Freestyle MMA will have live coverage of UFC87 Seek and Destroy starting at 8:30pm est. Read on …
Weigh in results for UFC87 are official
UFC87 fight card
Main Event – UFC Welterweight Championship
Jon Fitch (170) VS Georges St-Pierre (170)
Heath Herring (250) VS Brock Lesnar (265)
Roger Huerta (155) vs Kenny Florian (155)
Demian Maia (185) VS Jason MacDonald (185)
Robert Emerson (155) VS Manvel Gamburyan (155)
Tamdan McCrory (170) VS Luke Cummo (167)
Dan Evensen (244) VS Cheick Kongo (235)
Andre Gusmao (205) VS Jon Jones (205)
Steve Bruno (170) VS Chris Wilson (170)
Ryan Thomas (170) VS Ben Saunders (170)
Former TUF castmates Rob Emerson and Manny Gamburyan, to meet at UFC87 on 8/9/08. Both fighters were defeated by eventual winner Nathan Diaz, Read on …
An interesting undercard fight is scheduled for UFC 87. Luke Cummo will face Tamdan McCrory, both fighters are coming off of losses, Read on …
Demian Maia brings his 8-0 Mixed Martial Arts record into the Octagon on 8/9/08, to face Jason MacDonald at UFC 87, Read on …
UFC87’s main event features two fighters with a combined 18-2 record in the UFC, but with similar styles, GSP and Jon Fitch may not put on the show that Kenny Florian and Roger Huerta will. Brock Lesnar has the big following from his wrestling days, and has the size and aggression to succeed in the UFC, but can he bring the excitement like the Lightweights do? So look for Florian vs. Huerta to steal the show, both are aggressive strikers with great conditioning who are both good on the ground, give Florian a slight edge on the ground and Huerta a slight edge in punching power. No matter what the results may be, this one will be a war.
The UFC isn’t doing Brock Lesnar any favors, first it was former champ Frank Mir, and now Heath Herring, a veteran of 43 fights, who has taken on the best in the world including Fedor, and Noguiera twice. Lesnar, who has a total of 2 MMA fights on his resume, is a former NCAA wrestling champ, who went on to a successful pro wrestling career, then decided to try his hand at real fighting. Read on …
Top contender Jon Fitch will get his long awaited title shot on 8/9/08 against champ Georges St Pierre. This will be a battle of two of the best ground fighters in the Welterweight division, Fitch will try and do what his teammate, Josh Koscheck was unable to do, and that is to try and put St Pierre on his back and keep him there.
St Pierre has the best takedowns in the business, and is himself extremely hard to take down, this will be a tall order for Fitch. Also on the UFC 87 fight card Kenny Florian vs Roger Huerta in a potential “fight of the night ” matchup