BJ Penn vs Sean Sherk Fight Video

Written by ozekii

Tuesday, 27 May 2008

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]

The card featured the return of Sean Sherk, who was suspended and stripped of his UFC lightweight title after he tested for steroids at UFC 73. He faced B.J. Penn, who had since won the vacated title. The card also featured what purportedly was Tito Ortiz's last bout in the UFC in the foreseeable future.^[3]

Results

Preliminary Card

Heavyweight bout: Christian Wellisch vs. Shane Carwin

Carwin defeats Wellisch via TKO (strikes) at 0:44 of round 1.

Welterweight bout: Jason Tan vs. Dong Hyun Kim

Kim defeats Tan via TKO (strikes) at 0:25 of round 3. This preliminary fight was not shown on the broadcast.

Lightweight bout: Rich Clementi vs. Terry Etim

Clementi defeats Etim by unanimous decision. All three judges scored the fight 29-28. This preliminary fight was not shown on the broadcast.

Welterweight bout: Jon Koppenhaver vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida

Yoshida defeats Koppenhaver via submission (anaconda choke) at 0:56 of round 1.

Middleweight bout: Rousimar Palhares vs. Ivan Salaverry

Palhares defeats Salaverry via submission (armbar) at 2:36 of round 1.

Light Heavyweight bout: Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura

Sokoudjou defeats Nakamura by TKO (strikes) at 5:00 of round 1.

Main Card

Light Heavyweight bout: Thiago Silva vs. Antonio Mendes

Silva defeats Mendes by Submission (strikes) at 2:24 of round 1.

Light Heavyweight bout: Tito Ortiz vs. Lyoto Machida

Machida defeats Ortiz by unanimous decision. All three judges scored the fight 30-27.

Light Heavyweight bout: Wilson Gouveia vs. Goran Reljic

Reljic defeats Gouveia by TKO (strikes) at 3:15 of round 2.

Light Heavyweight bout: Wanderlei Silva vs. Keith Jardine

Silva defeats Jardine by KO (punches) at 0:36 of round 1.

Lightweight Championship bout: B.J. Penn VS. Sean Sherk

B.J. Penn defeats Sherk by TKO via a flying knee followed by a flurry of punches at the end of round 3 to retain the UFC Lightweight Title.

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.^[4]

Fight of the Night: Wilson Gouveia vs. Goran Reljic

Submission of the Night: Rousimar Palhares

Knockout of the Night: Wanderlei Silva

Fighter payroll

BJ 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)

Thiago Silva ($50,000) def. Antonio Mendes ($4,000)

Rameau Sokoudjou ($80,000) def. Kazuhiro Nakamura ($20,000)

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)

Don 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: S1,098,000^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Meltzer, Dave. "Ortiz makes himself center of attention", Yahoo! Sports, 2008-05-25. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
^ UFC 84 Fight Card. ufc.com (February 26, 2008). Retrieved on 2008-02-26.
^ Helwani, Ariel. "Ortiz: 'I plan on fighting for three more years'", Fox Sports.com, 2008-05-18. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
^ Silva, Palhares, Reljic and Gouveia secure $75K UFC 84 bonuses. MMAJunkie.com (May 25, 2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
^ http://mmajunkie.com/news/4432/ufc-84-fighters-salaries-payroll-tops-a-million-bucks.mma

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