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. Background. The card was headlined by a welterweight championship bout between champion Georges St-Pierre and challenger Jon Fitch. 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. Bonus awards. At the end of the night, the UFC awarded $60,000 to each of the fighters who received one of these three awards.