John Fitch:

Here are the updated fight cards:

* UFC Fight Night 14: “Silva vs. Irvin”
* UFC 86: “Jackson vs. Griffin”
* UFC 87: “Seek and Destroy”
* UFC 88: “Breakthrough”

Check out the most recent rumored UFC 87 fight card here.

Check out the most recent rumored UFC 87 fight card here.

Welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre will put his belt on the line against number one contender Jon Fitch at UFC 87: “Seek and Destroy” from the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minn., on August 9.

St-Pierre of Fitch:

“He’s a very, very tough guy, I’m gonna have to train hard and be very well prepared because he may be my toughest fight yet.”

Jon Fitch:

“The whole goal is to get the belt and be in the position where guys can’t duck me, run away, or say they don’t want to fight me, if I have the belt, there’s no excuse, and if you say you’re the best, then we’re gonna fight. This is gonna be a tough fight, but I’m gonna make sure I’m sharp that night, and wherever the fight needs to go, that’s fine with me.”

UFC 87 also features heavyweight Brock Lesnar taking on a soon to be named opponent. Lesnar was originally scheduled to face UFC Hall of Famer Mark Coleman, but a knee injury has forced ‘The Hammer’ to withdraw from the show.

In other action, a lightweight eliminator match between Kenny Florian and Roger Huerta to determine the top seed in the 155-pound division.

Check out the most recent rumored UFC 87 fight card here.

Tickets for UFC 87: “Seek and Destroy” from the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minn., on August 9, 2008, will go on sale to the general public Sunday, May 25 at 12 p.m. CT.

Here is the UFC 87 tickets full sales schedule:

UFC Fight Club presale: Thursday, May 22 at 10 a.m. CT
UFC Newsletter presale: Saturday, May 24 at 10 a.m. CT
General ticket sale: Sunday, May 25 at 12 p.m. CT

Ticket will be priced $600, $400, $250, $125, $75 and $50. It will also be available on pay-per-view (PPV) for $44.95 at 10 p.m. ET on fight night.

Lets guess the main event — My guess… GSP vs. Fitch, Liddell vs. Shogun

Check out the most recent rumored UFC 87 fight card here.

Date: Saturday, August 9, 2008, at 10 p.m. ET on pay-per-view (PPV)
Location: Target Center — Minneapolis, Minnesota.

“Georges ‘Rush’ St-Pierre defends the UFC® Welterweight Championship at UFC® 87: SEEK AND DESTROY, as number one contender Jon Fitch steps up to take on the newly crowned champion. Then, hometown hero Brock Lesnar returns to the Octagon™ to seek redemption in the Heavyweight Division. Plus, in what could end up being the matchup of the year, lightweight contenders face off as Kenny ‘KenFlo’ Florian battles Roger ‘El Matador’ Huerta.”

Main Event:

Georges St. Pierre vs. Jon Fitch

Main Card (televised):

Heath Herring vs. Brock Lesnar
Roger Huerta vs. Kenny Florian
Cheik Kongo vs. Dan Evensen
Demian Maia vs Jason MacDonald

Preliminary Card (may not be televised)

Luke Cummo (6-5) vs. Tamdan McCrory (8-1)
Cheick Kongo (11-4-1) vs. Dan Evensen (10-2)
Andre Gusmao vs. Tomasz Drwal (14-2)
Steve Bruno (11-3) vs. Chris Wilson (13-4)
Ben Saunders (5-0-2) vs. Jared Rollins (6-4)
Manny Gamburyan (8-2) vs. Rob Emerson (7-6)

* Stay tuned for more details about UFC 87. Fights will be added as they are rumored and signed.

Mark Coleman was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame at UFC 82: “Pride of a Champion” at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. He also announced that he will not retire and will fight Brock Lesnar in August in Minnesota.

Mark Coleman (15-8) had a decent career (4-4) in the Pride FC organization, taking on some of the best competitors in the division such as Fedor Emelianenko, Mirko Cro Cop and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. He will return to the Octagon for the first time since 1999. Mark Coleman was the first UFC Heavyweight Champion ever.

Brock Lesnar (1-1)lost his highly anticipated Octagon debut to Frank Mir at UFC 81: “Breaking Point,” losing to former heavyweight champion Frank Mir via submission (kneebar) in round one.