Now that UFC 143 is officially a thing of the past, it’s time for the organization to start hyping their next pay-per-view broadcast. “UFC 144: Edgar vs. Henderson” takes place February 26th inside Saitama Super Arena in Japan and features a lightweight title affair between champion Frankie Edgar (Pictured) and Benson Henderson.
Light heavyweights Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Ryan Bader will serve as the night’s co-main event.
The PPV airs live in North America on Saturday, February 25th at 10PM ET/7PM PT. FX will broadcast a slew of preliminary bouts at 8PM ET/5PM PT.
Please click the media player below to watch the promo:
Here are the athletes slated to appear in the Orient:
Preliminary Card:
Tiequan Zhang vs. Nam Phan
Takeya Mizugaki vs. Chris Cariaso
Steve Cantwell vs. Riki Fukuda
(FX 8PM ET/5PM PT)
Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto vs. Vaughan Lee
Hatsu Hioki vs. Bart Palaszewski
Takanori Gomi vs. Eiji Mitsuoka
Yushin Okami vs. Tim Boetsch
Main Card:
(Pay-Per-View 10PM ET/7PM PT)
Joe Lauzon vs. Anthony Pettis
Jake Shields vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama
Cheick Kongo vs. Mark Hunt
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Ryan Bader
Ben Henderson vs. Frankie Edgar (UFC Lightweight Champion)