Josh Neer Replaces Injured Sean Sherk, Fights Gleison Tibau at UFC 104
Josh Neer will replace an injured Sean Sherk and take on Gleison Tibau in a lightweight matchup at UFC 104 on October 24 in Los Angeles.
According to Sherdog, which reported the replacement on Wednesday, the former lightweight champ Sherk recently suffered a shoulder injury while training that will sideline him for approximately four weeks.
Neer (25-8-1) has alternated wins and losses since returning to the Octagon last year, picking up wins over Din Thomas and Mac Danzig while dropping a split decision to Nate Diaz last September as well as a hard-fought unanimous decision to Kurt Pellegrino early last month at UFC 101.
Tibau (17-6), 5-4 since joining the UFC in late-2006, holds wins inside the Octagon over Jason Dent, Jeff Cox, Terry Etim, Rich Clementi, and Jeremy Stephens while losing bouts to Nick Diaz, Tyson Griffin, Joe Stevenson, and Melvin Guillard. He had won back-to-back fights over Clementi and Stephens, before losing to Guillard in his most-recent bout in June.
Late last month, the matchup between Sherk and Tibau was shifted from the UFC 103 prelims to the UFC 104 main card, but Neer-Tibau is likely to be demoted to the undercard and replaced by Ryan Bader vs. Eric Schafer or Yushin Okami vs. Chael Sonnen on the pay-per-view broadcast.
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Tags: Gleison Tibau, Josh Neer, Sean Sherk
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I’m guessing that Okami-Sonnen get the bump up to the main card here, as both of them are higher in their respective pecking orders than Bader and Schafer?
And more to the point, with Shogun facing the Dragon, will anyone care or notice?
I’m hoping that it is the Okami bout, as I feel the general public should have a glimpse on someone who has been deeply sidelined. (IMO Bisping should fight Okami at 105, but that’s a different story).
This is an interesting fight as both fighters can be dominant, but have shown inconsistency, we’ll see what happens.
Glad to see Neer back in the cage. I dont know if he has ever had a boring fight before.
Coincidence that sherk falls off the card in the same state he got popped with a positive test…I’m not saying, I’m just saying…the end
Why would he take the fight to begin with, if he was gunna drop out?
CHEERS to fighters stepping up!
At least now the fight will probably have a finish
seriously. i like seeing guys like neer fight cause they come to fight. sherk tibau was set up to be a boring 15 min grappling match no one wants to see.
I heard that he had a drug test scheduled and missed it… Dana had to call the CSAC and tell them he wasnt on the card anymore due to an “injury”
Yeah, that was a bit strange. Sherk should have still taken the test to avoid speculation on the reason he pulled out.