The official weigh-in event for UFC 87: “Seek and Destroy” is set for Friday, August 8 at 5 p.m. ET in Minneapolis, Minn., at the Target Center concourse area in. It will air LIVE online via streaming video on UFC.com at this time.
Of course, MMAmania.com will provide up-to-the-minute coverage of the UFC 87 weigh-in, as well as provide a detailed recap of the festivities as soon as they conclude.
Here’s the complete line up:
Main event:
UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre (16-2) vs. Jon Fitch (19-2)
Main card (Televised):
265 lbs.: Brock Lesnar (1-1) vs. Heath Herring (28-13)
155 lbs.: Kenny Florian (9-3) vs. Roger Huerta (20-1-1)
155 lbs.: Manny Gamburyan (8-2) vs. Rob Emerson (7-6)
185 lbs.: Demian Maia (7-0) vs. Jason MacDonald (20-9)
Under card (May not be broadcast):
170 lbs.: Luke Cummo (6-5) vs. Tamdan McCrory (8-1)
265 lbs.: Cheick Kongo (11-4-1) vs. Dan Evensen (10-2)
205 lbs.: Andre Gusmao vs. Jon Jones (6-0)
170 lbs.: Steve Bruno (11-3) vs. Chris Wilson (13-4)
170 lbs.: Ben Saunders (5-0-2) vs. Ryan Thomas (9-1)
For those in town for the UFC debut in “The North Star State” remember that the weigh-ins are FREE to attend and open to the public.
And for those who want to make the most out of the experience get there a little early for Harley-Davidson Fan/Fighter Photo Session. It’s an opportunity for fans to pose for photos with UFC fighters and Octagon Girls from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time.
Of course, UFC Fight Club members will also be able to attend an exclusive Q&A session with a soon-to-be-named star.
In addition to coverage of the weigh-in, remember that MMAmania.com will also provide LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the main card action on fight night, which is slated to air at 10 p.m. ET on pay-per-view (PPV) from the Target Center on Saturday, August 9.
Of course, the latest quick updates of the prelim bouts will begin to flow earlier than that at around 8:30 p.m. ET.
It’s going to be a fun night of fights … check us out for all the pre, during and post-fight coverage you can handle.
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Fitch looks drunk in that pic
Looks like he’s really bored, like he just doesn’t give a damn about the weigh in. Or maybe with his arms up like that he’s tellin the crowd to bring it on.
LMAO: Jesse Taylor has been officially released from the UFC!!!!!
Again? We should get a pool together to guess how many teams he gets released from the UFC.
VM-
End of the story for him. Hello, EliteXC…
MANIA,
Check it out: Jesse Taylor Released from UFC!
http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/07/31/report-jesse-taylor-released-by-ufc/
Credit to: Crazy (from another thread)
Good. Fuck him.
THURSDAY MORNING CONVERSATION WITH KEVIN:
I want to be the first to say thank you very much to mania for actually answering a few questions yesterday, I really appreciated it! Today will be the last day of questions, tomorrow back to analizing fights or fight topics!
Lets learn a little more about the guys here on mmamania (maniacs), I know Johns at Drexel and Mike is in Conn, but how bout you other guys. What made you start postibg?
* I’m 31 and in the san fran bay area. I was just a ufcmania reader for 6 months before I posted a comment. I would sometimes read sherdog and was always turned off by the way the elitists would always say guys were dumb for asking a real question, or jumping on someone for merely disagreeing. I was vwry impressed at the level of knowledge that 90% of the mmamaniacs had. I first posted because I disagreed with John, and the rest as they say, is history.
Kev-
Chicago. Been on this site for about a year. Posted after reading for 4 months. I was on MMAjunkie.com. Didn’t like the no-knowledge 12 year olds there or the super elitist MMA know it alls. Best site is definitely here.
Jason…
From Toronto. I’ve been on the site since the first GSP title fight. I tried discussing MMA with the guys at work and they weren’t nearly as interested as I was and I definately have found a lot more interest on this site. I also like reading the news articles.
i’m 29 and currently in Montana. i moved here 2 years ago from michigan (lived there all my life).
i can’t remember how i found this site, honestly. but this is the only MMA site i visit regularly.
Im 28, from Birmingham England and started watching MMA on the internet first, things like Ultimate KOs and then was amazed when TUF was shown on Bravo in UK (Cable Channel). Started reading UFC.COM and then searched for other sites. Like OJR thought MMAJunkie was ok at first but got bored with all the name calling & insults. I enjoy reading the posts and appreciate the knowledge that most of the longterm/hardcore posters have.
Cheers guys!!
i actually found this site off of ufc.com. there was a story from the houston chronical on that site and i went to that link and read alot of good stuff. i then noticed a list of related sites and noticed one called ufcmania and i clicked, and i havent looked back since. i think it took me about a month before my 1rst blog and i belive that was about 2years ago.
B.w.-
Where you from?
James-Richmond, VA
I am barely past computer illiterate and used to just go to the UFC site. Stumbled on this one at work one day, and my productivity has decreased ever since.
PW (not my real name) 32, greater DFW metroplex, defeinitely more Fort Worth than Dallas though. I found the site when I did a search for UFC betting tips a few years ago right before an event and got a link to a Desert Dog post here.
Mitch-
i am in a place you all have never heard of called Southern Maryland. i was a fan of this website for about 9 months before i actually made my first post. my uncle got me into the sport about four years ago when he was having a party at his house for the fight. once i saw the sport i could not stop watching it ! i love this sport. this website is hands down the best mma site around! you can go look at all of the other sites and see that their intelligence level is very low when it comes to posting comments. this is my most frequently visited site and i intend to be on here a long time !
OJR. missouri. i hope for the ufc to come to st.louis someday. the midwest is is a boon for mma. im sure it is almost everywhere else as well.
33 <—————– Oldest
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. I came across this site, when it was UFCmania, everytime I typed in UFC into google. Just read for a while before posting. Timeframes elude me.
What about JV, VM, Linx, BNF, John, Mexicutioner, PhilQNY etc etc. All the regs, don’t be shy.
UKmmaBOY, are you going to 89???
B.W.-
Chicago is like a 6 hour drive from you, right?
You ever come in October, I can send you a list of what’s what here.
OJR:
Missed your age and everyone else who didn’t post their age
Auto-
I am 33. And married. But no kids, yet…
Auto - Definatley UFC89. Its on my doorstep, very excited!!
Jon
24 yrs of age, livin in Denver, CO. I think I was like 10 yrs old when I saw UFC 1 back in the 90’s on VHS. My father rented the old UFC tapes (back then weren’t so old I guess). Broke away from it for a while and then came back to it after the Tito Ortiz era had ended just in time to catch Randy as the LHW champ. I’m an mma fan but currently training boxing under Lonnie Smith, former WBC welter weight champ.
UKmmaBOY:
Where in Birmingham are you from?
O damn-
Good deal. Now I know someone who I can discuss boxing with. That is my first love.
I was a huge Boxing fan before MMA arrived.
I actually first heard of the UFC on ‘Friends’ of all places.
I think it was Jennifer Aniston’s boyfriend (Jon Favreau) who had lots of money and wanted to become the next Ultimate Fighting Champion
for those that dont know, my name is john and I am an mma-aholic!
I am 26, living in Philadelphia. I attend DRexel University and I will be graduating in about 6 months. The only reason I attend school is in hopes of landing a marketing job with the UFC….No other job will do!
I have been on this site for a while now, I found the site while googling mma. For about 6 months I came on this site to just look at the news, 6 months later I started blogging and have been addicted ever since. I wont be attending this site very much from this september-March because I have to do an internship as a graduation requirment for DREXEL U. I commute to school and I am on campus about 8-12 hours a day. I post from class, or in between classes in the library waiting for my next class to start. I have been watching the UFC since the beginning, but my true love was/is PRIDE FC and Japanese MMA!
LOL. I remember that episode. How gay does that sound! Ok Auto, here you go. My name is Brian, 29 from Huntington Beach, CA. I am 29, wife and 2 kids. My buddy told me about Royce way back in the day and I have been hooked ever since. Used to go to UFC.com then found this site probably 6 months ago and never looked back. And like Chefdaddy said my sales have gone down ever since.
Auto - Im actually from Wolverhampton, Bham was a bit easier for most people to identify with. Still it will only take me about 40 mins to get there worse case.
(Even sadder, I remember the Friends episode too, she thought he was buying her a ring for $80k and he was having an Octagon made. He got hospitalised bad!)
Hahahaha!!!
Me too. She commented, “There was somebody standing on your neck, what were you thinking?”
Was Favreau actually in shape for that episode?
That guy fluctuates in weight more than Oprah Winfrey.
UKmmaBOY:
My wife is from Birmingham hence me asking where you were from. I’m going to 89 too and staying at the in-laws. It’s literally 15 mins away
Auto - Where is your wife from?
UKmmaBOY, BNF, OJR:
Looks like we are all gay lol.
BNF:
What is Huntington Beach actually like? I’m picturing a beach, like muscle beach, full of Tito’s
UKmmaBOY:
She is from Castle Bromwich so a short ride to 89
Tito actually lives 3 streets up from me. He drives by my house all the time in a white Rolls Royce Phamtom. He will wave if we are outside, but never stops. HB is pretty cool, we can ride our bikes to the beach, weather is always good. There are definaltly some meatheads here, but for the most part the people are cool.
BNF: Next time he rides by you, flag him over and politely tell him that I HATE HIM!
LOL… Better yet I will kick his car then slap Jenna across the face while yelling JOHN FROM MMAMANIA HATES YOU TITO!!!
Or next time they attend a MMA event you can get the entire crowd to start chanting ‘how taste my pee pee’ at them.
oooh, sorry guys, just now noticed this, hope I’m not too late
my name is Tom, 29 from Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. Married for a year and two months, no kids, atheist, libertarian, one dog (rottweiler, female, weighs about 65 kilos, name shirra), got family in the US, Portugal, Austria and mainly in Brazil in various states (we populate a lot, so we need to keep moving to give other countries branches from my family). Work at an international programming company and my job is very boring and slow (figures why I’m here so much), get overpaid for what I do, but my boss is cool and I love my job.
don’t quite remember how long ago I came to MMAMania, but it must have been about a year or so. I was searching for MMA news since we don’t have much news of MMA in Brazil and found the site. since then I fell in love with this site and the community as a whole. I started commenting on the site almost immediately, I’m not very shy.
Kevin, you got some big ideas, you should have gotten the job Mania was offering a while back!
I read this a little late aswell, but I will post anyways…….
Stagger-Lee; 24 years old..Toronto Ontario Canada!!
I found this site a little over 1 year ago, and have been posting for about 10 months or so..I love this site..It is the best MMa website out there…
Thanks Mania!! You guy’s do a great job!!!
Automation, I’m 38 (going on 13), so you’re not the old man of this bunch.
i from san pedro ca but living in palm springs right now my name is not roy i work in the medical field for the last 13 yrs i am 36 yrs old wife 3 kids.a friend of mine that traind with the gracies in torence brought me a home video of the gracies traveling the world kicking peoples ass a few months before ufc1 came out and i have been watching ever since, i am not a computer guy so i have only been on the internet for 1 yr or so mostly for news more than commenting and only at work mon- fri.
Me too, just came home from a vacation. Just loved the sands that I was lyin’ on just hours ago. Now I’m back here in the metro, in the hardcore Philippine islands!
Syd is my name.25… And even if I’m Filipino like Brandon Vera, I find his fights very boring as of late.
Been on this site a couple of months now, and I started threading because here, we’re on the same level. Unlike in some other websites where the guys aren’t the least bit updated. Here, everythin’s real time!
I’ve been followin’ the UFC since UFC 2 I think. I was also into pride back then[because of Sakuraba]. I only get my daily dose of MMA either here at work, or in the office. I started grappling back in high school. MY buddies also teach me a little bit of Muay Thai and there’s even one who knows Jeet Kune Do[for free!!]. I also have wrestler friends, and I’m actually plannin’ on doin’ boxing.
I’m in a grunge-punk band named The Front Acts and I do the drummin’ duties because the original drummer went to a reggae/ska band so I switched from bass to drums. But I do love beatin’ people’s asses if they deserve a beatin’, if you know what I mean? Hehe!! As much as possible though, I stay out of trouble. I don’t give chicks the eye when their boyfriends are around, hehehe!
Me too, just came home from a vacation. Just loved the sands that I was lyin’ on just hours ago. Now I’m back here in the metro, in the hardcore Philippine islands!
Syd is my name.25… And even if I’m Filipino like Brandon Vera, I find his fights very boring as of late.
Been on this site a couple of months now, and I started threading because here, we’re on the same level. Unlike in some other websites where the guys aren’t the least bit updated. Here, everythin’s real time!
I’ve been followin’ the UFC since UFC 2 I think. I was also into pride back then[because of Sakuraba]. I only get my daily dose of MMA either here at work, or in the office. I started grappling back in high school. MY buddies also teach me a little bit of Muay Thai and there’s even one who knows Jeet Kune Do[for free!!]. I also have wrestler friends, and I’m actually plannin’ on doin’ boxing…
I’m in a grunge-punk band named The Front Acts and I do the drummin’ duties because the original drummer went to a reggae/ska band so I switched from bass to drums. But I do love beatin’ people’s asses if they deserve a beatin’, if you know what I mean? Hehe!! As much as possible though, I stay out of trouble. I don’t give chicks the eye when their boyfriends are around, hehehe!
Me too, just came home from a vacation. Just loved the sands that I was lyin’ on just hours ago. Now I’m back here in the metro, in the hardcore Philippine islands!
Syd is my name.25… And even if I’m Filipino like Brandon Vera, I find his fights very boring as of late.
Been on this site a couple of months now, and I started threading because here, we’re on the same level. Unlike in some other websites where the guys aren’t the least bit updated. Here, everythin’s real time!
I’ve been followin’ the UFC since UFC 2 I think. I was also into pride back then[because of Sakuraba]. I only get my daily dose of MMA either here at work, or in the office. I started grappling back in high school. MY buddies also teach me a little bit of Muay Thai and there’s even one who knows Jeet Kune Do[for free!!]. I also have wrestler friends, and I’m actually plannin’ on doin’ boxing..
I’m in a grunge-punk band named The Front Acts and I do the drummin’ duties because the original drummer went to a reggae/ska band so I switched from bass to drums. But I do love beatin’ people’s asses if they deserve a beatin’, if you know what I mean? Hehe!! As much as possible though, I stay out of trouble. I don’t give chicks the eye when their boyfriends are around, hehehe!
I actually feel sorry for his dumb @ss. Making a stupid statment should not get you fired. Oh well…
OJR. i am actually about 7 hrs from chi-town and have relatives that live there, but havent talked to them in a while (loved that OLD-STYLE beer).ive been there twice , i can only remember rush street. i’ll blog to u if i can make that event. i need to quit making excuses and make it to my 1rst live ufc event. theres alot of small orgs in mo, that put on fights a little down south, but they can be very entertaining and cheap. ive seen guys like hughes and lawler at these coaching, or reffing. and im probably the oldest dude on this site 38, 39 come sept. i still feel like im in my 20s though (and act that way sometimes)! cheers!
Sounds good, b.w.
30 from CT, now living in Alabama, I’ve been reading the site for over a year
36, from Lake Placid, FL. Married for 16 yrs, two boys 14&11 and four foster kids all over 18. I was into the UFC in the early years and lost interest. I was one of those guys that happened across Spike the night of the first TUF Finale. I have bought every PPV since! I started posting on mania after the Bisping/Hamill circus. It was the first site that came up in the search engine and It is the only one I post on. Generally good posts, agree or disagree, and usually always in good fun.
33 yr old female. Minneapolis. Can’t find anyone to chat with about mma. All the guys at work are into baseball and football. Everyone else finds it absurd that I would love mma, being that I am into Buddhism, yoga and meditation. So it’s nice to come to this site and read others’ discussions. Fun place. Thanks Mania.
JT no money, that dude is his own worst enemy.
He did it to himself. No love loss.
I wouldn’t b surprised if he was the 1st 1 to get tested lol.
i wish the manny/emerson fight wasn’t on the televised portion. i’m not interested in seeing either of them compete. i want to see undercard fights, but that isn’t going to happen with Manny dry humping for 15 minutes.
Mania..Fitch’s MMA record is 19-2.
I can’t believe they’ve put Rob Emerson, aka ‘B RAD’ on the main card.
B-rad! LMAO! that is perfect name for Rob Emerson.
B-rad “THE OG from the OC” vs. THe British Prostitute! THis fight has no business being televise. Why not have 1 of the UFC’s top HW’s Cheik Kongo fight instead of this TUF battle! All these TUF fights should be banned from pay per view. Nate Diaz isnt on pay per views, so why should these Twirps be? THis fight is much more appropriate for a UFN card…It has no business on PPV!
I doubt we will get to see any undercard fights because Fitch vs. GSP will be a very long fight. I can actually see it going the distance ( 5 rounds would be great experience for both fighters because Neither has fought more than 15 minutes. Florian vs. HUerta wont be over quickly either so I really dont expect to get to see the uindercard fights.
I really want to see:
Cummo vs. the BarnCatt
Kongo fight
Ben Saunders!
any of those fights will be better than that British slut!
I’d want to spend a week john! Where would I fly into (so I can check airfare, and do you need a passport?
yeah, u need a passaport. I always flew there from Philly, and I always had to fly to san Juan, Puerto Ricco 1st, take a connecting flight to Antigua, and then another connecting flight (small plane) to Domenica. August is out of the question cause its Hurricane season, so highly recomend against going there in August!
how much to spend a week john?
It looks like they have the same thing tatted on their upper right chest.
You’re right, they do look very similar. Howver, the difference is that Fitch’s tatoo is the ancient Chineese symbol for “Warrior Spirit”, meanwhile, GSP’s ancient Chineese symbol represents “I have a fragile mind, little heart, and I live with my parents”
heheheheheehe
I heard on ESPN radio a few weeks ago a funny story involving NBA and NFL players who had gotten tatoos in Chinese writing, but whoever did it put the wrong symbols on them! So (purely example) instead of one saying, say, Warrior Spirit, it said Funny Fish Crawling and weird stuff like that. I want to find a list of them now, but I’m not sure where to look. Man, I bet those cats were p*ssed!
off beat ink has a few examples, but can’t find the ones with the athletes!
LOL, that’s funny, here a lot of ppl put chinese symbols in their tats too, but nobody knows what it means. I’d just put one if I knew what it meant…
Ha! Typical…
Yeah, I read that article. Shawn MArion’s tattoo was one of ‘em!
LOL
lol thanks for the translation mike, I thought it meant “I’m gay”
Hahaha, I never understood tattooing foreign words/symbols on yourself is cool, unless you’re actually from that race (i.e. Brandon Vera has ancient Filipino symbols on his back).
Oh well, at least it’s not a barbed wire tattoo around the arm.
nothing worse than barbed wire. When I was in vegas I was gonna get some more ink, they wanted 600 for a small piece that would’ve taken 45 minutes tops. I laughed right in that freaks face!
That’s right pat. Brandon Vera’s symbols are actually the FIlipino’s ancient alphabet or somethin’. It’s called “Alibata”. SOme rock stars here in the Philippines have those symbols on their forearms. But I really can’t decipher the meanings of those symbols. 1 symbol is like 1 letter, like the Greek alphabet.
Luke Cummo is going to get that nasty label of mma “journeyman” if he loses
The Q&A has been announced. It is going to be Amir Saddollah and Dana White. Not exactly as exciting as the Liddell, Anderson Silva, etc Q&As, but thats who it is.
Who ever decided to put the Manny vs Rob fight on the card should be taken out back and beaten with a hose.
Not sure HH - Brock fight is going to end up being exciting, I think HH might be tentative due to Brock’s wrestling which will bring down the pace of the fight. Maybe I’ll be wrong.
K-Flo vs Huerta has the potential to be fight of the year though, hope it is a WAR.
Can’t wait for this card, and I can’t wait for Huerta to beat Ken-Flo.
guess you’ll be disappointed when kenny wins huh? sorry buddy!
tito ortiz is on KROQ right now talking about fooseball. ha ha.. he is hilarious
foosball is f’ing sweet.
This is gonna be sick. I am not going to the event but i am gonna be all over that weigh in. I hope to god i can get a pic with Demian. It would be great too if Big Nog is there.
would rather see guys posing in their under wear than see the fights huh…makes sense!
By the time i scraped some decent cash together all the decent seats were sold and am not about to spend even 50 bucks to sit next to douchebags in Tapout and affliction gears to watch a screen.
What? You don’t want to hang with Punkass, Skyskrape and Mask?
I have some extra tickets (6) that I’m selling for face value (plus fees). They are 90 each. Lemme know if you are interested in them. chrisandsarahnichols@gmail.com
I can’t believe time is flying so fast. I’m to 87 and I’ll try to make it to the weigh-ins, got check my flight info
From Missouri
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I think it’s funny how both guys have asian writing on them.