UFC 84

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UFC 84: Ill Will
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Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateMay 24, 2008
Venue MGM Grand Garden Arena
City Paradise, Nevada
Attendance14,773 (13,448 paid) [1]
Total gate$3,732,000 [1]
Buyrate475,000
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]

Contents

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 classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Lightweight B.J. Penn (c)def. Sean Sherk TKO (flying knee and punches)35:00 [lower-alpha 1]
Light Heavyweight Wanderlei Silva def. Keith Jardine KO (punches)10:36
Light Heavyweight Goran Reljic def. Wilson Gouveia TKO (punches)23:15
Light Heavyweight Lyoto Machida def. Tito Ortiz Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
Light Heavyweight Thiago Silva def.Antonio MendesTKO (punches)12:24
Preliminary card
Middleweight Rousimar Palhares def. Ivan Salaverry Submission (armbar)12:36
Light Heavyweight Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou def. Kazuhiro Nakamura TKO (leg injury)15:00
Lightweight Rich Clementi def. Terry Etim Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
Welterweight Yoshiyuki Yoshida def. Jon Koppenhaver Technical Submission (anaconda choke)10:56
Welterweight Kim Dong-hyun def. Jason Tan TKO (elbows)30:25
Heavyweight Shane Carwin def. Christian Wellisch TKO (punch)10:44
  1. For the UFC Lightweight Championship.

Bonus awards

At the end of this event, the UFC awarded $75,000 to each of the fighters who received one of these three awards. [5]

Reported payout

This does not include fighter bonuses

Total: $1,098,000 [6]

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