UFC President Dana White tweeted out a link to the above video with the note: "This is pretty cool. Tweet me back and let me know what it says."

The UFC returns to Japan on Saturday for UFC 144 featuring a lightweight title fight between champ Frankie Edgar and former WEC LW champ Ben Henderson. The co-main event features Quinton Jackson vs. Ryan Bader. Full fight card after the jump.

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Preceding the pay-per-view portion of UFC 144: Edgar vs. Henderson from Tokyo, Japan this Saturday night, the FX channel will broadcast four preliminary match ups. The undercard festivities are slated for 8:30 p.m. ET and will feature the following lineup, the last of which will be analyzed herein:

Hatsu Hioki vs. Bart Palaszewski Norifumi Yamamoto vs. Vaughan Lee Riki Fukuda vs. Steve Cantwe...

It's goofy, but this has to be one of most unique promos we've ever seen for a UFC event. Between the South Park singers and the bulging eyeballs, it's pure dynamite.

UFC 144 card:

Frankie Edgar vs. Ben Henderson

Quinton Jackson vs. Ryan Bader

Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Jake Shields

Mark Hunt vs. Cheick Kongo

Tim Boetsch vs. Yushin Okami

Hatsu Hioki vs. Bart Palaszewski

Joe Lauzon vs. Anthon...

Genki desu ka!

For the first time in more than one decade, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is heading back to the "Land of the Rising Sun" with some stars, old and new, leading the way at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, on Feb. 25, 2012.

UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie Edgar will return to the cage for the first time since his knockout win over Gray Maynard, taking on the surgi...

Via BE reader Matt Parker, here's a TV ad the UFC is running in Japan to promote this Saturday's UFC 144 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

UFC LW champ Frankie Edgar defends his title against former WEC champ Ben Henderson. The co-main event features Quinton "Rampage" Jackson versus The Ultimate Fighter 8 winner Ryan Bader. Yoshihiro Akiyama makes his welterweight debut against J...

With the Ultimate Fighting Championship's (UFC) growth and expansion worldwide, not only has the promotion's popularity and mainstream recognition increased, it has also seen an upkick in it's ever expanding roster.

This lead to the addition of the Featherweight, Bantamweight and most recently, Flyweight divisions, giving the little guys a chance to shine on the biggest mixed martial arts (MMA) ...

The official weigh in event for UFC 144: "Edgar vs. Henderson" is set to take place next Friday (Feb. 24, 2012) live from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

TIME ZONE ALERT: The first fighter is expected to tip the scale at 11 p.m. ET (1 p.m. local time).

As usual, MMAmania.com will provide up-to-the-second coverage of the UFC 144 weigh-ins, as well as provide a detailed recap of the fe...

Event: UFC 144: "Edgar vs. Henderson"Date: Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012 (Airs stateside on Sat., Feb. 25, at 10 p.m. ET on pay-per-view)Location: Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan

Main Event:

155 lbs.: Frankie Edgar vs. Ben Henderson

Main Card: (Pay-per-view):

205 lbs.: Quinton Jackson vs. Ryan Bader170 lbs.: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Jake Shields265 lbs.: Mark Hunt vs. Cheick Kongo185 lbs.: Tim Boe...

The UFC is finally returning to the Land of the Rising Sun. After an eleven year absence from Japan, they will re-emerge on the scene with UFC 144 on February 25th in the Saitama Super Arena. The UFC announced this week that there will be seven fights on the main card, which will cost the same and kick off at the usual time (10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT). Four of the prelim fights will air on ...

On today's UFC 144 conference call, it was announced that the UFC 144 pay per view card, scheduled for February 26th in Japan and airing on February 25th in North America, will be four hours long and have seven main card fights. The usual card has five scheduled fights and has a three hour timeslot. This means that the the featherweight bout between Hatsu Hioki and Bart Palaszewski and the middle...

On today's UFC 144 conference call, it was announced that the UFC 144 pay per view card, scheduled for February 26th in Japan and airing on February 25th in North America, will be four hours long and have seven main card fights. The usual card has five scheduled fights and has a three hour timeslot. This means that the the featherweight bout between Hatsu Hioki and Bart Palaszewski and the middle...

The UFC has released a new promo video for UFC 144 in Japan featuring a lightweight title fight between Frankie Edgar and Ben Henderson. The bout will be held at the Saitama Super Arena on Sunday, February 26th local time but through the miracle of the international date line will air in the U.S. on pay-per-view on Saturday, February 25th at 10 p.m. ET.

There are reports that as many as 15,...

John Dodson is heading back to New Jersey.

The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 14 winner, who made a trip to the "Garden State" last year to tryout for the former Spike TV reality show, is now booked to throw hands against Darren Uyenoyama at UFC on FOX 3 on May 5, 2012, from the IZOD Center in East Rutherford.

And he'll do it in his natural weight class of 125-pounds.

Dodson (12-5) graduated at the to...

With the upcoming debut of the UFC flyweight class in Australia that will feature the opening round of a four-man tournament to determine the first 125 lb. champion, many were concerned that the UFC hadn't booked additional flyweight bouts for upcoming cards, but now that has begun to change. Late last night, the UFC announced that TUF 14 bantamweight winner, John Dodson, will drop down to flywei...

The UFC is finally returning to the Land of the Rising Sun. After an eleven year absence from Japan, they will re-emerge on the scene with UFC 144 on February 25th in the Saitama Super Arena. The main event will see Frankie Edgar defend his UFC lightweight title against former WEC lightweight champ Ben Henderson. In the co-main, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson will look to return to the win co...

Somewhat lost amidst the announcement of the main event for the UFC's Sweden debut, featuring Alexander Gustafsson vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, was the additional confirmation of an intriguing bantamweight scrap for the same card, with Brad Pickett taking on Damacio Page:

Additional bouts for this card include bantamweight action pitting British bomber Brad Pickett vs. free-swinging American Da...

Created in 1985 by the legendary "Tiger Mask," Shooto has been merrily chugging along despite the rise and fall of such Japanese mixed martial arts (MMA) organizations as PRIDE and Sengoku.

Throughout its storied history, Shooto has produced some of the finest lower-weight fighters MMA has ever seen, including Takanori Gomi, Tatsuya Kawajiri, Rumina Sato, Hatsu Hioki, and flyweight standouts Shi...

Event: UFC 144: "Edgar vs. Henderson"Date: Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012 (Expected to air on Sat., Feb. 25, at 10 p.m. ET on pay-per-view)Location: Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

Main Event:

155 lbs.: Frankie Edgar vs. Ben Henderson

Main Card: (Pay-per-view):

205 lbs.: Quinton Jackson vs. Ryan Bader265 lbs.: Mark Hunt vs. Cheick Kongo170 lbs.: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Jake Shields155 lbs.: Joe L...

Duane Ludwig doesn't ask for much: opportunities to fight against good opponents and the record of fastest UFC knockout that he has claimed should have been his all along.

Over the holiday weekend, UFC President Dana White played the role of Santa Claus and granted "Bang's" wish, acknowledging that his four second KO win over Jonathan Goulet at UFC's Ultimate Fight Night 3 is now recognized as t...

The UFC is finally returning to the Land of the Rising Sun. After an eleven year absence from Japan, they will re-emerge on the scene with UFC 144 on February 25th in the Saitama Super Arena. The main event will see Frankie Edgar defend his UFC lightweight title against former WEC lightweight champ Ben Henderson. Quinton "Rampage" Jackson will look to return to the win column when he faces...