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UFC 144: Yoshihiro Akiyama Leads The UFC Back To Japan

Wednesday 02.22.2012 4:00pm ET  |  View Full Article

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    With the UFC returning to Japan for the first time in a decade for this Saturday's UFC 144 in the storied Saitama Super Arena, the UFC has done its best to stack the card with Japanese fighters from their roster.

    That roster includes fighters who rose to prominence in Japan after the boom like Hatsu Hioki, fighters who toiled in the smaller Japanese promotions like Riki Fukuda and Takeya Mizuga...

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