^^^its an exciting match up, page is a good booking in japan cuz the people there love him from all the big slams from pride he put on...plus he's coming off a big title loss and i think they wana see where he's at in his career, and is bader for real or is he still just a mediocre fighter? we'll see!
UFC 144
- Thread starter Chuy Savedra
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UFC 144 in Japan to feature seven main-card bouts, Okami and Hioki promoted
Next week's UFC 144 event will feature seven main-card bouts instead of the usual five.
Zuffa official Ryan Grab today confirmed the extra-large lineup, which is slated to run four hours.
UFC 144 takes place Feb. 25 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. In addition to the main card, which airs in its normal Saturday-night timeslot with a Frankie Edgar vs. Ben Henderson headliner, prelims air on FX.
Bouts originally slated for the prelims but now part of the PPV broadcast feature two Japanese fighters: Yushin Okami (26-6 MMA, 10-3 UFC), who meets fellow middleweight Tim Boetsch (14-4 MMA, 5-3 UFC), and Hatsu Hioki (25-4-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC), who takes on featherweight Bart Palaszewski (36-14 MMA, 1-0 UFC).
To date the UFC has hosted three events in Japan. None took place at Saitama Super Arena, the former home of PRIDE Fighting Championships, a top rival the UFC purchased and ultimately disbanded in 2007. UFC 144 is the first show in Japan since UFC 29 in late 2000.
The full UFC 144 card now includes:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)
•Champ Frankie Edgar vs. Ben Henderson (for lightweight title)
•Ryan Bader vs. Quinton "Rampage" Jackson
•Cheick Kongo vs. Mark Hunt
•Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Jake Shields
•Tim Boetsch vs. Yushin Okami
•Hatsu Hioki and Bart Palaszewski
•Joe Lauzon vs. Anthony Pettis
PRELIMINARY CARD (FX)
•Takanori Gomi vs. Eiji Mitsuoka
•Vaughan Lee vs. Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto
•Steve Cantwell vs. Riki Fukuda
•Chris Cariaso vs. Takeya Mizugaki
•Issei Tamura vs. Tiequan Zhang
Next week's UFC 144 event will feature seven main-card bouts instead of the usual five.
Zuffa official Ryan Grab today confirmed the extra-large lineup, which is slated to run four hours.
UFC 144 takes place Feb. 25 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. In addition to the main card, which airs in its normal Saturday-night timeslot with a Frankie Edgar vs. Ben Henderson headliner, prelims air on FX.
Bouts originally slated for the prelims but now part of the PPV broadcast feature two Japanese fighters: Yushin Okami (26-6 MMA, 10-3 UFC), who meets fellow middleweight Tim Boetsch (14-4 MMA, 5-3 UFC), and Hatsu Hioki (25-4-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC), who takes on featherweight Bart Palaszewski (36-14 MMA, 1-0 UFC).
To date the UFC has hosted three events in Japan. None took place at Saitama Super Arena, the former home of PRIDE Fighting Championships, a top rival the UFC purchased and ultimately disbanded in 2007. UFC 144 is the first show in Japan since UFC 29 in late 2000.
The full UFC 144 card now includes:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)
•Champ Frankie Edgar vs. Ben Henderson (for lightweight title)
•Ryan Bader vs. Quinton "Rampage" Jackson
•Cheick Kongo vs. Mark Hunt
•Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Jake Shields
•Tim Boetsch vs. Yushin Okami
•Hatsu Hioki and Bart Palaszewski
•Joe Lauzon vs. Anthony Pettis
PRELIMINARY CARD (FX)
•Takanori Gomi vs. Eiji Mitsuoka
•Vaughan Lee vs. Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto
•Steve Cantwell vs. Riki Fukuda
•Chris Cariaso vs. Takeya Mizugaki
•Issei Tamura vs. Tiequan Zhang
I SEEN THAT SHIT ELSEWHERE...I DONT THINK IT'S LEGIT...THAT SONG WAS USED ON A SOUTHPARK EPISODE...
LISTEN TO THE ONLY ENGLISH PART ON IT...IT SAYS SOME SHIT ABOUT "PROTECT MY BALLS"
BUT IF IT IS...THATS PRETTY FUNNY...AND LOL AT JAPS ALWAYS MAKING ANIME CHARACTERS WITH SOME BIG OL GIANT EYES.
THEY MUST HAVE A COMPLEX OR SOMETHING
for those that wanna stream:
http://mmajunkie.com/news/27546/wat...gh-ins-live-on-mmajunkie-com-at-11-p-m-et.mma
http://mmajunkie.com/news/27546/wat...gh-ins-live-on-mmajunkie-com-at-11-p-m-et.mma
The stream is better at their site:
http://www.ufc.com/media/ufc-144-weigh-in-022412
Mark Hunt and Kongo are up next.
http://www.ufc.com/media/ufc-144-weigh-in-022412
Mark Hunt and Kongo are up next.