UFC 144: Edgar vs. Bendo (Japan)

[B-Buzz]

UFC 144
Date: February 25, 2012
Location: Saitama, Japan (Feb. 26)
Venue: Saitama Super Arena
Broadcast: Pay-per-view (10pm ET)

MAIN CARD
UFC Lightweight Championship Bout: Frankie Edgar (c) vs. Ben Henderson
Light Heavyweight Bout: Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Ryan Bader
Heavyweight Bout: Cheick Kongo vs. Mark Hunt
Welterweight Bout: Jake Shields vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama
Lightweight (#1 Contender?) Bout: Joe Lauzon vs. Anthony Pettis

PRELIMINARY CARD
Middleweight Bout: Yushin Okami vs. Tim Boetsch
Lightweight Bout: Takanori Gomi vs. George Sotiropoulos
Featherweight Bout: Hatsu Hioki vs. Bart Palaszewski
Bantamweight Bout: Takeya Mizugaki vs. Chris Cariaso
Middleweight Bout: Riki Fukuda vs. Steve Cantwell
Bantamweight Bout: Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto vs. Vaughan Lee
Featherweight Bout: Tiequan Zhang vs. Leonard Garcia


WAR MARK HUNT

 

[lenbiasyayo]

i got a ragging boner this night will b insane

 

[MOREBASS]

I like Frankie, but rooting for Bendo! Card looks dope. The homie Chris is fighting Mizugaki too.

 

[ELPOLLITO]

dope card

 

[2-0-Sixx]

Federal Way in the house!

 

[RM211]

card is looking pretty dope!

 

[Johnny Truelove]

who the fuck is bendo? lol dumbass.

 

[BROWN GUERRERO]

^Everyone in the mma community calls him that breh.

This is going to be a dope ass fight. Bendo is scrappy as fuck and always finds a way to win so i'm thinking new lw champ.

 

[B-Buzz]

who the fuck is bendo? lol dumbass.

After the first Cerrone fight everyone started calling him Bendo because he should've had his arms ripped off 4-5 times that fight but he's flexible as hell.
Dan Henderson= Hendo.
Ben Henderson= Bendo.

 

[STICK-N-MOVE]

bendo ftw. i sense that either way, frankie is afraid of aldo moving up to lightweight anyway, so minus well let bendo take the title whom i think will make it more interesting when aldo decides to move up.

 

[naner12]

bendo ftw. i sense that either way, frankie is afraid of aldo moving up to lightweight anyway, so minus well let bendo take the title whom i think will make it more interesting when aldo decides to move up.

No way you actually believe Edgar is terrified of Aldo to the point where he'll purposely lose his title in fear of Aldo moving up to fight him? The same guy that had back to back chances to lose his title if he'd have just turtled up in the 1st round of both Maynard fights? Come on man..

 

[STICK-N-MOVE]

i really dont see anyone posing a threat to aldo in the featherweight right now. i would like to see him move up but who knows when tho since hes still relatively new to the UFC. regardless fw or lw, aldo is a threat. not saying frankie is scared of anyone, but if bendo pulls this off, itll make the lw division more interesting when aldo moves up.

 

[KrazeeRDM]

Hoping Bendo takes that guido the fuck out. then i hope Cerrone wins against diaz so we can have the cerrone/bendo 3 but this time on a much much larger platform. LET US PRAY!!!

 

[SLRider510]

Hoping Bendo takes that guido the fuck out. then i hope Cerrone wins against diaz so we can have the cerrone/bendo 3 but this time on a much much larger platform. LET US PRAY!!!

i think Cerrone is dope as fuck, but i dont see him beating Diaz.. i just dont know why... lol

 

[$migg Cant Rap]

who the fuck is bendo? lol dumbass.

negative props to you, sir.

 

[$migg Cant Rap]

cheick kongo vs mark hunt makes me LOL for some reason.

 

[The Duke of Earl]

so akiyama is moving down to 170 ? good idea

 

[RM211]

^^^vitor's hard hands made him drop down.lol...

 

[The Duke of Earl]

most Japanese fight at their natural weight or they cut by smoking cigarettes and starving lol

 

[RM211]

Leonard Garcia out at UFC 144, Tiequan Zhang awaits new opponent

Leonard Garcia (15-8-1 MMA, 2-4 UFC) will not fight at UFC 144.

MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) has confirmed with sources close to Garcia that "Bad Boy" has suffered an injury in training and has been forced to withdraw from a planned matchup with Tiequan Zhang (15-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC).

The withdrawal was first reported by MMAWeekly.com.

A timetable for Garcia's return wasn't immediately known. The promotion is currently seeking a replacement opponent for Zhang.

Featuring a lightweight title fight between current champion Frankie Edgar (14-1-1 MMA, 9-1-1 UFC) and top contender Ben Henderson (15-2 MMA, 3-0 UFC), UFC 144 takes place Sunday, Feb. 26, at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Due to the time difference, the pay-per-view main card airs live on Saturday, Feb. 25, at 10 p.m. ET (7 p.m. PT) in North America.

Garcia had hoped to rebound from a two-fight losing streak after dropping back-to-back outings to Nam Phan and Chan Sung Jung. The always-exciting featherweight brawler, who has fought to five split-decision results in his past eight contests, has fought under the Zuffa banner since 2007 and has earned four "Knockout of the Night" bonuses in his past six outings.

Meanwhile, Zhang looks to fight for the third time as a featherweight. After closing out the WEC with a loss to Danny Downes, "The Mongolian Wolf" dropped to 145 pounds and earned a submission win over Jason Reinhardt. However, Zhang's most recent outing was a decision loss to Darren Elkins at this past October's UFC 136 event.