Start putting x’s on the days in your calendar ’cause UFC 84 Ill Will is just one month away on May 24, 2008. This card is so stacked it makes some of the recent offerings by the UFC look manini, seriously, there are so many big names and awesome fights that the UFC will have a tough act to follow from here on out.

In the main event, we have Hilo, Hawaii’s own “The Prodigy”, BJ Penn. Penn is the current UFC Lightweight Champion and is battling Sean Sherk, the former Champ who tested positive for steroid usage and was thus stripped of the title. Sherk has alleged that he was wrongfully accused and is looking to redeem himself. He has his work cut out for him against Penn, only the second man to be a champion in two different weight classes. This fight definitely has some “Ill Will” as Penn has fueled the fire with statements made in the past like “Sean Sherk, you’re dead” and “fighting for the steroid championship”. Personally, I can’t wait to watch BJ destroy Sherk, but then again I’m from Hilo.

This card also features former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Tito Ortiz taking on the undefeated Lyoto Machida. An extra element of excitement to this fight is that this may be Ortiz’s last fight in the UFC. Ortiz and UFC President Dana White have had bad blood for some time and with only a few years left in his career, the 33 year-old Ortiz is surely looking to test the market and make some top dollar for his talent and big name value.

In the battle of grueling nicknames, we have “The Dean of Mean” Keith Jardine versus “The Axe Murderer” Vanderlei Silva. Jardine, an up and coming bruiser, is fresh off a split decision win over Chuck Liddell while Silva, formerly indestructible in the now defunct PRIDE Fighting, lost a unanimous decision to Liddell, in what was viewed by many as the fight of the year. Both of these fighters are looking for a victory in order to climb to the top of a highly competitive division.

This card also features Wilson Gouveia, Thiago Silva, Ivan Salaverry, and Rameau Sokoudjou, four very exciting fighters.

I’ll be at either The Shack in Hawaii Kai, Eastside Grill, or Red Lion University to watch the fight and take in some good food. Hmmm, I might even hit up all three venues, one for the live show and the others for the replay

All I got to say is “What a way to roll in the summer months.” Oh and:

“Chee Huuuuuuu!!!”

Shoots.

JMAW