Kenny Florian vs Sean Sherk

Kenny Florian is 14-6-0; Sean Sherk is 36-4-1. Sean Sherk is 3 years older than Kenny Florian. Kenny Florian has a 7" · 18 cm reach advantage over Sean Sherk. Kenny Florian is 4" · 10 cm taller than Sean Sherk. They have met once: Kenny Florian 0, Sean Sherk 1.

Kenny Florian

“KenFlo” · 14-6-0

UDUDUD

Met once

Sean Sherk

“The Muscle Shark” · 36-4-1

SDUDUD

Style & credentials

Kenny Florian

BJJMuay Thai

—Black belt · BJJRoberto Maia
2003Bronze · IBJJF PansBrown belt, middleweight
2002Champion · Copa AtlanticaBrown belt
—Champion · NagaSuperfight; Advanced Gi Open; Advanced Gi Middleweight

Camp · Florian Martial Arts Center · Brookline, Massachusetts, US

Sean Sherk

No background on record

Camp · Minnesota Martial Arts Academy

Sig. strikes by zone

Where each fighter lands, as a share of significant strikes

65%

Head

75%

22%

Body

10%

14%

Leg

15%

Time in position

Where their significant strikes are thrown

Kenny Florianlast 17 fights

48%18%34%

Sean Sherklast 12 fights

53%16%31%

■ Distance■ Clinch■ Ground

How good, really

Each stat against every UFC fighter, in plain words

Kenny Florian Sean Sherk

Strikes landed / min

2.412.17

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Kenny Florian · Poor · better than 19% of UFC fightersSean Sherk · Poor · better than 14% of UFC fighters

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

1.852.71

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Kenny Florian · Elite · better than 93% of UFC fightersSean Sherk · Good · better than 73% of UFC fighters

Takedowns landed / 15 min

2.224.09

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Kenny Florian · Good · better than 75% of UFC fightersSean Sherk · Elite · better than 95% of UFC fighters

Takedown accuracy

33%46%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Kenny Florian · Below avg · better than 36% of UFC fightersSean Sherk · Good · better than 70% of UFC fighters

Takedown defence

60%56%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Kenny Florian · Average · better than 42% of UFC fightersSean Sherk · Below avg · better than 36% of UFC fighters

Submission attempts / 15 min

1.300.40

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Kenny Florian · Elite · better than 88% of UFC fightersSean Sherk · Average · better than 47% of UFC fighters

Ranked against 1499 UFC fighters with five or more UFC fights.

Striking & grappling

Same scale left and right on every row

2.41

Strikes landed / min

2.17

1.85

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

2.71

2.22 / 6.7

Takedowns landed / 15 min

4.09 / 8.9

33%

Takedown accuracy

46%

60%

Takedown defence

56%

2:38

Control time / fight

7:16

1.30

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.40

Bars in a row share one scale. The stronger side is solid; the pale tail behind takedowns is attempts.

Where the strikes land

Range × target

Kenny Florian17 UFC fights · 454 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

26%120/597

9%43/77

12%56/79

Clinch

7%32/65

10%46/57

1%3/4

Ground

31%142/244

2%9/9

1%3/3

Sean Sherk12 UFC fights · 415 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

36%149/795

4%15/17

13%56/61

Clinch

10%42/111

4%18/19

1%5/5

Ground

29%120/178

2%10/10

0%0/0

Share of significant strikes landed by range and target · landed / attempted in each cell.

When it ends

Every early finish of their careers, placed at the minute it ended

Kenny Florian14 of 20 ended early · 70%6 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

Sean Sherk23 of 40 ended early · 57%17 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

15 early stoppages have no logged time

finished the opponent got finished· placed at the minute the fight ended

Recent form · last 5

Kenny Florian3-2

L
Jose Aldo
UFC 136: EDGAR vs. MAYNARD III · Oct 8, 2011
Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Featherweight
W
Diego Nunes
UFC 131: DOS SANTOS vs. CARWIN · Jun 11, 2011
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Featherweight
L
Gray Maynard
UFC 118: EDGAR vs PENN 2 · Aug 28, 2010
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Lightweight
W
Takanori Gomi
UFC Fight Night: Florian vs Gomi · Mar 31, 2010
Submission · R3 · 2:52 · Lightweight
W
Clay Guida
UFC 107: Penn vs Sanchez · Dec 11, 2009
Submission · R2 · 2:19 · Lightweight

Full record · 20 fights

L
BJ Penn
UFC 101: DECLARATION · Aug 8, 2009
Submission · R4 · 3:54 · Lightweight
W
Joe Stevenson
UFC 91: COUTURE vs LESNAR · Nov 15, 2008
Submission · R1 · 4:03 · Lightweight
W
Roger Huerta
UFC 87: SEEK AND DESTROY · Aug 9, 2008
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Lightweight
W
Joe Lauzon
UFC Fight Night: Florian vs Lauzon · Apr 2, 2008
TKO · R2 · 3:28 · Lightweight
W
Din Thomas
UFC Fight Night: Thomas vs Florian · Sep 19, 2007
Submission · R1 · 4:31 · Lightweight
W
Alvin Robinson
UFC 73: STACKED · Jul 7, 2007
TKO · R1 · 4:30 · Lightweight
W
Dokonjonosuke Mishima
UFC Fight Night: Stevenson vs Guillard · Apr 5, 2007
Submission · R3 · 3:57 · Lightweight
L
Sean Sherk
UFC 64: UNSTOPPABLE · Oct 14, 2006
Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Lightweight
W
Sam Stout
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Ortiz vs. Team Shamrock Finale · Jun 24, 2006
Submission · R1 · 1:46 · Lightweight
W
Kit Cope
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Franklin Finale · Nov 5, 2005
Submission · R2 · 0:37 · Welterweight
W
Alex Karalexis
UFC Fight Night 1 · Aug 6, 2005
TKO · R2 · 2:52 · Welterweight
L
Diego Sanchez
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Couture vs. Team Liddell Finale · Apr 9, 2005
TKO · R1 · 2:49 · Ultimate Fighter 1 Middleweight
L
Drew Fickett
Combat Zone 7 · Jul 10, 2004
Split Decision · Welterweight
W
Bobby McAndrews
Mass Destruction 15 · Feb 21, 2004
Submission · R1 · 1:57
W
Jason Giroux
Mass Destruction 10 · Jan 25, 2003
TKO · R1 · 0:07

Sean Sherk3-2

W
Evan Dunham
UFC 119: Mir vs Cro Cop · Sep 25, 2010
Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Lightweight
L
Frankie Edgar
UFC 98: EVANS vs MACHIDA · May 23, 2009
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Lightweight
W
Tyson Griffin
UFC 90: Silva vs Cote · Oct 24, 2008
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Lightweight
L
BJ Penn
UFC 84: ILL WILL · May 24, 2008
TKO · R3 · 5:00 · Lightweight
W
Hermes Franca
UFC 73: STACKED · Jul 7, 2007
Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Lightweight

Full record · 40 fights

W
Kenny Florian
UFC 64: UNSTOPPABLE · Oct 14, 2006
Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Lightweight
W
Nick Diaz
UFC 59: Reality Check · Apr 15, 2006
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
L
Georges St-Pierre
UFC 56: Full Force · Nov 19, 2005
TKO · R2 · 2:53 · Welterweight
W
Joel Blanton
Georgia Regional · Sep 17, 2005
Submission
W
Lee King
Extreme Challenge · Nov 12, 2004
Submission
W
Brodie Farber
SportFight 6 · Sep 23, 2004
Submission · R1 · 0:55 · Welterweight
W
Darin Brudigan
Cage Fighting Xtreme · Sep 4, 2004
Submission
W
Gerald Strebendt
Extreme Challenge · Jun 11, 2004
TKO
W
Eric Heinz
Idaho Regional · Jun 3, 2004
Submission
W
Jake Short
International Cage Combat 4 · Apr 30, 2004
Submission · R1 · 1:37 · Welterweight
W
Kaleo Padilla
So You Think You're Tough 4 · Apr 17, 2004
Submission · R2 · 1:17 · Welterweight
W
Ryuki Ueyama
PRIDE: Bushido 2 · Feb 15, 2004
Unanimous Decision · R2 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Charles Diaz
Mexico Regional · Dec 28, 2003
Submission
W
Mark Long
Minnesota Regional · Dec 12, 2003
Submission
W
TBA
Minnesota Regional · Aug 2, 2003
TKO
L
Matt Hughes
UFC 42: Sudden Impact · Apr 25, 2003
Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
TBA
Minnesota Regional · Dec 7, 2002
Submission
W
Benji Radach
UFC 39: The Warriors Return · Sep 27, 2002
TKO · R1 · 4:16 · Welterweight
W
Jutaro Nakao
UFC 36: Worlds Collide · Mar 22, 2002
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Claudionor Fontenelle
TKO Major League MMA · Oct 19, 2001
Submission
D
Kiuma Kunioku
Pancrase 98 · Jul 30, 2001
DEC · Middleweight
W
Curtis Brigham
Minnesota Regional · Jul 15, 2001
TKO
W
Jason Purcell
Minnesota Regional · Jun 2, 2001
TKO
W
Marty Armendarez
KOTC: Bombs Away · Apr 29, 2001
TKO · R3 · 2:07 · Lightweight
W
Manvel Gamburyan
Illinois Regional · Mar 30, 2001
DEC
W
Tiki Ghosn
UFC 30: The Battle On The Boardwalk · Feb 23, 2001
Submission · R2 · 4:47 · Welterweight
W
Karo Parisyan
Illinois Regional · Jan 5, 2001
TKO
W
Ken Parham
Illinois Regional · Nov 3, 2000
DEC
W
Karo Parisyan
Illinois Regional · Oct 6, 2000
DEC
W
Steve Gomm
Extreme Challenge · Oct 9, 1999
DEC
W
Scott Bills
Extreme Challenge · Oct 9, 1999
DEC
W
TBA
Extreme Challenge · Oct 4, 1999
TKO
W
TBA
Minnesota Regional · Aug 13, 1999
Submission
W
Dean Kugler
Iowa Regional · Jul 11, 1999
DEC
W
Joe Paun
Iowa Regional · Jul 11, 1999
DEC

Head-to-Head History

UFC 64: UNSTOPPABLE
Sat, Oct 14, 2006
Sean Sherk
Unanimous Decision · ROUND 5 · 5:00

Common Opponents

How each fared against the same opponents.

Kenny FlorianSean Sherk

LSubmission · ROUND 4 · 3:54Sat, Aug 8, 2009
BJ Penn
LTKO · ROUND 3 · 5:00Sat, May 24, 2008

Frequently asked questions

Have Kenny Florian and Sean Sherk ever fought?

Yes, once. Most recently at UFC 64: UNSTOPPABLE (Sat, Oct 14, 2006), where Sean Sherk won by Unanimous Decision.

What are the records of Kenny Florian and Sean Sherk?

Kenny Florian is 14-6-0 and Sean Sherk is 36-4-1.

Who has the longer reach, Kenny Florian or Sean Sherk?

Kenny Florian has the longer reach: 74" · 188 cm against 67" · 170 cm for Sean Sherk, a 7" · 18 cm advantage.

Who is taller, Kenny Florian or Sean Sherk?

Kenny Florian is taller at 5'10" · 178 cm; Sean Sherk stands 5'6" · 168 cm.

Who is older, Kenny Florian or Sean Sherk?

Sean Sherk is 53 and Kenny Florian is 50.

Who has more finishes, Kenny Florian or Sean Sherk?

Kenny Florian has 12 wins inside the distance (4 by KO/TKO, 8 by submission); Sean Sherk has 21 wins (8 by KO/TKO, 13 by submission).