Brazil put on a show at UFC-84, held early yesterday in Las Vegas, United States. The show started with the Ultimate debutante, Rousimar Toquinho, who needed just over 2 minutes to submit Ivan Salaverry with an arm-bar, In the main event, in the Brazilian duel, Thiago Silva, after going through a struggle at the beginning, managed to put Antonio Mendes “Samuray” down and win by technical knockout. Already Lyoto Machida proved that he is a great candidate for the UFC light heavyweight title, the man from Pará put on a show Tito Ortiz and won a unanimous decision. Taking initiative from the beginning and with a good dodge game, Lyoto was sovereign throughout the fight, despite escaping a submission attempt from Bad Boy in the last seconds of the fight.
The Brazilian show ended with the quickest knockout of the night.Wanderlei Silva remembered the incredible victories of Pride and in the best “Crazy Dog” style, he knocked out Keith Jardine, in just 26 seconds of the fight. After the triumph, Wand showed a lot of emotion and said into interviewer Joe Rogan's microphones: “Old Silva is back”.
Only Wilson Gouveia let the victory slip away. After achieving a beautiful knockdown at the beginning of the second round, he ended up defeated by Croatian Goran Reljic via technical knockout.
In the main fight of the night, valid for the UFC lightweight title, B.J. Penn, used his greater reach to punish Sean Sherk in the first 2 rounds and with a beautiful knee in the final moments of the third, he knocked out Sherk, retaining the event's lightweight belt. Check out the results:
– Thiago Silva knocked out Antônio Samuray in R1;
- Lyoto Machida derrotou Tito Ortiz in the unanimous decision of the judges;
– Goran Reljic defeated Wilson Gouveia by technical knockout;
- Wanderlei Silva knocked out Keith Jardine 36 seconds into R1;
– BJ Penn knocked out Sean Sherk 5 minutes into R2.
Preliminary fights:
- Shane carwin defeated Christian Wellisch by technical knockout at 44 seconds of R1;
– Dong-Hyun Kim defeated Jason Tan by technical knockout at 25s of R3;
– Yoshiyuki Yoshida submitted Jon Koppenhaver with a choke at 56s of R1;
– Rich Clementi defeated Terry emo in the unanimous decision of the judges;
– Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou defeated Kazuhiro Nakamura by technical knockout at 5 minutes of R1;
– Rousimar Palhares submitted Ivan Salaverry with an armbar at 2min36s of R1.
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