UFC 144 Japan (aka UFC 144: Edgar vs. Henderson) marks the Ultimate Fighting Championships first visit back to the “Land of the Rising Sun” since UFC 29 way back in December 2000. Instead of holding the event at the Differ Ariake Arena like they did with their first visit, which saw an attendance of 1,414 fans, the UFC is headed to the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on February 26, 2012.
Main card
Lightweight Championship bout: Frankie Edgar (c) vs. Ben Henderson
Light Heavyweight bout: Quinton Jackson vs. Ryan Bader
Heavyweight bout: Mark Hunt vs. Cheick Kongo
Welterweight bout: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Jake Shields
Lightweight bout: Anthony Pettis vs. Joe Lauzon
Preliminary card
Middleweight bout: Yushin Okami vs. Tim Boetsch
Lightweight bout: Takanori Gomi vs. George Sotiropoulos
Featherweight bout: Hatsu Hioki vs. Bart Palaszewski
Bantamweight bout: Norifumi Yamamoto vs. Vaughan Lee
Middleweight bout: Riki Fukuda vs. Steve Cantwell
Bantamweight bout: Takeya Mizugaki vs. Chris Cariaso
Featherweight bout: Tiequan Zhang vs. Leonard Garcia