UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre, who is expected to take on UFC lightweight champion BJ Penn in his next bout, may not return to the octagon this year in favor of taking some time off.
St-Pierre announced his tentative plans in a recent blog post on RDS.ca (translated by Fightline):
Many state that my next opponent should [...]

Georges St-Pierre, Jon Fitch, Dan Evensen, and Ryan Thomas each received precautionary 30 day medical suspensions stemming from their bouts at UFC 87 “Seek and Destroy” on August 9th in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The state’s mixed martial arts sanctioning body, the Minnesota Combative Sports Commission, confirmed the medical suspensions with MMA Junkie on Monday.
St-Pierre and Fitch were [...]

– Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson are likely to rematch at the UFC’s year-end pay-per-view event on December 27th in Las Vegas. In their first meeting Rua defeated Jackson via first-round KO at PRIDE Total Elimination 2005 in April 2005.
– Georges St-Pierre and Jon Fitch were each awarded [...]

Post-fight videos featuring Brock Lesnar, Jon Fitch, and Georges St-Pierre are after the jump…

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 [...]

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. [...]

I honestly cannot recall the last time I felt so amped for a UFC pay-per-view, and can only hope that “Seek And Destroy” delivers on the excitement I’ve been greedily awaiting for the past month. That being said, lets get right to it with some predictions.
George St. Pierre vs. Jon Fitch- Welterweight Title Bout
GSP [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The UFC will return to the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada in November or December for it’s second event in the country, according to Sportsnet.ca:
“”I literally just left a meeting where we were talking about that,” UFC president Dana White told The Canadian Press on Tuesday. “We’re looking to come back to Montreal.”
White said the [...]

“That’s sound great, I think GSP is an incredible fighter. But I think GSP needs to prove himself. He still hasn’t had a successful title defense (at 170 lbs.). I don’t really feel that he deserves (a Silva fight) yet. Go defend your title a few times and then we’ll talk.”
Anderson Silva’s manager, Ed Soares, tells ProMMARadio (via [...]

During a recent media confrence call EliteXC confirmed that popular but controversial heavyweight Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson will return to the cage in the fall, most likely in September or October on a CBS televised card, but his opponent for the bout has not yet been determined.
“The Ultimate Fighter 4″ runner-up Chris Lytle has signed [...]