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B.J. Penn vs Sean Sherk

A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.

B.J. Penn and Sean Sherk met once (2008). B.J. Penn won in 2008 by ko.

Side by side

B.J. PennSean Sherk
Reach67″ (170.2 cm)
69″ (175.3 cm)Height66″ (167.6 cm)
Reach advantage+1.55%
16–14Record36–4
81%Finish rate58%
5Longest unbeaten run22
31Recorded bouts41
StanceOrthodox

A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.

Common opponents

Both fought these 5. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.

OpponentB.J. PennSean Sherk
Frankie Edgar L L
Kenny Florian W W
Nick Diaz L W
Georges St-Pierre L L
Matt Hughes W L

Careers side by side

B.J. Penn

2010 win vs Caol Uno (2001)win vs Din Thomas (2001)win vs Joey Gilbert (2001)win vs Matt Serra (2002)win vs Paul Creighton (2002)loss vs Jens Pulver (2002)win vs Takanori Gomi (2003)draw vs Caol Uno (2003)win vs Rodrigo Gracie (2004)win vs Duane Ludwig (2004)win vs Matt Hughes (2004)win vs Renzo Gracie (2005)loss vs Lyoto Machida (2005)loss vs Matt Hughes (2006)loss vs Georges St-Pierre (2006)win vs Jens Pulver (2007)win vs Sean Sherk (2008)win vs Joe Stevenson (2008)win vs Diego Sanchez (2009)win vs Kenny Florian (2009)loss vs Georges St-Pierre (2009)win vs Matt Hughes (2010)loss vs Frankie Edgar (2010)loss vs Nick Diaz (2011)draw vs Jon Fitch (2011)loss vs Rory MacDonald (2012)loss vs Frankie Edgar (2014)loss vs Dennis Siver (2017)loss vs Yair Rodríguez (2017)loss vs Ryan Hall (2018)loss vs Clay Guida (2019)
winlossdraw / NC2001–2019

Sean Sherk

2000 2010 win vs Steve Gomm (1999)win vs Scott Bills (1999)win vs Kurtis Jensen (1999)win vs Johnnie Holland (1999)win vs Joe Paun (1999)win vs Dean Kugler (1999)win vs Roscoe Ostyn (1999)win vs Ken Parham (2000)win vs Karo Parisyan (2000)win vs Claudionor Fontinelle (2001)draw vs Kiuma Kunioku (2001)win vs Curtis Brigham (2001)win vs Jason Purcell (2001)win vs Marty Armendarez (2001)win vs Manny Gamburyan (2001)win vs Tiki Ghosn (2001)win vs Karo Parisyan (2001)win vs John Alexander (2002)win vs Benji Radach (2002)win vs Jutaro Nakao (2002)win vs Charles Diaz (2003)win vs Mark Long (2003)win vs John Alexander (2003)loss vs Matt Hughes (2003)win vs Lee King (2004)win vs Brodie Farber (2004)win vs Darin Brudigan (2004)win vs Gerald Strebendt (2004)win vs Eric Heinz (2004)win vs Jake Short (2004)win vs Kaleo Padilla (2004)win vs Ryuki Ueyama (2004)loss vs Georges St-Pierre (2005)win vs Joel Blanton (2005)win vs Kenny Florian (2006)win vs Nick Diaz (2006)win vs Hermes França (2007)win vs Tyson Griffin (2008)loss vs B.J. Penn (2008)loss vs Frankie Edgar (2009)win vs Evan Dunham (2010)
winlossdraw / NC1999–2010

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