UFC 144: Edgar vs. Henderson

UFC 144: Edgar vs. Henderson, also known as UFC Japan, was an Ultimate Fighting Championship event held on Feb. 26, 2012, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Because of the time difference between Japan and the United States, the event was held in the morning in Japan, and broadcast live in the U.S. on the night of Feb. 25.

The featured event at UFC 144 was a lightweight championship bout between Frankie Edgar and challenger Ben Henderson. Edgar was making his fourth defense of the title, but was upset by Henderson in a unanimous decision.

The event was broadcast live on pay-per-view, with a preliminary card on FX.

Main card

Lightweight championship bout: Ben Henderson def. Frankie Edgar
Unanimous decision: 49-46, 48-47, 49-46

Ryan Bader def. Quinton Jackson
Unanimous decision: 30-27, 30-27, 30-27

Mark Hunt def. Cheick Kongo
TKO, 2:11 of second round

Jake Shields def. Yoshihiro Akiyama
Unanimous decision: 30-27, 30-27, 30-27

Tim Boetsch def. Yushin Okami
TKO, 0:54 of third round

Hatsu Hioki def. Bart Palaszewski
Unanimous decision: 30-27, 30-27, 29-28

Anthony Pettis def. Joe Lauzon
KO, 1:21 of first round

Preliminary card

Takanori Gomi def. Eiji Mitsuoka
TKO, 2:21 of second round

Vaughan Lee def. Norifumi Yamamoto
Submission, 4:29 of first round

Riki Fukuda def. Steve Cantwell
Unanimous decision: 30-27, 30-27, 29-28

Chris Cariaso def. Takeya Mizugaki
Unanimous decision: 29-28, 29-28, 29-28

Issei Tamura def. Tie Quan Zhang
Knockout, 0:32 of second round