The time has finally arrived, UFC 144: Japan marks the return of the UFC to the land of the rising sun. Bringing with them is a five bout preliminary card and a stacked seven deep main card airing on pay per view. The night will be headlined by a lightweight title fight between the champ Frankie Edgar against the former WEC champ, Benson Henderson.
The UFC returns to the land of the rising sun this weekend with a card that has a little bit of everything for those in attendance as well as the viewers watching on TV. Headlined by a lightweight title fight between Frankie Edgar and Benson Henderson, UFC 144 also has former Pride stars and several of the promotions top Japanese fighters.
Two bantamweights struggling to survive in a very tough division will meet and create a great matchup for UFC 135 in Denver. Damacio Page (15-6) is coming off two tough losses to the top-tier talent of the division, while Norifumi Yamamoto (18-4) looks to receive his first UFC win as well.
To start off the televised portion of UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson took on Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto on Facebook. Both fighters were technically making their UFC debut tonight, but Johnson previously fought in the WEC.
Tomorrow night the UFC will make its second round of streaming live fights on Facebook and the fans will defiantly receive the better end of the online campaign they begged for
Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto (18-3, 1 NC) will make his UFC debut on Saturday February 5th at UFC 126. The former Shooto and K-1 champion will meet Demetrious Johnson (12-1) on the preliminary portion of the UFC card
