) | 27 years, 7 months 10-1 (4) | UFC | LT | 3 | UD | LOSS |
39  | Oct 25, 2008 35 years, 2 months 35-3-1 (21) | 24 years, 6 months 12-1 (8) | UFC | LT | 3 | UD | WIN |
38  | May 24, 2008 34 years, 9 months 34-3-1 (21) | 29 years, 5 months 12-4-1 (9) | UFC | LT | 3 | TKO | LOSS Knee and punches For UFC lightweight title |
37  | Jul 7, 2007 33 years, 11 months 34-2-1 (21) | 32 years, 10 months 18-5 (17) | UFC | LT | 5 | UD | WIN Defended UFC lightweight title |
36  | Oct 14, 2006 33 years, 2 months 33-2-1 (21) | 30 years, 4 months 5-2 (5) | UFC | LT | 5 | UD | WIN Won UFC lightweight title Vacant |
35  | Apr 15, 2006 32 years, 8 months 32-2-1 (21) | 22 years, 8 months 11-5 (10) | UFC | WL | 3 | UD | WIN |
34  | Nov 19, 2005 32 years, 3 months 31-2-1 (21) | 24 years, 6 months 10-1 (8) | UFC | WL | 2 | TKO | LOSS Punches and elbows |
33 | Sep 17, 2005 32 years, 1 months 31-1-1 (21) | Joel Blanton | Pride | WL | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke |
32 | Nov 12, 2004 31 years, 3 months 30-1-1 (20) | Lee King | WL | 1 | SUB | WIN Arm-triangle choke | |
31  | Sep 23, 2004 31 years, 1 months 29-1-1 (19) | 24 years, 2 months 5-1 (3) | WL | 1 | SUB | WIN Guillotine choke | |
30 | Sep 4, 2004 31 years 28-1-1 (18) | Darin Brudigan | WL | 1 | SUB | WIN Arm-triangle choke | |
29  | Jun 11, 2004 30 years, 10 months 27-1-1 (17) | 25 years, 3 months 8-4 (8) | WL | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
28 | Jun 3, 2004 30 years, 9 months 26-1-1 (16) | Eric Heinz | Pride | WL | 1 | SUB | WIN Neck crank |
27 | Apr 30, 2004 30 years, 8 months 25-1-1 (15) | Jake Short | WL | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
26 | Apr 17, 2004 30 years, 8 months 24-1-1 (14) | Kaleo Padilla | WL | 2 | SUB | WIN Neck crank | |
25  | Feb 15, 2004 30 years, 6 months 23-1-1 (13) | 27 years, 9 months 9-6-4 (7) | Pride | WL | 2 | UD | WIN |
24 | Dec 28, 2003 30 years, 4 months 22-1-1 (13) | Charles Diaz | WL | 2 | SUB | WIN Keylock | |
23 | Dec 12, 2003 30 years, 4 months 21-1-1 (12) | Mark Long | WL | 1 | TKO | WIN Submission to punches | |
22 | Aug 2, 2003 29 years, 11 months 20-1-1 (11) | John Alexander | WL | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
21  | Apr 25, 2003 29 years, 8 months 19-1-1 (10) | 29 years, 6 months 33-3 (27) | UFC | WL | 5 | UD | LOSS For UFC welterweight title |
20 | Dec 7, 2002 29 years, 4 months 19-0-1 (10) | John Alexander | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | ||
19 | Sep 27, 2002 29 years, 1 months 18-0-1 (9) | Benji Radach | UFC | 1 | TKO | WIN Doctor stoppage | |
18  | Mar 22, 2002 28 years, 7 months 17-0-1 (8) | 31 years, 3 months 12-7-2 (10) | UFC | 3 | UD | WIN | |
17 | Oct 19, 2001 28 years, 2 months 16-0-1 (8) | Claudionor Fontinelle | 2 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | ||
16  | Jul 29, 2001 27 years, 11 months 15-0-1 (7) | 24 years, 8 months 21-14-6 (9) | Pancrase | 3 | UD | DRAW | |
15 | Jul 15, 2001 27 years, 11 months 15-0 (7) | Curtis Brigham | 3 | TKO | WIN Corner stoppage | ||
14 | Jun 2, 2001 27 years, 9 months 14-0 (6) | Jason Purcell | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | ||
13 | Apr 29, 2001 27 years, 8 months 13-0 (5) | Marty Armendarez | KOTC | 3 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
12  | Mar 30, 2001 27 years, 7 months 12-0 (4) | 19 years, 10 months 4-0 (3) | 1 | UD | WIN | ||
11  | Feb 23, 2001 27 years, 6 months 11-0 (4) | 24 years 3-2 (1) | UFC | 2 | TKO | WIN Shoulder injury | |
10  | Jan 5, 2001 27 years, 5 months 10-0 (3) | 18 years, 4 months 6-1 (6) | 1 | TKO | WIN Corner stoppage | ||
9 | Nov 3, 2000 27 years, 2 months 9-0 (2) | Ken Parham | 2 | UD | WIN | ||
8 | Oct 10, 2000 27 years, 2 months 8-0 (2) | 18 years, 1 months 6-0 (6) | 1 | UD | WIN | ||
7 | Oct 9, 1999 26 years, 2 months 7-0 (2) | Steve Gomm | 1 | SD | WIN | ||
6 | Oct 9, 1999 26 years, 2 months 6-0 (2) | Scott Bills | 1 | UD | WIN | ||
5 | Oct 4, 1999 26 years, 1 months 5-0 (2) | Kurtis Jensen | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | ||
4 | Aug 13, 1999 26 years 4-0 (1) | Johnnie Holland | 2 | SUB | WIN Keylock | ||
3 | Jul 11, 1999 25 years, 11 months 3-0 (0) | Joe Paun | 1 | UD | WIN | ||
2 | Jul 11, 1999 25 years, 11 months 2-0 (0) | Dean Kugler | 1 | UD | WIN | ||
1 | Jun 19, 1999 25 years, 10 months 1-0 (0) | Roscoe Ostyn | 3 | UD | WIN |
