| UFC 84: Ill Will | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 84: Ill Will | ||||
| Information | ||||
| 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 | ||||
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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]
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]
| 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 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| 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 | |
At the end of this event, the UFC awarded $75,000 to each of the fighters who received one of these three awards. [5]
This does not include fighter bonuses
Total: $1,098,000 [6]
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