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UFC Fights For The Troops Announced For December 10th at Fort Bragg
Sep 18, 2008 - 3:56 pm ET | 10 Comments

UFC President Dana White on Wednesday announced during the live Spike TV broadcast of UFC Fight Night 15 that the promotion will be holding a special UFC Fight Night charity event on December 10th at Fort Bragg in North Carolina to benefit the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund.
UFC Fights for the Troops, also known as UFC [...]

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Karo Parisyan Injured, UFC 88 Bout Against Yoshiyuki Yoshida Scrapped
Sep 5, 2008 - 2:34 pm ET | 47 Comments

A scheduled bout between Karo Parisyan and Yoshiyuki Yoshida has been scrapped after Parisyan suffered a last-minute back injury.
UFC.com reported the injury and card change moments ago.
The severity of the injury, including how long Parisyan will be out of action, was not disclosed.
The fight was to take place on the televised pay-per-view main card.
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Franklin-Hamill, Henderson-Palhares, and Parisyan-Yoshida Added To UFC 88
Jul 24, 2008 - 2:00 pm ET | 38 Comments

Rich Franklin vs. Matt Hamill, Dan Henderson vs. Rousimar Palhares, and Karo Parisyan vs.Yoshiyuki Yoshida have been officially added to UFC 88 on September 6th in Atlanta.
Former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin will return to the 205-pound light heavyweight division at UFC 88 to take on “The Ultimate Fighter 3″ cast member Matt Hamill. Franklin [...]

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Karo Parisyan vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida Likely At UFC 88
Jun 23, 2008 - 10:24 am ET | 26 Comments

UFC welterweight contender Karo Parisyan will look to bounce back from a controversial UFC Fight Night 13 loss to Thiago Alves and re-enter the title picture when he faces Yoshiyuki Yoshida in September.
According to MMAJunkie.com, Parisyan is close to signing a bout agreement to face Yoshida at UFC 88 on September 6th in Atlanta.
Parisyan (18-5) [...]

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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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Two Welterweight Bouts Officially Announced For UFC 84
Mar 28, 2008 - 3:30 pm ET | 3 Comments

“The Ultimate Fighter 6″ cast member Jon Koppenhaver (5-1, 1-0 UFC) will return to the octagon in May at UFC 84 to take on UFC newcomer and fellow-welterweight Yoshiyuki Yoshida (9-2, 0-0 UFC) the promotion announced this week.
The UFC also officially confirmed that UFC newcomer Dong Hyun Kim (9-1-1, 0-0 UFC) will face Jason Tan [...]

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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

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Cage Force Champion Yoshida To Sign With The UFC
Jan 12, 2008 - 7:00 am ET | No Comments

Cage Force tournament champion Yoshiyuki Yoshida has been offered a four-fight deal to fight in the UFC and is expected to sign the contract on Monday according to Sherdog’s Jordan Breen.
Yoshida (9-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC), who fights in the 170-pound welterweight tournament, has won 8 straight fights. He opened his career with a win over [...]

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