{"id":1824,"date":"2008-05-25T09:31:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-25T13:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=1824"},"modified":"2008-05-25T09:31:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-25T13:31:00","slug":"ufc-84-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=1824","title":{"rendered":"UFC 84 Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_aatuWUTj6ic\/SDlqQk7P6HI\/AAAAAAAABPE\/uviLfri9h4o\/s1600-h\/z052508ufc84.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_aatuWUTj6ic\/SDlqQk7P6HI\/AAAAAAAABPE\/uviLfri9h4o\/s400\/z052508ufc84.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204307677425952882\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">UFC 84: Ill Will<\/span> lived up to the hype. The <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">three main fights<\/span> were all worthy of their headline status.  Let&#8217;s take a look at them and the results:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/p>\n<ul  style=\"text-align: justify;font-family:arial;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;\" >BJ Penn vs. Sean Sherk<\/span><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"> for the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;\" >lightweight championship<\/span><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">.  <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;\" >BJ<\/span><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"> and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;\" >Sherk<\/span><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"> were both in great shape. I thought it would be a <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">great fight<\/span> and it was.  Although most predicted a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;\" >BJ win by submission<\/span><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">, the fight turned into a <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">stand up slugfest<\/span>!  Neither man was willing to back down.  <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">BJ <\/span>got the better of<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> Sherk<\/span> in the first two rounds, but<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> Sherk<\/span> kept it close.  In the third round it appeared that<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> Sherk<\/span> may have hurt his right hand because he wasn&#8217;t throwing it with conviction and seemed to be favoring it.  At the very end of the round, <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Penn<\/span> landed a <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">solid punch<\/span> that sent <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Sherk <\/span>back into the cage. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> BJ<\/span> immediately followed with a <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">running knee<\/span> to the head and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Sherk <\/span>went down.  <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">BJ<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">rained blow<\/span>s as the ref stood by ready to stop the fight &#8212; and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">the round ended<\/span>.  There was immediate confusion as <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">BJ <\/span>walked around the ring in apparent victory.  Then we learned that <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Sherk&#8217;s corner<\/span> called the fight.  When both fighters met  in the center of the ring for the decision,  each praised the other.  A great ending to a great fight. <\/span><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<ul  style=\"text-align: justify;font-family:arial;\">\n<li  style=\"font-family:arial;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;\" >Wanderlei Silva vs. Keith Jardine<\/span><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">. I predicted it to be the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;\" >slugfest<\/span><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"> of the night and it was..  Both men came out throwing bombs.  <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;\" >Jardine was KO&#8217;d<\/span><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"> despite landing some of his own<\/span><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;\" >Tito Ortiz vs. Lyoto Machida<\/span><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">. When the two met in the center of the cage, the bad blood with <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Dana White<\/span> no longer mattered.  It was <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">two of the best fighters in the weight class<\/span> ready to wage war. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;\" >Machida<\/span><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"> fought the entire fight backing up which is his style.  <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Tito<\/span> was willing to fight standing up, and it was a good thing because he just couldn&#8217;t get <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Machida <\/span>down.  Although<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> Tito<\/span> pressured the fight, <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Machida<\/span> landed <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">better counter-punches<\/span> and at times made <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Tito<\/span> look bad.  In the third round, and with <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Tito<\/span> way behind on the scorecards both fighters ended up on the mat. With just seconds left in the fight, <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Tito<\/span> locked in a <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">triangle choke<\/span>.  To <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Machida&#8217;s credit<\/span> he continued to fight and roll, and to <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Tito&#8217;s credit<\/span> he rolled with <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Machida<\/span> holding on to the choke&#8230; unfortunately the new position allowed <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Marchida<\/span> to come out as the bell sounded the end of the fight. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;\" > Machida won by decision but Tito showed he still has more fights in him.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">            <span style=\"font-family:arial;\">Next week it&#8217;s <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Kimbo Slice<\/span> on <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">CBS<\/span>!<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC 84: Ill Will lived up to the hype. 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