Ufc 87
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.
| UFC 87: Seek and Destroy | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 87: Seek and Destroy | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | August 9, 2008 | |||
| Venue | Target Center | |||
| City | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |||
| Attendance | 15,087 | |||
| Total gate | $2,252,000 | |||
| Buyrate | 625,000 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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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 Andre Gusmao due to injury.
Results
| Main card (PPV) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Welterweight | Georges St-Pierre (c) | def. | Jon Fitch | Decision (unanimous) (50–43, 50–44, 50–44) | 5 | 5:00 | |
| 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 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| 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
At the end of the night, the UFC awarded $60,000 to each of the fighters who received one of these three awards.
- Fight of the Night: Georges St-Pierre vs. Jon Fitch
- Knockout of the Night: Rob Emerson
- Submission of the Night: Demian Maia
See also
References
External links
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