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 [...]
Former UFC lightweight champion and current WEC featherweight Jens Pulver, who is coming off of a loss to WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber, will likely return to the cage in October, possibly against Alexandre Franca Nogueira.
The UFC is planning to hold an event in Chicago in October and in Boston in November and will also [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Both Rich Franklin and George St. Pierre need only time to recover from their UFC 83 bouts before facing their next challenge, according to Dave Meltzer’s latest article from Yahoo! Sports:
“New welterweight champion St. Pierre was offered a title defense with Jon Fitch, but felt his hands were damaged in his win over Matt Serra [...]
Chris Fries and The JDH of Tagg Radio’s The Lights Out Show interviewed top UFC welterweight contender, Jon Fitch on their last show (volume 113). Jon is obviously very interested in this weekend’s Serra/GSP fight, since he will likely be facing the winner. Here are some excerpts from the show.
ON GETTING A TITLE SHOT NEXT
“The [...]
All ten tested fighters from UFC 82 on March 2nd in Columbus, Ohio have tested clean for steroids and drugs of abuse according to MMA Junkie.
The Ohio Athletic Commission only conducted tests for steroids and drugs of abuse on winning fighters from the event.
Tested fighters were Anderson Silva, Heath Herring, Chris Leben, Yushin Okami, Jon [...]
UFC President Dana White revealed during the post-UFC 82 press conference that Jon Fitch is next in line for a welterweight title shot:
“[Jon Fitch] will fight anybody, anywhere. Realistically, he is in line, right now, for a title shot once the whole Serra-St-Pierre thing is figured out. He still took the fight tonight. He [...]
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 [...]
