Georges St. Pierre vs Jon Fitch to Headline UFC 87

The UFC announced today that newly crowned Welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre will be squaring off against Jon Fitch in the main event of UFC 87. This will be St. Pierre's first Welterweight title defense since recapturing the title from Matt "The Terror" Serra at UFC 83.

Also, in other UFC 87 news, Mark "The Hammer" Coleman has been forced to withdraw from his match against Brock Lesnar due to a knee injury. Lesnar will still fight at UFC 87, but his new opponent is still unknown at this time. The UFC have said that they will be making an announcement "shortly" regarding Lesnar's new opponent.

UFC 87 is shaping up to be another blockbuster PPV. The St. Pierre - Fitch match-up should make for a fantastic main event, and as mentioned, Brock Lesnar will be fighting on this card. Let's not forget about the epic lightweight bout that is scheduled to take place between Kenny "KenFlo" Florian and Roger "El Matador" Huerta. It is widely expected that the winner of this match-up will get a shot at the lightweight title in their next bout.

The St. Pierre - Fitch match-up should come as no surprise to any fan of the UFC. Dana White had publicly stated that Jon Fitch was the number one contender for the Welterweight title.

Jon Fitch will be putting his sterling 17-2 record on the line when he takes on one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world in St. Pierre. Fitch is undefeated in his eight UFC fights, most recently scoring a unanimous decision victory against Chris Wilson at UFC 82 - Pride of a Champion. He has beat some very solid competition during his stint in the UFC, including Thiago Alves, Josh Burkman and Diego Sanchez. That's an impressive resume, and Fitch is surely deserving of a shot against Georges St. Pierre.

Not much needs to be said about Georges St. Pierre. He is thought by many to be the second best pound-for-pound fighter in the world behind Anderson "Spider" Silva. St. Pierre has a 16-2-0 lifetime professional MMA record, with his two losses coming against Matt Hughes at UFC 50 - The War of '04 and Matt Serra at UFC 69 - Shootout. In both cases, St. Pierre avenged his losses, thrashing Matt Hughes at both UFC 65 and 79 and Matt Serra at UFC 83 - Serra vs. St. Pierre II. St. Pierre seems to be getting better with every match-up - his last three matches have been extremely one-sided affairs, where he was never in any real danger of losing.

Jon Fitch will have his work cut out for him, and you have to assume that St. Pierre will be a major favorite in this match-up.

This should be a great summer for the UFC, as Jackson - Griffin will headline UFC 86, and St. Pierre - Fitch will headline UFC 87.

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