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Date: Aug 09, 2008
Location: Minneapolis, Minn.
Venue: Target Center
Broadcast: Pay Per View
Welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre, fresh off winning the title at UFC 82, making the first defense of his second reign as champion when he faces No. 1 contender Jon Fitch.
Roger Huerta and Kenny Florian will also square off at UFC 87. The bout, according to the promotion’s president, Dana White, will likely decide the next contender to the UFC lightweight title being contested on Saturday night
at UFC 84 between current champion B.J. Penn and former champion Sean Sherk.
Heath Herring has agreed to fight Brock Lesnar at UFC 87 on Aug. 9 when the Ultimate Fighting Championship makes its debut in Minneapolis, Minn.
Lesnar was originally slated to face UFC Hall of Famer Mark Coleman in the main event of UFC 87. Coleman, however, suffered a torn medial collateral ligament in training, which will sideline him for at least six weeks. He was
forced to withdraw from the bout with Lesnar due to the injury.
Herring has been on a roller coaster ride since his UFC debut in January of 2007. The former Pride heavyweight title contender has gone 2-2 in the Octagon, most recently defeating Cheick Kongo at UFC 82 in Columbus, Ohio.
Lesnar had a less than stellar Octagon debut, losing to former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir via kneebar at UFC 81 in Las Vegas earlier this year.
Champ Georges St. Pierre vs. Jon Fitch (for welterweight title)
Brock Lesnar vs. Heath Herring
Kenny Florian vs. Roger Huerta
Karo Parisyan vs. TBA
Jason MacDonald vs. Demian Maia
Frankie Edgar vs. Hermes Franca
Dan Evensen vs. Cheick Kongo
Rob Emerson vs. Manny Gamburyan
Steve Bruno vs. Chris Wilson
UFC 87 Quick Results
Main Card:
- Georges St. Pierre def. Jon Fitch via Unanimous Decision
- Brock Lesnar def. Heath Herring via Unanimous Decision
- Rob Emerson def. Manny Gamburyan via Knockout Rd 1. (12 secs into round 1)
- Kenny Florian def. Roger Huerta via Unanimous Decision
- Demian Maia def. Jason MacDonald via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Rd 3.
Undercard:
- Tamdan McCrory def. Luke Cummo via Unanimous Decision
- Cheick Kongo def. Dan Evensen via TKO (Strikes) Rd 1.
- Jon Jones def. Andre Gusmao via Unanimous Decision
- Chris Wilson def. Steve Bruno via Unanimous Decision
- Ben Saunders def. Ryan Thomas via Submission (armbar) Rd 2.
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