Event: UFC 144 Edgar vs. Henderson

Date: February 26, 2012

Location: Saitama, Japan

Venue: Saitama Super Arena

Broadcast: Pay-per-view

UFC 144: Edgar vs Henderson Live Odds

UFC 144: Edgar vs. Henderson (also known as UFC Japan) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Sunday, February 26, 2012 JST at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Due to the time zone difference, it will air live on Saturday, February 25 in North America.

This event will mark the UFC's first event in Japan since UFC 29.

The UFC is finally returning to the Land of the Rising Sun. After an eleven year absence from Japan, they will re-emerge on the scene with UFC 144 on February 25th in the Saitama Super Arena.

The main event will see Frankie Edgar defend his UFC lightweight title against former WEC lightweight champ Ben Henderson. In the co-main, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson will look to return to the win column when he faces TUF 8 winner Ryan Bader.

Along with that, there will be a plethora of fights featuring the best Japanese fighters in the UFC. Yoshihiro Akiyama will make his welterweight debut against Jake Shields, Hatsu Hioki will continue his march to a featherweight title shot when he takes on Bart Palaszewski, and much more.

Frankie Edgar vs Ben Henderson:

At UFC 144, Lightweight Champion Frankie "The Answer" Edgar looks to defend his title against Ben "Smooth" Henderson. In a fight that features two of the best and most balanced fighters only one will leave the octagon the true king of the of the Lightweight Division.

Frankie Edgar has defended his title three times since defeating BJ Penn and looks to do so for the fourth time. Ben Henderson has been on a roll since joining the UFC from the WEC.

His wrestling and balanced standup have proven to be too much for his opponents. Both fighters have incredible toughness and fight with a lot of heart.

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UFC 144 MAIN CARD

Frankie Edgar vs Ben Henderson

Quinton Jackson vs Ryan Bader

Yoshihiro Akiyama vs Jake Shields

Mark Hunt vs Cheick Kongo

Anthony Pettis vs Joe Lauzon

UFC 144 PRELIMINARY CARD:

Takanori Gomi vs Eiji Mitsuoka

Yushin Okami vs Tim Boetsch

Hatsu Hioki vs Bart Palaszewski

Norifumi Yamamoto vs Vaughan Lee

Riki Fukuda vs Steve Cantwell

Takeya Mizugaki vs Chris Cariaso