UFC 84: Penn Shuts Down Sherk as Wanderlei Unleashes Fury
On May 24, 2008, B.J. Penn retained the lightweight championship at UFC 84: Ill Will in Las Vegas. He defeated Sean Sherk by TKO at the end of round three at MGM Grand Garden Arena. Wanderlei Silva and Shane Carwin supplied two of the evening’s fastest knockouts.
Penn defends; Silva strikes fast
Penn’s knee-and-punches finish was recorded at 5:00 of the third round. Silva needed only thirty-six seconds to knock out Keith Jardine with punches, delivering an abrupt finish beneath the championship main event. Carwin also finished inside a minute, knocking out Christian Wellisch in forty-four seconds.
Lyoto Machida defeated Tito Ortiz by unanimous decision after three rounds. That full-distance result contrasted with the card’s many stoppages: only Machida’s bout and Rich Clementi’s unanimous-decision win over Terry Etim reached the judges.
The remaining Ill Will results
Goran Reljic stopped Wilson Gouveia with punches at 3:15 of round two. Thiago Silva stopped Antonio Mendes with punches at 2:24 of the opening round, while Rousimar Palhares submitted Ivan Salaverry with an armbar at 2:36 of round one.
Sokoudjou defeated Kazuhiro Nakamura by TKO due to a leg injury at the end of the first round. Yoshiyuki Yoshida defeated War Machine by technical submission from an anaconda choke in fifty-six seconds. Dong Hyun Kim stopped Jason Tan with elbows at 0:25 of round three.
Nine finishes across eleven bouts made the event a busy night for the referees. Penn kept the championship, with Silva and Carwin adding emphatic knockout victories.
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