Middleweight UFC veteran Ivan Salaverry has announced his retirement from mixed martial arts competition following losses in three of his last four bouts including his most-recent loss to Rousimar Palhares at UFC 84 in May.
“The loss (to Palhares) had a portion of my decision to retire but it wasn’t the main reason why,” Salaverry told [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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

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Recently-signed Rousimar Palhares will make his UFC debut against Ivan Salaverry at UFC 84 according to a report by Sherdog.
UFC 84 will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on May 24th. The event will feature a lightweight championship main event between BJ Penn and Sean Sherk as well as Tito [...]

The official suspensions have been handed down by the NSAC for UFC 71. Here is a complete list of all of the suspension from the event:

Chuck Liddell – Suspended until 7/12; No contact until 6/26.
Ivan Salaverry – Suspended until 11/23 unless right shoulder is cleared by orthopedic doctor; Minimum suspension until 6/26; No contact [...]

The official salaries from UFC 71 have just been released by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Despite what was earlier reported, Chuck Liddell and Quinton Jackson were only paid base salaries and no win bonuses. All other fighter were paid base salaries with winning fighters receiving double their fight purse as a win bonus.
The following [...]

Quinton Jackson def. Chuck Liddell via KO (Round 1, 1:53)
Karo Parisyan def. Josh Burkman via unanimous decision
Terry Martin def. Ivan Salaverry via TKO (Round 1, 2:04)
Houston Alexander def. Keith Jardine via TKO (Round 1, 0:48)
Kalib Starnes def. Chris Leben via unanimous decision
Thiago Silva def. James Irvin via referee stoppage (Round 1, 1:06)
Alan Belcher def. Sean [...]

Josh Burkman has confirmed his match against Karo Parisyan at UFC 71 via his myspace site:
I signed the fight today, me and Karo Parysian May 26th at Mandalay Bay in Vegas. Tickets go on sale monday!
Thanks for the support and messages!
JBurk
“peoples warrior”
Not sure if Burman didn’t get the note or if the UFC has changed [...]