UFC 87

UFC 87

Infobox MMA event
name=UFC 87: Seek and Destroy


promotion=Ultimate Fighting Championship
date=August 9, 2008
venue=Target Center
city=Minneapolis, Minnesota
attendance=15,087
gate=$2,252,000
previousevent=
followingevent=

"UFC 87: Seek and Destroy " was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 9, 2008, at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The card was headlined by a welterweight championship bout between champion Georges St. Pierre and challenger Jon Fitch. cite web|title=Lesnar-Coleman Headlines UFC 87 in Minnesota on August 9|publisher=UFC.com|url=http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=EventDetail.FightCard&eid=1415]

UFC Hall of Famer Mark Coleman was first scheduled to fight Brock Lesnar, but an Achilles tendon injury forced him to withdraw. Heath Herring stepped in to fight Lesnar instead.

Results

Preliminary card

*Welterweight bout: flagicon|USA Luke Cummo vs. flagicon|USA Tamdan McCrory:McCrory defeats Cummo by unanimous decision. The judges scored the bout 30-27, 30-27, 29-28.

*Heavyweight bout: flagicon|FRA Cheick Kongo vs. flagicon|NOR Dan Evensen:Kongo defeats Evensen by TKO (strikes) at 4:55 of round 1. This was the only preliminary bout featured on the card

*Light heavyweight bout: flagicon|BRA Andre Gusmao vs. flagicon|USA Jon Jones:Jones defeats Gusmao by unanimous decision. The judges scored the bout 30-27, 29-28, 30-27.

*Welterweight bout: flagicon|USA Chris Wilson vs. flagicon|USA Steve Bruno:Wilson defeats Bruno by unanimous decision. All three judges scored the bout 30-27.

*Welterweight bout: flagicon|USA Ben Saunders vs. flagicon|USA Ryan Thomas:Saunders defeats Thomas by submission (armbar) at 2:28 of round 2.

Main card

*Middleweight bout: flagicon|CAN Jason MacDonald vs. flagicon|BRA Demian Maia:Maia defeats MacDonald by submission (rear naked choke) at 2:44 of round 3.

*Lightweight bout: flagicon|USA Kenny Florian vs. flagicon|USA Roger Huerta:Florian defeats Huerta by unanimous decision. All three judges scored the bout 30-27

*Lightweight bout: flagicon|Armenia Manny Gamburyan vs. flagicon|USA Rob Emerson:Emerson defeats Gamburyan by KO at 0:12 of round 1.

*Heavyweight bout: flagicon|USA Brock Lesnar vs. flagicon|USA Heath Herring :Lesnar defeats Herring by unanimous decision. All three judges scored the bout 30-26.

*Welterweight Championship bout: flagicon|CAN Georges St. Pierre vs. flagicon|USA Jon Fitch:St. Pierre defeats Fitch by unanimous decision. The judges scored the bout 50-43, 50-44, 50-44.

Bonus awards

At the end of the night, the UFC awarded $60,000 to each of the fighters who received one of these three awards. [http://mmajunkie.com/news/5027/ufc-87-bonuses-st-pierre-fitch-maia-and-emerson-earn-60000-each.mma]

*Fight of the Night: flagicon|CAN Georges St. Pierre VS flagicon|USA Jon Fitch
*Submission of the Night: flagicon|BRA Demian Maia
*Knockout of the Night: flagicon|USA Rob Emerson

External links

* [http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=EventDetail.FightCard&eid=1415 UFC 87 Fight Card]
* [http://87.ufc.com Official UFC 87 Site]
* [http://www.sherdog.com/events/Seek-and-Destroy-6779 Sherdog Results]

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