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Report: Brock Lesnar To Fight In November
Aug 22, 2008 - 3:00 pm ET | 82 Comments

UFC heavyweight contender Brock Lesnar will likely return to the octagon in November, according to a report from the Pioneer Press.
Lesnar has reportedly been asked by the UFC to participate on an unspecified November fight card against an unknown opponent. The event is likely to be UFC 91 on November 15th in Portland, Oregon and [...]

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UFC 87 “Seek and Destroy” Results
Aug 10, 2008 - 1:11 am ET | 148 Comments

Georges St-Pierre (c) def. Jon Fitch via unanimous decision
UFC Welterweight Championship
Brock Lesnar def. Heath Herring via unanimous decision
Rob Emerson def. Manny Gamburyan via KO – Round 1, 0:12
Kenny Florian def. Roger Huerta via unanimous decision
Demian Maia def. Jason MacDonald via submission (rear naked choke) – Round 3, 2:44
Tamdan McCrory def. Luke Cummo via unanimous [...]

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UFC 87 Live Results and Coverage
Aug 9, 2008 - 5:00 pm ET | 99 Comments

Welcome to MMAFrenzy.com’s LIVE coverage of UFC 87 “Seek and Destroy”.
After re-claiming the UFC welterweight title from Matt Serra at UFC 83 in April, Georges “Rush” St-Pierre returns to the cage in the UFC 87 main event to take on top 170-pound contender Jon Fitch, who has won a record-tying 8-straight fights inside the octagon. [...]

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UFC 87 Betting Odds
Aug 9, 2008 - 2:00 pm ET | 5 Comments

UFC 87 “Seek and Destroy” betting odds courtesy of Bodog.
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UFC 87 “Seek and Destroy” Betting Odds

Georges St-Pierre (c) (-400) vs. Jon Fitch (+300)
UFC Welterweight Championship
Brock Lesnar (-240) vs. Heath Herring (+190)
Kenny Florian (-170) vs. Roger Huerta (+140)
Demian Maia (-260) vs. Jason MacDonald (+200)
Manny Gamburyan (-325) vs. Rob Emerson (+250)
Luke [...]

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UFC 87 Weigh-In Results
Aug 8, 2008 - 5:08 pm ET | 37 Comments

Weigh-ins for UFC 87 “Seek and Destroy” took place today at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The ten-bout pay-per-view event takes place tomorrow, August 9th, at the venue.
All twenty fighters successfully made weight with UFC 87 headliners, welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre and challenger Jon Fitch, weighing in exactly at the 170 pound welterweight [...]

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UFC Announces Remaining Bouts For UFC 87: Seek and Destroy
Jul 29, 2008 - 8:19 pm ET | 23 Comments

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) organization today announced the remaining fights for the upcoming UFC 87: SEEK AND DESTROY card, which features the UFC Welterweight Title bout between Champion Georges St-Pierre and number one contender Jon Fitch, Live from Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Just confirmed for the UFC 87 main card and undercard are exciting [...]

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Updated Official Fight Card For UFC 87 “Seek and Destroy”
Jun 26, 2008 - 5:00 am ET | 35 Comments

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 [...]

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Roundup: UFC 87 and UFN 15 Updates, Dana White Scales Back On Announcement, and More
Jun 16, 2008 - 12:00 pm ET | 28 Comments

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 [...]

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UFC 87: Cheick Kongo vs. Dan Evensen
May 18, 2008 - 9:56 pm ET | 10 Comments

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 [...]

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Official UFC 82 Fighter Salaries
Mar 3, 2008 - 3:18 pm ET | 13 Comments

MMAFrenzy.com has obtained the official fighter salaries for UFC 82 as reported to the Ohio Athletic Commission by the UFC. The mandatory figures reported to the athletic commission include base salaries and win bonuses but do not include fees, other bonuses, and sponsor payments.

Anderson Silva def. Dan Henderson
Silva — $140,000 ($70,000 win bonus)
Henderson — $100,000
Heath [...]

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UFC 82 Results
Mar 2, 2008 - 1:48 am ET | 15 Comments

Anderson Silva def. Dan Henderson via submission – Round 2, 4:52
UFC Middleweight Championship
Heath Herring def. Cheick Kongo via split decision
Chris Leben def. Alessio Sakara via TKO – Round 1, 3:16
Yushin Okami def. Evan Tanner via KO – Round 2, 3:00
Jon Fitch def. Chris Wilson via unanimous decision
Andrei Arlovski def. Jake O’Brien via TKO – Round [...]

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UFC 82 Weigh-In Results
Feb 29, 2008 - 3:00 pm ET | No Comments

Dan Henderson (184.5) vs. Anderson Silva (185)
UFC Middleweight Championship
Heath Herring (248) vs. Cheick Kongo (233.5)
Yushin Okami (184.5) vs. Evan Tanner (185)
Chris Wilson (169.5) vs. Jon Fitch (170)
Alessio Sakara (185) vs. Chris Leben (185)
Jake O’Brien (231.5) vs. Andrei Arlovski (241)
Luigi Fioravanti (170.5) vs. Luke Cummo (170)
Dustin Hazelett (170) vs. [...]

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UFC 82: Majority of Card Now Official, Arlovski and Koscheck On Preliminary Card
Feb 4, 2008 - 5:14 pm ET | 45 Comments

Earlier today the UFC updated the official UFC 82 “Pride of a Champion” fight card on UFC.com, confirming the majority of the previously rumored bouts for the event with the lone-exception being Chris Leben versus Alessio Sakara. If the lone-remaining rumored bout is confirmed for the event, UFC 82 will be the first of back-to-back [...]

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UFC 82: Three More Bouts Now Official
Jan 25, 2008 - 5:57 pm ET | 18 Comments

Today the UFC updated their official card for UFC 82 which previously included only the main event matchup between UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva and Dan Henderson. Heath Herring versus Cheick Kongo, Yushin Okami versus Evan Tanner, and Josh Koscheck versus Dustin Hazelett were all added to the official fight card.
Herring-Kongo and Okami-Tanner will both [...]

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Kongo vs. Nogueira Moved To 2008
Oct 4, 2007 - 1:49 pm ET | 5 Comments

A rumored matchup between top-contenders Cheick Kongo and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira will likely be moved from UFC 79 in late-December to an early-2008 card reports Fox Sports:
With UFC running so many shows, it made sense to try and shore up another show with a main-event caliber match. The Las Vegas show already has two championship [...]

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