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Three Light Heavyweight Bouts Officially Announced for UFC 84

By: Kris Karkoski | Mar 26, 2008

The UFC has officially announced three previously rumored bouts for UFC 84 “Ill Will”. Announced for the event were Rameau Thierry Sokodjou versus Kazuhiro Nakamura, Wilson Gouveia versus Goran Reljic, and Thiago Silva versus Antonio Mendes.

Gouveia-Reljic and Silva-Mendes will be part of the pay-per-view broadcast of the event which begins airing at 10pm on May 24th. Sokoudjou-Nakamura will appear on the untelevised preliminary card of the event.

UFC 84 “Ill Will” features a main event UFC lightweight championship bout between current title holder BJ Penn and former lightweight champ Sean Sherk. Wanderlei Silva versus Keith Jardine and Tito Ortiz versus Lyoto Machida round out the five bout televised card.

As always, MMAFrenzy.com will be providing extensive coverage of the event leading up to our live, round-by-round coverage of UFC 84 “Ill Will” on Saturday, May 24th.

For more on UFC 84 check out the MMAFrenzy.com rumors section.

1 Comment»

  • Joe said:

    This was announced a week or more ago wasn’t it? A little late perhaps.

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