In a matchup of lightweights in dire need of a victory, Takanori Gomi and George Sotiropoulos will meet at UFC 144, which goes down in Saitama, Japan on February 26, 2012.
The homecoming bout for Gomi will be one that he enters having gone 3-5 in his last eight. He is currently riding a two-fight losing streak, with losses against Clay Guida and Nate Diaz. His only UFC victory came against Tyson Griffin.
Sotiropoulos is also riding a two-fight losing streak, with losses against Dennis Siver and Rafael Dos Anjos. He was knocked out by Dos Anjos in just 59 seconds.
The fight will be part of the preliminary card for the event, which will feature a main event between UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar and former WEC lightweight champion Ben Henderson.
Other main card bouts include Ryan Bader vs. Quinton Jackson, Cheick Kongo vs. Mark Hunt and Anthony Pettis vs. Joe Lauzon.
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