UFC 87: Seek and Destroy just concluded today, and among the highlight matches of UFC 87 was Brock Lesnar winning over Heath Herring. Of course, the main event was a UFC Welterweight Championship bout between current champions Georges St. Pierre against Jon Fitch. Georges St. Pierre dominated the fight that lasted 5 full rounds. Jon Fitch was a definite warrior and survivor, but just really couldn’t muster much against Georges St. Pierre, who successfully defends his UFC Welterweight championship.

Anyway, UFC 87 is history, and we now move on to UFC 88: Breakthrough which will be held on September 6, 2008 at the Phillips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. The main event for UFC 88 will be a light heavyweight bout between Chuck Liddell vs Rashad Evans.

Chuck Liddell is the favorite to win against Rashad Evans, considering his reputation as one of the most exciting MMA fighters in the UFC. However, a look into the MMA record of Chuck Liddell reveals that he has a 21-5 record, losing 2 of his last 3 fights to the likes of Quinton Jackson and Keith Jardine. Chuck Liddell’s reputation is still strong, and he’s booked big wins against the likes of Randy Couture (twice!) and Tito Ortiz (twice) throughout his career. Chuck Liddell’s most recent victory was against Wanderlei Silva during UFC 79, but it wasn’t won with the flair and knockout power Chuck Liddell has been known for.

Meanwhile, Rashad Evans does not have a loss in his MMA record, and remains undefeated. The only blemish in the MMA career of Rashad Evans was a draw with Tito Ortiz during UFC 73. The last win of Rashad Evans was an unconvincing split decision agisnt Michael Bisping in UFC 78. Perhaps, it was the lack of firepower from his last two fights that has made Rashad Evans the underdog against Chuck Liddell despite still being unbeaten.

Of course, all will be settled in The Octagon during UFC 88 at the Phillips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, come September.

Other bouts available for betting on UFC 88: Breakthrough include:

• Rich Franklin vs Matt Hamill
• Karo Parisyan vs Yoshiyuki Yoshida
• Dan Henderson vs Rousimar Palhares
• Nate Marquardt vs Martin Kampmann
• Thiago Tavares vs Kurt Pellegrino

And still there are more fights in UFC 88.

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UFC 87: Seek and Destroy is set to explode at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota on August 9, 2008. Among the big matches to watch out for include: Chris Wilson vs Steve Bruno, Cheick Kongo vs Dan Evensen, Jason MacDonald vs Demian Maia, Manny Gamburyan vs Rob Emerson, Brock Lesnar vs Heath Herring and Kenny Florian vs Roger Huerta.

Of course, the main event of UFC 87: Seek and Destroy is a UFC Welterweight title bout between UFC Welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre vs Jon Fitch. Georges St. Pierre has an impressive 16-2 MMA record, posting huge wins against the likes of Matt Hughes (twice!), BJ Penn, Sean Sherk, Josh Koscheck and Matt Serra.

Meanwhile, Jon Fitch has a 19-2 MMA record. His two losses occurred earlier in his career back in 2002. Since July 2003, Jon Fitch has not lost a bout, and is on a very remarkable 15-bout win streak. In that 15 win streak, Jon Fitch has defeated the likes of Josh Burkman, Thiago Alves, Kuniyoshi Hironaka, Luigi Fioravanti, Roan Carneiro, Diego Sanchez and Chris Wilson.

Odds makers are considering Georges St. Pierre as the favorite to win against Jon Fitch. However, Jon Fitch hasn’t tasted a loss in 5 years while Georges St. Pierre suffered a recent loss last year to Matt Serra when Georges St. Pierre lost his title.

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UFC 87: Seek & Destroy

Brock Lesnar vs Heath Herring

Initially, former WWE champion and former New Japan World Wrestling champion Brock Lesnar was supposed to fight former UFC heavyweight champion Mark Coleman for Brock Lesnar’s second UFC bout. However, Mark Coleman suffered an injury and Heath Herring stepped in to go up against Brock Lesnar.

Brock Lesnar lost his first UFC fight to Frank Mir via submission, but is now determined to avenge his loss with a win against UFC veteran Heath Herring. UFC oddsmakers pick Brock Lesnar as the favorite over Heath Herring when they square off at UFC 87: Seek and Destroy, which will be held at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota - the home town of Brock Lesnar.

Heath Herring has won 2 of his last 4 UFC matches with the most recent win being a split decision over Check Kongo.

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Quinton Jackson vs Forrest Griffin for the UFC Light Heavyweight World Championship Title!

Quinton Jackson puts his UFC Light Heavyweight title on the line for a second time after successfully defending his title against Dan Henderson a few months ago. This time, Forrest Griffin will hope to win the title against Quinton Jackson, but might have a very difficult time doing so.

Forrest Griffin has had much success in the UFC since he came out as the champion of The Ultimate Fighter 1 against Stephen Bonnar, and then Forrest Griffin came out with another very impressive win against Mauricio Rua, one of the few fighters who defeated Quinton Jackson. That may give Forrest Griffin the mental edge in thinking that he was able to defeat a fighter who defeated Quinton Jackson.

However, Quinton Jackson has the confidence of being the current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, and he has also booked some very impressive wins on his way to claiming the title, including a KO over Chuck Liddell and a unanimous decision over Dan Henderson.

UFC 86 odds makers are putting Quinton Jackson as a favorite to win over Forrest Griffi. In fact, UFC 86 betting experts are also predicting that Quinton Jackson will win via a KO in the second or third round of the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship match against Forrest Griffin.

Forrest Griffin may have a fighting chance if the fight goes the distance of five rounds, considering that Forrest Griffin might have better endurance and stamina, but then that’s if he can withstand the early onslaught of Quinton Jackson’s explosive power.

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Mixed martial arts fighter Brandon Vera was the oddsmakers’ favorite going into his MMA match against Fabricio Werdum during UFC 85: Bedlam at the 02 Arena in London, England, just recently. However, Fabricio Werdum mounted Brandon Vera, and with just a few seconds remaining in the round, the referee stopped the fight with the thought that Brandon Vera wasn’t intelligently defending himself. Well, Brandon Vera suffered an upset, and was also equally very upset at the decision. UFC fans booed the referee, and Brandon Vera was clearly agitated with the outcome.

Nevertheless, the referee’s decision stood its ground, and Fabricio Werdum was declared the winner. During the post match interview, Fabricio Werdum said some things in Portugese, which translated to something like - “Brandon Vera was saying stop! Stop! Stop!” suggesting that Brandon Vera was crying like a baby to the pounding of Fabricio Werdum.

Of course, Brandon Vera said, “That’s BULLSHIT!”

Well, I guess we can expect a rematch between Brandon Vera vs Fabricio Werdum probably in UFC 87 or in UFC 88. UFC fans will just have to wait.

UFC 86: Jackson vs Griffin!

Meanwhile, UFC 86: Jackson vs Griffin is coming soon, and UFC 86 will be featuring no less than a title bout between Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs Forrest Griffin. Quinton Jackson and Forrest Griffin were both coaches on The Ultimate Fighter TV series, which featured Team Rampage vs Team Forrest, so this should be an awesome fight. At stake in UFC 86: Jackson vs Griffin will be the light heavyweight title of Quinton Jackson.

UFC 86: Jackson vs Griffin will be held on July 5, 2008 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Other fights in the card include:

Patrick Cote vs Ricardo Almeida, Joe Stevenson vs Gleison Tibau, Josh Koschecj vs Christ Lytle, Tyson Griffin vs Marcus Aurelio, Gabriel Gonzaga vs Justin McCully and more.

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The main event of UFC 85: Bedlam was supposed to be highlighted with a light heavyweight bout between Chuck Liddell vs Mauricio Rua, but then injuries upon injuries, replacements and cancellations, led to the eventual main event card being a welterweight bout between Matt Hughes vs Thiago Alves.

Undoubtedly, many are looking at former 2-time UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes to be the favorite over Thiago Alves despite the recent loss Matt Hughes suffered against Georges St. Pierre back in UFC 79: Nemesis. Thiago Alves, a Bralizian jiu-jitsu and mixed martial arts fighter, has won his last 5 fights including impressive wins versus the likes of Tony DeSouza, Karo Parisyan and Chris Lytle.

However, the big fights have gone the way of Matt Hughes, and he is a former 2-time UFC welterweight champion, and that gives him the slight edge over Thiago Alves.

Oddsmakers have put the odds of the Matt Hughes vs Thiago Alves bout in UFC 85: Bedlam to be held at the O2 Arena in London, England this June 2008 as:

• Matt Hughes -210
• Thiago Alves +160

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UFC 84 had a lot of big-named mixed martial arts fighters in the fight card, and some of the featured match-ups included that of Lyoto Machida vs Tito Ortiz, Wanderlei Silva vs Keith Jardine, and of course the main event which featured BJ Penn vs Sean Sherk.

The Machida vs Ortiz match went the distance of three rounds with Lyoto Machida eventually being given the win by unanimous decision over Tito Ortiz, who might be retiring after suffering the big loss. Wanderlei Silva posted a huge knockout over Keith Jardine to end a three-fight losing streak, and also finally posting his first win since joining the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Of course, the big story of the night was the main event for the UFC Lightweight Championship between Sean Sherk and BJ Penn. The crowd at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas were solidly behind BJ Penn, booing Sean Sherk and even chanting “Steroids! Steroids!” to attest to the fact that Sean Sherk was stripped off his title after he was tested positive for steroid use last July 2007.

BJ Penn made good use of the momentum and the crowd support to destroy Sean Sherk through three rounds, and eventually ended the match with a flying knee that toppled Sean Sherk, and BJ Penn just punched away until the referee stepped in to stop the fight and award BJ Penn the UFC Lightweight Championship via TKO.

Mixed martial arts fans and enthusiasts are now setting their sights on UFC 85: Bedlam, which will be held at the O2 Arena in London, England, and will feature fights between the likes of: Nathan Marquardt vs Thales Leites, Fabricio Werdum vs Brandon Vera, Mike Swick vs Marcus Davis, Michael Bisping vs Jason Day and the main event of Matt Hughes vs Thiago Alves.

Originally, the main event of UFC 85: Bedlam was supposed to be between Chuck Liddell vs Mauricio Rua, but Mauricio Rua had to withdraw due to a surgery on an injured knee. Rashad Evans replaced Mauricio Rua, but then Chuck Liddell this time was the one to withdraw due to a hamstring injury. James Irvin was supposed to replace Chuck Liddell, but then he sustained a foot injury and Rashad Evans was pulled from the card as well, and instead of having light heavyweights in the main event, middleweights Matt Hughes and Thiago Alves were called upon.

In any case, UFC 85: Bedlam is all set to kick off in the 02 Arena in London, England on June 7, 2008.

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