| UFC 87: Seek and Destroy | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 87: Seek and Destroy | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | August 9, 2008 | |||
| Venue | Target Center | |||
| City | Minneapolis,Minnesota | |||
| Attendance | 15,087 | |||
| Total gate | $2,252,000 | |||
| Buyrate | 625,000[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 87: Seek and Destroywas amixed martial arts event held by theUltimate Fighting Championship on August 9, 2008, at theTarget Center inMinneapolis,Minnesota. It is the twenty-first UFC event for the Pay-Per-View broadcast in high-definition.
The card was headlined by a welterweight championship bout between championGeorges St-Pierre and challengerJon Fitch.[2]
UFC Hall of FamerMark Coleman was first scheduled to fightBrock Lesnar, but an Achilles tendon injury forced him to withdraw.Heath Herring stepped in to fight Lesnar instead.
FutureUFC Light Heavyweight ChampionJon Jones made his UFC debut at this event after stepping in to replaceTomasz Drwal who pulled out of his bout with Andre Gusmao due to injury.
| Main card (PPV) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Welterweight | Georges St-Pierre (c) | def. | Jon Fitch | Decision (unanimous) (50–43, 50–44, 50–44) | 5 | 5:00 | [a] |
| Heavyweight | Brock Lesnar | def. | Heath Herring | Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–26, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Rob Emerson | def. | Manvel Gamburyan | KO (punches) | 1 | 0:12 | |
| Lightweight | Kenny Florian | def. | Roger Huerta | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Demian Maia | def. | Jason MacDonald | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 3 | 2:44 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Welterweight | Tamdan McCrory | def. | Luke Cummo | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Cheick Kongo | def. | Dan Evensen | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:55 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Jon Jones | def. | André Gusmão | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Chris Wilson | def. | Steve Bruno | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Ben Saunders | def. | Ryan Thomas | Submission (armbar) | 2 | 2:28 | |
The following fighters received $60,000 bonuses.[3]
