Heath Herring Replaces Coleman at UFC 87 against Brock Lesnar

The "Texas Crazy Horse" Heath Herring has been confirmed by MMAJunkie.com as Mark Coleman’s replacement in the upcoming UFC 87 match against Brock Lesnar in August.

Coleman was forced to withdrawal from the bout after suffering a knee injury during training. This could be the end for the UFC Hall of Famer, who recently denounced his retirement after hanging up his gloves in October of 2006. It has been over 10 years since "The Hammer" competed in the UFC.

Due to Coleman’s absence in the bout against Lesnar, a championship match between welterweight champ, George St. Pierre and number one contender, Jon Fitch, has been designated as the main event on August 9th.

UFC 87 "Seek and Destroy" will take place at the Target Center in Minneapolis, MN.

Herring will look to hand Lesnar, former WWE star and Two Time NJCAA All-American wrestler, his second UFC loss in a row since debuting in the organization back in February. Lesnar looked good in his debut against former UFC heavyweight champ, Frank Mir, until finally succumbing to a first round knee bar at the minute thirty mark.

Heath Herring, known for his battles in the early days of Pride, came to the UFC in early 2007. He struggled in his first two bouts but finally came around losing a hard fought battle to Minotauro Nogueira in his third and defeating Cheick Kongo via decision in his last. At 2-2 in the UFC, a win over Lesnar, is just what the "Crazy Horse" needs to continue on strong in the heavyweight division.

MMAJunkie also reported over the weekend that Clay Guida would take on Mac Danzig at UFC 87.