UFC 87

UFC 87: Seek and Destroy was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 9, 2008, at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the twenty-first UFC event for the Pay-Per-View broadcast in high-definition.

UFC 87: Seek and Destroy
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
UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Irvin UFC 87: Seek and Destroy UFC 88: Breakthrough

Background

The card was headlined by a welterweight championship bout between champion Georges St-Pierre and challenger Jon Fitch.^[2]

UFC Hall of Famer Mark Coleman was first scheduled to fight Brock Lesnar, but an Achilles tendon injury forced him to withdraw. Heath Herring stepped in to fight Lesnar instead.

Future UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones made his UFC debut at this event after stepping in to replace Tomasz Drwal who pulled out of his bout with Andre Gusmao due to injury.

Results

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

1. For the UFC Welterweight Championship

Bonus awards

The following fighters received $60,000 bonuses.^[3]

• Fight of the Night: Georges St-Pierre vs. Jon Fitch
• Knockout of the Night: Rob Emerson
• Submission of the Night: Demian Maia

See also

• Ultimate Fighting Championship
• List of UFC champions
• List of UFC events
• 2008 in UFC