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Will take place February 26 in Saitama, Japan LIVE on PPV

Main:
Frankie Edgar vs Ben Henderson for the Lightweight Title
Rampage Jackson vs Ryan Bader
Yoshihiro Akiyama vs Jake Shields
Mark Hunt vs Cheik Kongo
Takanori Gomi vs Eiji Mitsuoka
Yushin Okami vs Tim Boetsch
Hatsu Hioki vs Bart Palaszewski
Anthony Pettis vs Joe Lauzon

FX:
Kid Yamamoto vs Vaughn Lee
Riki Fukuda vs Steve Cantwell
Takeya Mizugaki vs Chris Cariaso
Tiequan Zhang vs Issei Tamura

Predictions

Phan Decision
Mizugaki Decision
Fukuda 3rd TKO
Kid 2nd Sub

Main:
Pettis 3rd Round TKO
Hioki Decision
Okami Decision
Gomi 1st KO
Kongo Decision
Shields 3rd Sub
Jackson 1st TKO
Henderson 3rd TKO

Fight of the Night: Edgar/Henderson
Sub of the Night: Shields
KO of the Night: Gomi

Main Bouts (on Pay-Per-View):
Benson Henderson (15-2; #7 Lightweight)Won 8-4
Ryan Bader (13-2)Won 7-4
Cheick Kongo (17-6-2)-Lost 6-4
Jake Shields (26-6-1)Won 6-3
Anthony Pettis (14-2)Won 5-3

Preliminary Bouts (on FX):
Yushin Okami (26-6; )Lost 4-3
Takanori Gomi (32-8) Won(Sweet fight)4-2-Won
Hatsu Hioki (25-4-2)Won-3-2
Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto (18-5) Lost(Might be sub. of the night)2-2
Riki Fukuda (17-5)Won-2-1
Chris Cariaso (12-3)Won-I did not think he won-1-1
Tiequan Zhang (15-2)-Lost(could be knockout of the night)0-1

Results:

Tamura 2nd Round KO. Really nice KO
Cariaso Decision. I went and did something else since I thought it was a cut and dry decision for Mizugaki (0-1)
Fukuda Decision (1-1)
Lee 1st Round Sub (1-2)
Pettis 1st Round KO. (2-2) Title shot please and thanks
Hioki Decision. (3-2)
Boetsch 3rd Round KO. Good comeback and a perfect example of why you should go for broke when down two rounds (3-3)
Gomi 2nd Round TKO. Good comeback also (4-3)
Hunt 1st Round TKO. As soon as Mark defended the first takedown I knew the fight was over. Too bad his interview skills arent anywhere near his stand up (4-4)
Bader decision. I should have changed my pick as soon as Rampage missed weight, pathetic. (4-5)
Henderson Decision. (5-5)

Sidebar: I don't think I've ever been as annoyed with Joe Rogan then I was last night. His reaction to the Boetsch comeback as 'The greatest comeback in UFC history' was unbelievably ridiculous off the top of my head Kongo/Barry and Russow/Duffee are far superior to this one. Also Edgar lands a jab and you hear Rogan go 'OOOOOOOOOOHHH' like a flush head kick landed, he is so over the top sometimes it almost unbearable to watch.