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 | Las Vegas, 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 Las Vegas, 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 | Submission (strikes) | 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 | Dong Hyun Kim | def. | Jason Tan | TKO (elbows) | 3 | 0:25 | |
| Heavyweight | Shane Carwin | def. | Christian Wellisch | TKO (punch) | 1 | 0:44 | |
- ^ 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]
- Fight of the Night: Wilson Gouveia vs. Goran Reljic
- Knockout of the Night: Wanderlei Silva
- Submission of the Night: Rousimar Palhares
Fighter payroll
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]
References
- ^ a b MMAWeekly.com staff (2008-05-31). "UFC 84 OFFICIAL GATE AND ATTENDANCE TOTALS". MMAWeekly.com. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
- ^ "UFC 84 Fight Card". ufc.com. February 26, 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-26.
- ^ Gross, Jeff (July 19, 2007). "UFC 155 lb (70 kg). Champion, Challenger Positive for Steroids". Sherdog. Retrieved August 9, 2008.
- ^ http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/8/Sherdogs-Miscellaneous-Awards-for-2008-15727
- ^ "Silva, Palhares, Reljic and Gouveia secure $75K UFC 84 bonuses". MMAJunkie.com. May 25, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
- ^ UFC 84 fighters' salaries: payroll tops a million bucks | MMAjunkie.com
