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Pablo Popovitch Gives UFC Champion BJ Penn a Helping Hand

  • 11-04-2008 04:37PM
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 213 ✭✭


    Pablo Popovitch Gives UFC Champion BJ Penn a Helping Hand!!! :eek:



    UFC Lightweight Champion BJ Penn has asked Pablo Popovitch to visit Hawaii and help him train for his upcoming fight with Sean Sherk. Pablo brings great help to BJ’s training not only because of World Class jiu-jitsu, but because his incredible strength and aggressiveness will replicate Sean Sherk well. Pablo is excited and will leave his Academy in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida for two weeks.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,923 ✭✭✭Nothingcompares


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB1RbszpCQI

    Pablo is a monster and will be a great training partner for BJ! Sherk is in a lot of trouble.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,639 ✭✭✭john kavanagh


    SBGs own Gunnar Nelson lends a hand too :D gunni was only there a week before being invited to be part of BJ's personal training group preparing for his fight. gunni's being there a few weeks now training with him, faber, pablo, kimbo(!), gray and a bunch of other mma stars i cant remember now haha

    gunni will be guest instructor at sbg for few weeks in june and july

    gunniandbj.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,857 ✭✭✭Valmont


    I haven't been this hyped up for a fight since Randy v Liddell 3, I hope Sherk kills him. The worst part is I have no way of seeing the fight!:eek:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 763 ✭✭✭goo


    You hope Sherk...kills him?!

    Faber's been there ages now, that fight with Jens should be great. I had no idea Kimbo was out there too...that fight with James Thompson probably won't be.
    Come on, BJ.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,424 ✭✭✭fatal


    The only way Sherk's going to win is if he starts juicing again


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,639 ✭✭✭john kavanagh


    i cant understand how anybody would like to see a steroid abusing, muscle head beat a graceful technician? .....bar a bush-voting, nascar racing fan?? :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,759 ✭✭✭✭dlofnep


    Bit harsh JK. Sherk is a hard-worker, with a great wrestling background. I don't believe for one moment that he knowingly took roids, especially considering the fact there is a mandatory testing for title matches. I think it's bad luck.

    I think it's a great matchup. for BJ, it's a time to finally cement his champion status at 155. For Sherk, it's time to put the bad times behind him, and all those years he was kept out of the bigger leagues and to try establish himself as the true champ.

    Great matchup. BJ is skillful but prone to gassing - but I love to watch him fight - His TD defense is awesome and his ground game is very offensive and progressive.. Sherk will never gas however. That may be BJ's achilles heal and if BJ can't finish him within the first 3 rounds, Sherk may be able to score a decision. Anything can happen in MMA.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 419 ✭✭eoghan.geraghty


    Sean Sherk IS Michael J Fox on steroids!
    I just want Bj to rap on Sherks head saying "Mc Fly! Anybody home McFly?" right before the rear naked choke kicks in, say halfway through round 2.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,479 ✭✭✭t-ha


    dlofnep wrote: »
    Bit harsh JK. Sherk is a hard-worker, with a great wrestling background. I don't believe for one moment that he knowingly took roids, especially considering the fact there is a mandatory testing for title matches. I think it's bad luck.
    Doubt it myself. I saw his backstage training bit (or whatever it's called, the thing with Rachelle Leigh) and he seemed to know an awful lot about nutrition/supplements etc. Obviously that's not a crime in itself, but he struck me as someone who spent alot of time reading about training and how to enhance it & the fact that he registered only a little over the permissable level for that steroid would just indicate to me that he knew what he was doing and thought he'ld have the steroids cleared completely by the time he was tested. Also there's the whole thing of him carrying a tonne of muscle while being completely shredded and training unbelievably intently for incredible amounts of time. Again, that's no crime but put it all together and I think you've got a gear-bag on your hands. I hope BJ knocks him stupid.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,594 ✭✭✭Fozzy


    It's not so much the fact that he was caught with steroids in him that annoys me about Sherk, it's his attitude and behaviour afterwards. He's given out about the CSAC many times now, accusing them of not being able to do their job right, and the CSAC has done certain things to prove that Sherk is full of crap, like testing some recent urine samples a number of times in different labs. Sherk's excuses weren't valid, that's the reality, yet he still won't drop it


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 763 ✭✭✭goo


    At least he's saying he takes responsibility for everything he takes in to his body now.
    And sure he's getting tested in a couple of weeks. I know **** all about steroids, but that takes them out of the picture right?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,799 ✭✭✭Clive


    goo wrote: »
    And sure he's getting tested in a couple of weeks. I know **** all about steroids, but that takes them out of the picture right?

    Nope, not even slightly!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,424 ✭✭✭fatal


    Another thing that annoys me about this whole Sherk steroid situation is that Dana white himself said on several occasions that he doesn't believe that Sherk was on gear,even though every test conducted with Sherk's samples showed traces of Nandrolone


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 763 ✭✭✭goo


    Clive wrote: »
    Nope, not even slightly!
    Oh. Hahaha.


  • Posts: 14,379 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Valmont wrote: »
    I haven't been this hyped up for a fight since Randy v Liddell 3, I hope Sherk kills him. The worst part is I have no way of seeing the fight!:eek:

    Really? Wow.


    I dont think Ive wanted someone to win more than I want BJ to win in my entire life! Roid free baby!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,099 ✭✭✭RealJohn


    dlofnep wrote: »
    I don't believe for one moment that he knowingly took roids, especially considering the fact there is a mandatory testing for title matches. I think it's bad luck.
    No offence but are you serious? All you have to do is look at Sherk to know he's on more than protein shakes. The positive test just confirmed what we all knew. The only surprise was that he was careless enough to get caught.

    I'd love to see BJ hammer him into retirement (and I'm not a big fan of BJ's).

    (note: the apostrophe is important in the last sentence)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,759 ✭✭✭✭dlofnep


    RealJohn wrote: »
    No offence but are you serious? All you have to do is look at Sherk to know he's on more than protein shakes. The positive test just confirmed what we all knew. The only surprise was that he was careless enough to get caught.

    I'd love to see BJ hammer him into retirement (and I'm not a big fan of BJ's).

    (note: the apostrophe is important in the last sentence)

    There are 1000's of "natural" bodybuilders with better physique than Sherks. So no, that doesn't wash with me at all. Seán was taking an awful amount of supplements, it's not so far fetched that he wasn't 100% sure about every single substance in them and went on good faith as they were legal.

    I believe he didn't take anything knowingly and his upcoming fight will prove it if he is in the same shape. He is being tested concurrently, to catch cycling.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 763 ✭✭✭goo


    When someone tries to use the "I know you're doing steroids, look at your belly" argument I always feel really smart.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,594 ✭✭✭Fozzy


    dlofnep wrote: »
    There are 1000's of "natural" bodybuilders with better physique than Sherks. So no, that doesn't wash with me at all. Seán was taking an awful amount of supplements, it's not so far fetched that he wasn't 100% sure about every single substance in them and went on good faith as they were legal.

    The onus is on the fighter though, not the supplement companies. There's also the fact that one of Sherk's excuses was that they found one of his supplements actually was tainted, and he tried to use that as evidence for his case. But the supplement was tainted with something that wouldn't have caused what he was caught for. There's no evidence of his supplements being the reason that he tested positive for nandrolone
    dlofnep wrote: »
    I believe he didn't take anything knowingly and his upcoming fight will prove it if he is in the same shape. He is being tested concurrently, to catch cycling.

    I hadn't heard this before, he's paying for the testing himself?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,857 ✭✭✭Valmont


    I think I'm alone in supporting Sherk but BJ really annoys me. Everyone harps on about his amazing natural grappling ability yet is it too much to ask that he actually trains for a fight? It's annoying because when he loses (vs Hughes) everyone says 'oh he could have won easily if he trained'.

    And Sherk is a fantastic grappler in his own right, roids or not, he has talent, just look how he controlled Florian and Franca and they're both black belts. I just enjoy watching him grapple.

    But mainly he's really short and I feel sorry him so war Sherk!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,803 ✭✭✭dunkamania


    BJ has showed alot more dedication to fighting in recent fights, hopefully it will last


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,759 ✭✭✭✭dlofnep


    Fozzy wrote: »


    I hadn't heard this before, he's paying for the testing himself?

    No, the athletic commission is and when Sherk weighs in in peak shape and looks exactly like he has before, people will have no choice but to accept that Sherk gets where he is through hard work.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 763 ✭✭✭goo


    The commission taking one extra sample a month out from the fight is not the same as testing concurrently, that's all.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,856 ✭✭✭Mark Hamill


    dlofnep wrote: »
    No, the athletic commission is and when Sherk weighs in in peak shape and looks exactly like he has before, people will have no choice but to accept that Sherk gets where he is through hard work.

    I don't know much about steroids, so I well could be wrong, but would he not still have a similar physique to what he had a year ago if he stopped taking the steroids but kept up the same level of training, he'd hardly lose it all since July (assuming he stopped taking them when he was first caught).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,594 ✭✭✭Fozzy


    dlofnep wrote: »
    No, the athletic commission is and when Sherk weighs in in peak shape and looks exactly like he has before, people will have no choice but to accept that Sherk gets where he is through hard work.

    I only read about this now. While it still won't prove anything for certain if he passes it, it is a step in the right direction
    I don't know much about steroids, so I well could be wrong, but would he not still have a similar physique to what he had a year ago if he stopped taking the steroids but kept up the same level of training, he'd hardly lose it all since July (assuming he stopped taking them when he was first caught).

    It'd be unlikely. If you take WWE for example, last year they got more strict with their steroid policy and within a month you could notice certain guys looking smaller. While Sherk wouldn't be using steroids to mainly get bigger, the effects would still wear off in a lot less time than a year


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,759 ✭✭✭✭dlofnep


    I don't know much about steroids, so I well could be wrong, but would he not still have a similar physique to what he had a year ago if he stopped taking the steroids but kept up the same level of training, he'd hardly lose it all since July (assuming he stopped taking them when he was first caught).

    Basically Mark, if he's totally clean and still maintains his explosiveness and physique, I'd estimate that it's a result of hard work.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,856 ✭✭✭Mark Hamill


    dlofnep wrote: »
    Basically Mark, if he's totally clean and still maintains his explosiveness and physique, I'd estimate that it's a result of hard work.
    Thats true, but the thing is if he can be totally clean and still maintain his explosiveness and physique then what would have been the point of taking the steroids?
    I always thought Sherk was an awesome wrestler and trained like nuts to be the way he is, and that didn't stop when I heard he took steroids, I (like a lot of people, I think) was just let down and disappointed when we heard that he cheated.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 757 ✭✭✭FiannaGym.com


    This is complex.

    On the one hand, if Sherk shows up like he did before then fair play to him.

    On the other, he did roids. Knowingly or unknowingly.

    I really hope BJ crushes him, mostly because regardless of the rights and wrongs of it it'll be a win for clean fighters.

    Peace


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,759 ✭✭✭✭dlofnep


    Sherk is one of the hardest workers in the game and worked his arse off, nearly to the point of quitting MMA altogether before he got back into the UFC. I wouldn't hold the past against him. He could of done worse. I like BJ, I like Sherk. May the best man win.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,497 ✭✭✭✭Dragan


    i cant understand how anybody would like to see a steroid abusing, muscle head beat a graceful technician? .....bar a bush-voting, nascar racing fan?? :D

    Or you could say you can't understand how anyone would like to see a steroid abusing muscle head beat a policeman assaulting technician?

    Just think it's a bit low to mention the failings of the one but not the other is all.


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