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BJ Penn: I’m Moving Up To The Welterweight Division
Aug 8, 2008 - 11:02 am ET | 100 Comments

BJ Penn’s next two opponents may both be determined tomorrow at UFC 87 in Minnesota.
The winner of the featured lightweight clash between Kenny Florian and Roger Huerta is expected to receive a shot at Penn’s 155-pound title while Penn has hopes of fighting for the promotion’s welterweight championship against the winner of the UFC 87 [...]

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UFC Likely Returning To Montreal in November or December
Aug 6, 2008 - 12:35 pm ET | 34 Comments

The UFC will return to the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada in November or December for it’s second event in the country, according to Sportsnet.ca:
“”I literally just left a meeting where we were talking about that,” UFC president Dana White told The Canadian Press on Tuesday. “We’re looking to come back to Montreal.”
White said the [...]

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Dana White: Penn-St. Pierre “Needs To Happen” But “Don’t Hold Your Breath” On Silva-St. Pierre
Jun 6, 2008 - 12:00 pm ET | 27 Comments

UFC President Dana White was questioned in a recent interview with ESPN The Magazine about the much-talked about “superfights” between the champions of two different weight classes, most notably BJ Penn, the UFC’s lightweight champion, versus Georges St-Pierre, the promotion’s welterweight champ, and St-Pierre versus Anderson Silva, the UFC’s dominant middleweight champion.
White openly discussed the [...]

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UFC 84 Fighters Test Clean
Jun 2, 2008 - 3:52 pm ET | 3 Comments

All fifteen fighters tested by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for steroids, performance enhancing drugs, and drugs of abuse have tested clean. MMAFrenzy.com confirmed the negative test results with NSAC Executive Director Keith Kizer this afternoon.
UFC 84 “Ill Will” took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday, May 24th.
Tested by [...]

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Fifteen UFC 84 Fighters Drug Tested
May 27, 2008 - 3:12 pm ET | 7 Comments

MMAFrenzy.com (www.mmafrenzy.com) has confirmed with the Nevada State Athletic Commission that sixteen UFC 84 fighters were tested for performance enhancing drugs and drugs of abuse.
The 11-bout pay-per-event took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday, May 24th.
The tested fighters were BJ Penn, Sean Sherk, Keith Jardine, Wanderlei Silva, Tito Ortiz, [...]

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UFC 84 Fighter Salaries
May 27, 2008 - 3:01 pm ET | 25 Comments

The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the official fighter salaries for UFC 84 “Ill Will”. The 11-bout pay-per-event took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday, May 24th.
Each of the event’s winning fighters, excluding Wanderlei Silva, received a win bonus equal to their “to show” salary. Silva did not [...]

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UFC 84 Results
May 25, 2008 - 1:01 am ET | 31 Comments

BJ Penn def. Sean Sherk via TKO – Round 3, 5:00
UFC Lightweight Championship
Wanderlei Silva def. Keith Jardine via KO – Round 1, 0:36
Goran Reljic def. Wilson Gouveia via TKO – Round 2, 3:15
Lyoto Machida def. Tito Ortiz via unanimous decision
Thiago Silva def. Antonio Mendes via submission (strikes) – Round 1, 2:24
Rousimar Palhares def. Ivan Salaverry [...]

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UFC 84 “Ill Will” Coverage
May 24, 2008 - 6:40 pm ET | 74 Comments

Welcome to MMAFrenzy.com’s fight-by-fight UFC 84 “ILL WILL” coverage. The 11-fight card is took place on Saturday, May 24, 2008 at the MGM Grand Garden arena in Las Vegas, Nevada and aired on pay-per-view.
MMAFrenzy.com provided quick results, extended results, and commentary of the entire event which included Tito Ortiz versus Lyoto Machida, Keith Jardine versus [...]

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Updated UFC 84 Betting Odds
May 24, 2008 - 10:55 am ET | No Comments

UFC 84 betting lines courtesy BodogLife.com. Support MMAFrenzy.com by opening an account today at Bodog.

BJ Penn (-250) vs. Sean Sherk (+200)
UFC Lightweight Championship
Wanderlei Silva (-180) vs. Keith Jardine (+140)

Wilson Gouveia (-155) vs. Goran Reljic (+125)

Lyoto Machida (-185) vs. Tito Ortiz (+155)
Thiago Silva (-800) vs. Antonio Mendes (+500)

Ivan Salaverry (-145) vs. Rousimar Palhares (+105)

Rameau Sokodjou [...]

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UFC 84 “Ill Will” Weigh-In Results
May 23, 2008 - 6:09 pm ET | 17 Comments

Weigh-ins for UFC 84 “Ill Will” took place today at the MGM Marquee Ballroom in Las Vegas, Nevada. The nearby MGM Grand Garden Arena will host tomorrow’s UFC pay-per-view event.
All 22-fighters from tomorrow’s UFC 84 fight card hit the scales and weighed-in successfully for their bouts.
The event was not without its headlines as former UFC [...]

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UFC 84 Betting Odds
May 23, 2008 - 7:00 am ET | 5 Comments

UFC 84 betting lines courtesy BodogLife.com. Support MMAFrenzy.com by opening an account today at Bodog.

BJ Penn (-250) vs. Sean Sherk (+200)
UFC Lightweight Championship
Wanderlei Silva (-190) vs. Keith Jardine (+155)

Wilson Gouveia (-130) vs. Goran Reljic (EVEN)

Lyoto Machida (-200) vs. Tito Ortiz (+160)
Thiago Silva (-850) vs. Antonio Mendes (+550)

Ivan Salaverry (-170) vs. Rousimar Palhares (+140)

Rameau Sokodjou [...]

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Roundup: Sherk and Penn Pass Drug Tests, Kimbo on ESPN Cover, and More
May 2, 2008 - 8:16 pm ET | 9 Comments

Sean Sherk and BJ Penn have both passed early random drug tests for their upcoming UFC 84 bout.
Rich Franklin’s manager, Monte Cox, has stated that Franklin would indeed make the move to light-heavyweight if the UFC requested.
The lightweight match up between Roger Huerta and Kenny Florian has been confirmed to take place on August 9 [...]

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Updated Fight Card For UFC 84 “Ill Will”
Mar 22, 2008 - 8:00 am ET | 7 Comments

Official Fight Card
Main Card

BJ Penn vs. Sean Sherk
UFC Lightweight Championship
Wanderlei Silva vs. Keith Jardine
Tito Ortiz vs. Lyoto Machida
Wilson Gouveia vs. Goran Reljic
Thiago Silva vs. Antonio Mendes

Preliminary Bouts

Rameau Sokodjou vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura
John Koppenhaver vs.Yoshiyuki Yoshida
Jason Tan vs. Dong Hyun Kim

Rumored Bouts

Jeremy Stephens vs. Terry Etim
Rousimar Palhares vs. Ivan Salaverry
Shane Carwin vs. Christian Wellisch

For more on UFC [...]

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Roundup: Post-UFC 80 News and Notes
Jan 21, 2008 - 1:00 pm ET | 7 Comments

Following his impressive KO win against Jess Liaudin at UFC 80 Marcus Davis revealed that he’s interested in a fight against former PRIDE Lightweight Champ Takanori Gomi.
The UFC will stage its next European in June at the O2 Arena in London, England. The event, tentatively UFC 86, is the first of many upcoming events the [...]

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