The UFC today confirmed that long-rumored fights between Keith Jardine (13-3-1 MMA, 5-2 UFC) and Wanderlei Silva (31-8-1 MMA, 1-3 UFC), and Tito Ortiz (15-5-1 MMA, 14-5-1 UFC) and Lyoto Machida (12-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC), have been booked and are now official.
The two light-heavyweight bouts are set for UFC 84, an event that takes place May 24 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. UFC lightweight champ B.J. Penn meets former champ Sean Sherk in the night’s main event.
The UFC confirmed the news in an email mailing.
Earlier this month
MMAjunkie.com (
UFC News & Rumors - MMA News - UFC Fighters - UFC Event Recaps and Previews - MMAjunkie.com) reported that the
Jardine vs. Silva fight had actually been considered as a late addition to Saturday’s UFC 82 card, but ultimately, UFC officials pushed it back until May. Jardine will fight for the first time since his September 2007 upset of Chuck Liddell. Silva, meanwhile, looks to rebound from a December unanimous-decision loss to Liddell.
UFC Confirms Jardine vs. Silva, Ortiz vs. Machida for UFC 84 -- MMAjunkie.com
02-28-2008, 04:55 PM
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