UFC 84

UFC 84: Ill Will
The poster for UFC 84: Ill Will
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	May 24, 2008
Venue	MGM Grand Garden Arena
City	Paradise, Nevada
Attendance	14,773 (13,448 paid) [1]
Total gate	$3,732,000 [1]
Buyrate	475,000
Event chronology
UFC 83: Serra vs St-Pierre 2 UFC 84: Ill Will UFC 85: Bedlam

UFC 84: Ill Will was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on May 24, 2008, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in the Las Vegas suburb of Paradise, Nevada. ^[2]

Background

The card featured the return of Sean Sherk, who was suspended and stripped of his UFC Lightweight Championship after he tested positive for steroids at UFC 73 . ^[3]

This event also marked the last appearance of Tito Ortiz in the UFC for well over a year, as he was at the end of his contract and due to his feud with Dana White was not expected to re-sign at the time.

This event also marked the UFC debut of future UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion Shane Carwin.

This event was awarded Sherdog's 2008 Event of the Year. ^[4]

Results

Main card (PPV)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	B.J. Penn (c)	def.	Sean Sherk	TKO (flying knee and punches)	3	5:00	[a]
Light Heavyweight	Wanderlei Silva	def.	Keith Jardine	KO (punches)	1	0:36
Light Heavyweight	Goran Reljic	def.	Wilson Gouveia	TKO (punches)	2	3:15
Light Heavyweight	Lyoto Machida	def.	Tito Ortiz	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Light Heavyweight	Thiago Silva	def.	Antonio Mendes	TKO (punches)	1	2:24
Preliminary card
Middleweight	Rousimar Palhares	def.	Ivan Salaverry	Submission (armbar)	1	2:36
Light Heavyweight	Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou	def.	Kazuhiro Nakamura	TKO (leg injury)	1	5:00
Lightweight	Rich Clementi	def.	Terry Etim	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Yoshiyuki Yoshida	def.	Jon Koppenhaver	Technical Submission (anaconda choke)	1	0:56
Welterweight	Kim Dong-hyun	def.	Jason Tan	TKO (elbows)	3	0:25
Heavyweight	Shane Carwin	def.	Christian Wellisch	TKO (punch)	1	0:44

1. For the UFC Lightweight Championship.

Bonus awards

The following fighters received $75,000 bonuses. ^[5]

• Fight of the Night: Wilson Gouveia vs. Goran Reljic
• Knockout of the Night: Wanderlei Silva
• Submission of the Night: Rousimar Palhares

Reported payout

• B.J. Penn ($250,000) def. Sean Sherk ($35,000)
• Wanderlei Silva ($150,000) def. Keith Jardine ($10,000)
• Lyoto Machida ($100,000) def. Tito Ortiz ($210,000)
• Goran Reljic ($6,000) def. Wilson Gouveia ($18,000)
• Sokoudjou ($80,000) def. Kazuhiro Nakamura ($20,000)
• Thiago Silva ($50,000) def. Antonio Mendes ($4,000)
• Rousimar Palhares ($10,000) def. Ivan Salaverry ($20,000)
• Yoshiyuki Yoshida ($12,000) def. Jon Koppenhaver ($8,000)
• Rich Clementi ($40,000) def. Terry Etim ($10,000)
• Dong Hyun Kim ($40,000) def. Jason Tan ($3,000)
• Shane Carwin ($12,000) def. Christian Wellisch ($10,000)

This does not include fighter bonuses

Total: $1,098,000 ^[6]

See also

• Ultimate Fighting Championship
• List of UFC champions
• List of UFC events
• 2008 in UFC

References

1. MMAWeekly.com staff (2008-05-31). "UFC 84 OFFICIAL GATE AND ATTENDANCE TOTALS". MMAWeekly.com. Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
2. "UFC 84 Fight Card". ufc.com. February 26, 2008. Archived from the original on February 29, 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-26.
3. Gross, Jeff (July 19, 2007). "UFC 155 lb (70 kg). Champion, Challenger Positive for Steroids". Sherdog . Retrieved August 9, 2008.
4. "Sherdog's Miscellaneous Awards for 2008 - Event of the Year".
5. "Silva, Palhares, Reljic and Gouveia secure $75K UFC 84 bonuses". MMAJunkie.com. May 25, 2008. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
6. UFC 84 fighters' salaries: payroll tops a million bucks | MMAjunkie.com Archived 2008-05-29 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Official UFC 84 Fight Card
• Official UFC 84 Site