UFC 87: Seek and Destroy

Location: Minneapolis, Minn.
Venue: Target Center
Broadcast: Pay Per View

The UFC newly crowned Welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre will be squaring off against Jon Fitch in the main event of UFC 87. This will be St. Pierre's first Welterweight title defense since recapturing the title from Matt "The Terror" Serra at UFC 83.

Kenny "KenFlo" Florian will square off against Roger "El Matador" Huerta in a battle that will move the winner one step closer to a 155-pound title shot. The Ultimate Fighting Championship will present
UFC 87: SEEK AND DESTROY, featuring Lesnar vs. Herring and Florian vs. Huerta, live from Target Center in Minneapolis Saturday, August 9, 2008.

Also, Heath Herring will be fighting Brock Lesnar at UFC 87 against Brock Lesnar in the Heavy Weight Division on Aug. 9 when the UFC makes its debut in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The news comes just a day after it was reported that UFC Hall of Famer Mark Coleman injured his knee and could not compete at UFC 87.

Herring is coming off a huge decision win over UFC up and comer Cheick Kongo at UFC 82 “Pride of a Champion”. In his previous fight at UFC 73, Herring had UFC heavyweight champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira knocked down and stunned, but let him recover and ending up losing a close decision.

UFC 87 Results

St. Pierre retains welterweight title with win over Fitch

Canadian Georges St. Pierre punished Jon Fitch for five rounds to win a one-sided decision and retain his welterweight title at UFC 87 on Saturday night.

St. Pierre (17-2) showed his mixed martial arts class in winning 50-43, 50-44, 50-44 before 15,082 at the Target Center. Fitch (21-3) was gritty and game, but could not solve the relentless St. Pierre, who won the standup game and outwrestled the former Purdue wrestler.

Cheick Kongo def. Dan Evensen via TKO (strikes) -- Round 1, 4:55. Kongo was a huge favorite in this one.

Ben Saunders def. Ryan Thomas via submission (arm-bar) -- Round 2, 2:28. Saunders was around a -300 favorite.

Chris Wilson def. Steve Bruno via unanimous decision. One could argue Bruno could have won this and gamblers who bet him may have walked off with nearly $300 for every $100 bet.

Tamdan McCrory def. Luke Cummo via unanimous decision as well. This, however, was a fairly even matchup in the eyes of odds makers.

Demian Maia def. Jason MacDonald via submission (rear-naked choke) -- Round 3, 2:44. Again, Maia was better than a -200 favorite.

Kenny Florian def. Roger Huerta via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).  Florian was around a -160 favorite heading into this one. 

Rob Emerson def. Manny Gamburyan via TKO (strikes) -- Round 1, 0:12.  Emerson was a rare big underdog to win, paying nearly $300 for every $100 bet. 

Brock Lesnar def. Heath Herring via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-26).  No surprise here.  He was a pretty big favorite.

Georges St. Pierre def. Jon Fitch via unanimous decision (50-43, 50-44, 50-44).  This one went into round 5. 

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