Articles in UFC 87
Event name: UFC 87: Seek and Destroy
Date: August 9, 2008
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Venue: Target Center
Broadcast: Pay-Per-View (10pm ET)
Main Card
Georges St-Pierre vs. Jon Fitch
UFC Welterweight Championship
Brock Lesnar vs. Heath Herring
Kenny Florian vs. Roger Huerta
Preliminary Bouts
Luke Cummo vs. Tamdan McCrory
Cheick Kongo vs. Dan Evensen
Tomasz Drwal vs. Andre Gusmao
Chris Wilson vs. Steve Bruno
Ben Saunders vs. Jared [...]
While much has been going on in the world of MMA this past week or so, we at MMAFrenzy.com would surely be remiss if we neglected to report some of the MMA news that has slipped through the cracks.
Here are some things you may have missed:
Though superfluous in nature, it has been announced that Fedor [...]
Read More »Internation Fight League veteran Andre Gusmao has signed with the UFC and will make his debut for the promotion at UFC 87 on August 7th in Minnesota according to MMAWeekly.com.
Gusmao (5-0) was originally expected to face David Heath at UFC 81 in May but was unable to fight due to remaining contractual obligations with the [...]
An announced bout between “The Ultimate Fighter 6″ castmembers Ben Saunders and Jared Rollins has been moved from UFC 86, on July 5th, to the undercard of UFC 87.
The transfer was recently made on the official fight cards for the pay-per-view events.
UFC 87 “Seek and Destroy” takes place on August 9th at the Target Center [...]
Former lightweight challenger Hermes Franca (18-6) will return to the UFC in August to face “The Answer” Frank Edgar (8-1) at UFC 87 in Minnesota.
NBCSports.com reported the bout over the weekend.
The bout will be Franca’s first since being suspended for one year by the California State Athletic Commission after testing positive for steroids following a [...]
A welterweight bout between Chris Wilson and Steve Bruno originally scheduled for the undercard of UFC 86 in July has been moved to UFC 87 on August 9th in Minnesota. The reason for the posteponement was not released.
Wilson announced the change on his official website:
I just found out my fight has been postponed. The rescheduled [...]
Manny Gamburyan, the Ultimate Fighter 5 runner-up, will face fellow cast member Rob Emerson at UFC 87 on August 9th in Minnesota. Gamburyan’s cousin, Karo Parisyan, will also be fighting at the August event against an opponent to-be-determined.
MMAFrenzy.com confirmed the additions to the fight card earlier today.
Gamburyan (8-2) won his way into “The Ultimate Fighter [...]
Wanderlei Silva, Rousimar Palhares, Goran Reljic, and Wilson Gouveia took home $75,000 bonuses for their efforts at UFC 84. Silva won “Knockout of the Night” for his 36-second KO win over Keith Jardine. Palhares was awarded “Submission of the Night” for his slick armbar win over veteran Ivan Salaverry. Reljic and Gouveia took home [...]
Read More »UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre will face top 170-pound contender Jon Fitch in the main event of UFC 87 “Seek and Destroy”. Additionally, heavyweight Brock Lesnar is now without an opponent for his UFC 87 bout after UFC Hall of Famer Mark Coleman was forced out of their scheduled heavyweight showdown due to a knee [...]
Read More »Cheick Kongo will fight UFC newcomer Dan Evensen at UFC 87 “Seek and Destroy” on August 9th in Minnesota. Kongo announced the bout earlier today on his official MySpace page.
Kongo (11-4-1) is 4-2 inide the UFC octagon including a notable upset over Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic in September 2007 at UFC 75 as well as [...]
The UFC has officially announced UFC 87: SEEK AND DESTROY featuring a heavyweight main event bout between former professional wrestler turned mixed martial artist Brock Lesnar and UFC Hall of Famer Mark Coleman. Lightweight contenders Kenny Florian and Roger Huerta will also face off in a featured top contender bout at the event.
The pay-per-view event [...]
Tamdan McCrory will return to the UFC in August following a brief layoff while completing college at SUNY Cortland to take on Luke Cummo in a welterweight bout at UFC 87 on August 9th in Minnesota, according to Fight Ticker.
McCrory (10-1) will look to bounce back against Cummo after suffering his first career loss against [...]
Top UFC lightweights Kenny Florian and Roger Huerta are set to face off in a featured bout at UFC 87 in August and there is likely more than just bragging rights on the line.
UFC President Dana White revealed during a pre-UFC 84 media conference call earlier this week that the winner of the August bout [...]
Recently, UFC lightweight contender Kenny Florian has been making it well known that he wants to meet Roger “El Matador” Huerta next inside the octagon:
“Roger Huerta’s got a lot of juice right now. He’s a big name right now in the division and in the sport. And right now I’ve got a little win streak [...]
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