UFC 144 in Japan Announcement Press Conference Video

The announcements were made today at a presser at Ritz-Carlton Tokyo Ballroom in Tokyo. UFC 144 takes place Feb. 26 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The night's main card is expected to air on pay-per-view. It's the first show in Japan since UFC 29 in late 2000.

The event begins at 10 a.m. local time on Sunday to accommodate a live 8 p.m. ET start time on Saturday in North America.

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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
• Joe Lauzon vs. Anthony Pettis

PRELIMINARY CARD

• Tim Boetsch vs. Yushin Okami
• Steve Cantwell vs. Riki Fukuda
• Vaughan Lee vs. Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto
• Chris Cariaso vs. Takeya Mizugaki
• Takanori Gomi vs. George Sotiropoulos
• Hatsu Hioki and Bart Palaszewski
• Leonard Garcia vs. Tiequan Zhang