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UFC 144 Edgar vs Henderson

Date
Sun 26th February 2012 (UTC)
Sun 26th February 2012 (Local)

Timestamp
2012-02-26T00:00:00

Time
00:00:00 UTC

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League
UFC

Season
2012

Round
6

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Location
Saitama Super Arena
(21,000 Attendance)

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Description
UFC 144: Edgar vs. Henderson was a mixed martial arts pay-per-view event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on February 26, 2012, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

Venue
UFC 144 was held at the Saitama Super Arena in the Chūō-ku central ward of Saitama City in Saitama Prefecture. The sellout event was held in the Super Arena's Main Stage Center Arena configuration, with a ticket cost of between ¥5,800 and ¥100,000 (ca. US$70 – US$1250).

Background
UFC 144 marked the UFC's fifth appearance in Japan, their first event in Japan since UFC 29 in 2000, and its first event in Japan since the 2007 purchase of Pride Fighting Championships, which held many of its cards at Saitama Super Arena. The UFC event featured seven fights on the main card.

George Sotiropoulos was expected to face Takanori Gomi at this event, but was forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced by Eiji Mitsuoka.

Leonard Garcia was expected to face Zhang Tiequan at this event, but was forced out of the bout with an injury. Issei Tamura stepped in for Garcia and fought Zhang.

At the UFC 144 weigh ins, Quinton Jackson failed to make the 206 lb weight limit and came in 5 lbs overweight at 211 lbs. Jackson was fined 20 percent of his earnings and the bout was contested at a catchweight of 211 lb.


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Result List

01				Benson Henderson	WIN
01				Frankie Edgar	LOSS
02				Ryan Bader	WIN
02				Quinton Jackson	LOSS
03				Mark Hunt	WIN
03				Cheick Kongo	LOSS
04				Yoshihiro Akiyama	LOSS
04				Jake Shields	WIN
05				Yushin Okami	LOSS
05				Tim Boetsch	WIN
06				Hatsu Hioki	WIN
06				Bart Palaszewski	LOSS
07				Anthony Pettis	WIN
07				Joe Lauzon	LOSS
08				Eiji Mitsuoka	LOSS
08				Takanori Gomi	WIN
09				Vaughan Lee	WIN
09				Norifumi Yamamoto	LOSS
10				Riki Fukuda	WIN
10				Steve Cantwell	LOSS
11				Chris Cariaso	WIN
11				Takeya Mizugaki	LOSS
12				Issei Tamura	WIN
12				Tiequan Zhang	LOSS

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