UFC 87
Appearance
UFC 87: Seek and Destroy | ||||
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Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | August 9, 2008 | |||
Venue | Target Center | |||
City | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |||
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UFC 87: Seek and Destroy is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 9, 2008, at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The card is headlined by a welterweight championship bout between champion Georges St. Pierre and challenger Jon Fitch.[1] UFC Hall of Famer Mark Coleman was supposed to fight Brock Lesnar, but an Achilles tendon injury forced him to withdraw. Heath Herring has stepped in to fight Lesnar instead.
Announced matchups
Main card
- Welterweight Championship bout: Georges St. Pierre vs. Jon Fitch
- Lightweight bout: Kenny Florian vs. Roger Huerta
- Heavyweight bout: Brock Lesnar vs. Heath Herring
- Lightweight bout: Manny Gamburyan vs. Rob Emerson
- Middleweight bout: Jason MacDonald vs. Demian Maia
Preliminary card
- Heavyweight bout: Cheick Kongo vs. Dan Evensen
- Welterweight Bout: Chris Wilson vs. Steve Bruno
- Welterweight Bout: Ben Saunders vs. Ryan Thomas
- Welterweight Bout: Luke Cummo vs. Tamdan McCrory
- Light Heavyweight bout: Andre Gusmao vs. Jon Jones