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8/10/08
UFC 87 Highlights: Georges St. Pierre Defends Welterweight Championship; Brock Lesnar Wins
It's Always A Good Night When All The Biggest Fights Go The Distance
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If you're a fan at all of MMA, then Saturday night you were treated to one heck of an all-around card at UFC 87.

First up, there were a lot of questions about Brock Lesnar and how much he'd improved for his second UFC fight. There were even rumors that were he to lose Saturday night, he'd be canned by UFC. But no worries now, as Lesnar dominated his fight against Heath Herring, coming right out of the gate and drilling Herring with a huge right cross. While the fight ultimately went to a decision, there was little question who won. Lesnar used Herring as a three round punching bag.



Lesnar is still pretty raw, but his talent is unmistakable. He is freakishly quick and athletic for a heavyweight division fighter. If he continues to progress as quickly as he has through two fights, he could soon by the UFC heavyweight champion.

The main fight of the night though, featured reigning welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre against Jon Fitch - who had yet to lose a UFC fight. St. Pierre burst out to an immediate advantage in the fight.



I was convinced this fight wouldn't last much beyond the first round, but it went the full five. As many times as Fitch got knocked down, he got right back up. And even though Pierre turned Fitch's face into hamburger meat, Fitch wouldn't concede. Of course, there was little question about the final decision, as St. Pierre retained his championship. After the fight it was also revealed that BJ Penn would likely move up to St. Pierre's weight class for a rematch of their UFC 58 fight which St. Pierre won by split decision. That fight is likely to occur on December 27th in Las Vegas and would be well worth dropping money on to see it.

The last key fight of the evening was Kevin Florian against Roger Huerta. Florian won a well-deserved decision over Huerta to secure a light heavyweight title shot against reigning champ Forrest Griffin.
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Watching that fight, Lesnar was really impressive but it seemed like he was fighting not to lose.  I think he could have beat him earlier, but he was trying to prove a point.  He absolutely owned that entire fight.  Although GSP won his fight, you have to give it to Fitch.  After the beatdown he took in the first, I was completely floored that he lasted 25 minutes.
 
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Lesnar NEEDS to learn how to finish. He was dominating Herring the entire fight, but couldn't put him away. He desperately needs to go out and get a good BJJ coach, and work on some submission skills. He also could use some more aggression. He looked very good in the standup, and obviously his wrestling is outstanding, but when he was on top of Herring, he really should have been trying harder to beat him to a pulp.
 
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GSP IS THE MAN , SO BRING ON BJ. PENN . PENN YOUR NEXT
 
 
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