Modern Fighting

Las Vegas, NV (USA) – The Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) organization today announced the remaining fights for the upcoming UFC 87: SEEK AND DESTROY card, which features the UFC® Welterweight Title bout between Champion Georges St-Pierre and number one contender Jon Fitch, Live from Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Just confirmed for the UFC 87 main card and undercard are exciting matchups between Robert Emerson vs. Manvel Gamburyan; Demian Maia vs. Jason MacDonald; Tamden McCrory vs. Luke Cummo; Dan Evensen vs. Cheick Kongo; Jon Jones vs. Andre Gusmao; Steve Bruno vs. Chris Wilson; and Ben Saunders vs. Ryan Thomas.

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Las Vegas, NV (USA) – Sports fans in Chicago unite! The UFC® is coming to town and it is bringing the world’s greatest pound for pound fighter, Anderson “The Spider” Silva, for a middleweight title fight against his number one contender, Patrick “The Predator” Cote. The UFC will make its historic first trip to Chicago this fall when it presents UFC 90: SILVA vs. COTE live from Allstate Arena on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008.

“Anderson Silva once again showed why he’s the greatest pound for pound fighter in the world when he moved up to light heavyweight and destroyed James “The Sandman” Irvin,” said Dana White, UFC President. “Now he drops back down to middleweight to defend his world title against Patrick Cote, a fighter on a four-fight win streak with a style that guarantees an incredible fight, wherever it goes. There is no better way to introduce Chicago to the UFC than with the championship fight Anderson Silva vs. Patrick Cote.”

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Brandon Vera: $200,000 ($100,000 win bonus)
def. Reese Andy $15,000

Frankie Edgar: $26,000 ($13,000 win bonus)
def. Hermes Franca : $17,000

Cain Velasquez: $14,000 ($7,000 win bonus)
def. Jake O’Brien: $11,000

Kevin Burns: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus)
def. Anthony Johnson: $9,000

CB Dollaway: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus)
def. Jesse Taylor: $8,000

Tim Credeur: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus)
def. Cale Yarbrough: $8,000

Rory Markham: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus)
def. Brodie Farber: $3,000

Nate Loughran: $8,000 ($4,000 win bonus)
def. Johnny Rees: $4,000

Brad Blackburn: $10,000 ($5000 win bonus)
def. James Gaboo: $3,000

Shannon Gugerty: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus)
def. Dale Hartt: $3,000

Numbers courtesy of MMAJunkie.com

Fedor Emelianenko: $300,000 (no win bonus)
def. Tim Sylvia: $800,000

Andrei Arlovski: $750,000 (includes $250,000 win bonus)
def. Ben Rothell: $250,000

Josh Barnett: $300,000 (no win bonus)
def. Pedro Rizzo: $70,000

Mark Hominick: $10,000 (includes $5,000 win bonus)
def. Savant Young: $7,000

Renato “Babalu” Sobral: $90,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus)
def: Mike Whitehead: $50,000

Matt Lindland: $300,000 (includes $75,000 win bonus)
def. Fabio Nascimento: $20,00O

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira: $50,000 (no win bonus)
def. Edwin Dewees: $15,000 

Mike Pyle: $20,000 (includes $5,000 win bonus)
JJ Ambrose: $5,000

Ray Lizama: $3,000
vs. Justin Levens: $6000*

Vitor Belfort: $140,000 (includes $70,000 win bonus)
Terry Martin: $30,000

Paul Buentello: $80,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus)
vs. Gary Goodridge: $25,000

* - Fight postponed due to time constraints. Both fighters paid negotiated salaries.

Numbers courtesy of MMAJunkie.com

Anderson Silva def. James Irvin via KO R1
Brandon Vera def. Reese Andy via unanimous decision
Frankie Edgar def. Hermes Franca via unanimous decision
Cain Velasquez def. Jake O’Brien via TKO  R1
Kevin Burns def. Anthony Johnson via TKO R3
C.B. Dollaway def. Jesse Taylor via submission (peruvian neck tie) R1
Tim Credeur def. Cale Yarbrough via TKO  R1
Rory Markham def. Brodie Farber via KO  R1

Fedor Emelianenko defeats Tim Sylvia via submission (rear naked choke) R1
Andrei Arlovski defeats Rothwell via TKO (strikes) R3
Josh Barnett defeats Pedro Rizzo via KO R2
Babalu Sobral defeats Mike Whitehead via Unanimous Decision
Matt Lindland defeats Fabio Nascimento via Unanimous Decision
Paul Buentello defeats Gary Goodridge via Unanimous decision
Vitor Belfort defeats Terry Martin via TKO (Strikes) R2
Mark Hominick defeats Savant Young via Submission (Armbar) R2
Rogerio Nogueria defeats Edwin DeWees via TKO (Strikes) Round 1