UFC 144: Edgar vs Henderson Live in Japan, Fight Card Results Stream - Fight Card The Ultimate Fighting Championship brings another round of ultimate matches in octagon this on Sunday, February 26, 2012 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan (Saturday, February 25 in North America). This is the second time since UFC 29 where the first event of UFC was held in Japan.
There will be at least one live stream online fight on Facebook, with Tiequan Zhang vs. Issei Tamura. The, several other fights will be shown on television via the FX channel. While the main card of the UFC 144 featuring Edgar vs. Henderson will show live at 10PM EST via Pay-Per-View for live streaming and also online via sports channels.
In this event, UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie "The Answer" Edgar defends his title against Ben "Smooth" Henderson. The other main card event features former PRIDE star Quinton "Rampage" Jackson who will fight the former Ultimate Fighter winner Ryan Bader.
Japan's pride Yoshihiro Akiyama makes his welterweight debut against former 170-pound title contender Jake Shieldsw while Yushin "Thunder" Okami will go against Tim "The Barbarian" Boetsch.
Below is the complete UFC 144 fight card:
Preliminary card (Facebook)
Featherweight bout: Zhang Tiequan vs. Issei Tamura
Preliminary card (FX)
Bantamweight bout: Takeya Mizugaki vs. Chris Cariaso
Middleweight bout: Riki Fukuda vs. Steve Cantwell
Bantamweight bout: Norifumi Yamamoto vs. Vaughan Lee
Lightweight bout: Takanori Gomi vs. Eiji Mitsuoka
Main card
Lightweight bout: Anthony Pettis vs. Joe Lauzon
Featherweight bout: Hatsu Hioki vs. Bart Palaszewski
Middleweight bout: Yushin Okami vs. Tim Boetsch
Welterweight bout: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Jake Shields
Heavyweight bout: Mark Hunt vs. Cheick Kongo[1]
Catchweight (211 lb) bout: Quinton Jackson vs. Ryan Bader
Lightweight Championship bout: Frankie Edgar (c) vs. Ben Henderson
RESULTS:
Preliminary card (Facebook)
Tamura defeated Zhang via KO (punch) at 0:32 of round 2
Preliminary card (FX)
Cariaso defeated Mizugaki via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Lee defeated Yamamoto via submission (armbar) at 4:29 of round 1
Gomi defeated Mitsuoka via TKO (punches) at 2:21 of round 2
Main Card
Pettis defeated Lauzon via KO (head kick & punches) at 1:21 of round Hioki defeated Palazewski via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)
Boetsch defeated Okami via TKO (punches) at 0:54 of round 3.
Shields defeated Akiyama via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
RESULTS:
Preliminary card (Facebook)
Tamura defeated Zhang via KO (punch) at 0:32 of round 2
Preliminary card (FX)
Cariaso defeated Mizugaki via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Lee defeated Yamamoto via submission (armbar) at 4:29 of round 1
Gomi defeated Mitsuoka via TKO (punches) at 2:21 of round 2
Main Card
Pettis defeated Lauzon via KO (head kick & punches) at 1:21 of round Hioki defeated Palazewski via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)
Boetsch defeated Okami via TKO (punches) at 0:54 of round 3.
Shields defeated Akiyama via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)