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UFC 87

UFC mixed martial arts event in 2008

Summary

UFC mixed martial arts event in 2008

Field	Value
name	UFC 87: Seek and Destroy
image	UFC 87.jpg
promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
date	August 9, 2008
venue	Target Center
city	Minneapolis, Minnesota
attendance	15,087
gate	$2,252,000
buyrate	625,000
previousevent	UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Irvin
followingevent	UFC 88: Breakthrough

***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. It is the twenty-first UFC event for the Pay-Per-View broadcast in high-definition.

Background

The card was headlined by a welterweight championship bout between champion Georges St-Pierre and challenger Jon Fitch.

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.

Future UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones made his UFC debut at this event after stepping in to replace Tomasz Drwal who pulled out of his bout with André Gusmão due to injury.

Results

|Welterweight |Georges St-Pierre (c) |def. |Jon Fitch |Decision (unanimous) (50–43, 50–44, 50–44) |5 |5:00 |For the UFC Welterweight Championship |Heavyweight |Brock Lesnar |def. |Heath Herring |Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–26, 30–26) |3 |5:00 | |Lightweight |Rob Emerson |def. |Manvel Gamburyan |KO (punches) |1 |0:12 | |Lightweight |Kenny Florian |def. |Roger Huerta |Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) |3 |5:00 | |Middleweight |Demian Maia |def. |Jason MacDonald |Submission (rear-naked choke) |3 |2:44 | |Welterweight |Tamdan McCrory |def. |Luke Cummo |Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) |3 |5:00 | |Heavyweight |Cheick Kongo |def. |Dan Evensen |TKO (punches) |1 |4:55 | |Light Heavyweight |Jon Jones |def. |André Gusmão |Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 30–27) |3 |5:00 | |Welterweight |Chris Wilson |def. |Steve Bruno |Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) |3 |5:00 | |Welterweight |Ben Saunders |def. |Ryan Thomas |Submission (armbar) |2 |2:28 |

Bonus awards

The following fighters received $60,000 bonuses.

Fight of the Night: Georges St-Pierre vs. Jon Fitch
Knockout of the Night: Rob Emerson
Submission of the Night: Demian Maia

References

Meltzer, Dave. (2008-12-12). "Lesnar blasts UFC toward record year – Yahoo Sports Canada". Ca.sports.yahoo.com.
"Lesnar-Coleman Headlines UFC 87 in Minnesota on August 9". UFC.com.
Stupp, Dann. (Aug 10, 2008). "UFC 87 bonuses: St. Pierre, Fitch, Maia and Emerson earn $60,000 each".

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