Georges St-Pierre was dominant in Saturday’s Welterweight title match against number one contender Jon Fitch. After scoring a knockdown in the first round, St-Pierre didn’t look back, winning every single round handily. It’s clear why he’s considered to be one of the best pound-for-pound fighters that the UFC has to offer. This guy is an amazing athlete, and posesses all the tools to make a tremendous run with the UFC Welterweight Champion. Credit Jon Fitch for going the distance though, the guy took quite a beating but never gave up throughout the fight.
The rest of the card for UFC 87 was solid as well. Brock Lesnar defeated Heath Herring in a bout that solidified Lesnar as a top heavyweight. He made Herring, who’s 6’4”, 250 pounds, look like a child. The most interesting moment in the fight came right after it ended. Lesnar, knowing he had clearly won, taunted Herring by literally pointing and laughing at him. The hometown Lesnar fans loved it. If he had done this in Las Vegas, he would’ve been boo’d out of the building. There’s no room for that crap.
Kenny Florian was also impressive in scoring a victory over Roger Huerta. Florian simply frustrated Huerta by countering anything and everything he threw at him during the fight. Huerta slammed his mouthpiece in disgust as the fight ended. Florian has a bright future in the UFC, that’s for sure.
Overall, it was an excellent UFC pay-per-view. Every fight was entertaining, and that’s pretty rare these days. UFC 88 features Chuck Liddell taking on undefeated light heavyweight Rashad Evans on September 6th.
