UFC 144 Fight Card & Predictions

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 Bader
170 lbs.: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Jake Shields
265 lbs.: Mark Hunt vs. Cheick Kongo
185 lbs.: Tim Boetsch vs. Yushin Okami
145 lbs.: Hatsu Hioki vs. Bart Palaszewski
155 lbs.: Joe Lauzon vs. Anthony Pettis

Preliminary card (FX Channel):

155 lbs.: Takanori Gomi vs. Eiji Mitsuoka
135 lbs.: Norifumi Yamamoto vs. Vaughan Lee
185 lbs.: Riki Fukuda vs. Steve Cantwell
135 lbs.: Takeya Mizugaki vs. Chris Cariaso

Preliminary card (Facebook):

145 lbs.: Zhang Tiequan vs. Issei Tamura

My predictions:

Frankie Edgar beats Ben Henderson via unanimous decision.

Ryan Bader beats Quinton Jackson via unanimous decision.

Jake Shields beats Yoshihiro Akiyama via submission.

Cheick Kongo beats Mark Hunt via TKO.

Yushin Okami beats Tim Boetsch via unanimous decision.

Bart Palaszewski beats Hatsu Hioki via KO.

Anthony Pettis beats Joe Lauzon via unanimous decision.

Possible quotes from Goldberg this Saturday night..

"He's throwing bombs like Hiroshima!"


"He's controlling the Octagon like the South Pacific"


"Frankie Edgar is circling his opponent around like that red thing on the Japanese flag"

Will Ferrell introduces the fighters for UFC 144

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UFC Returns to Japan

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The Countdown to UFC 144 Begins Tonight

Get an in-depth look at the huge matchups taking place this Saturday night in Japan! Countdown to UFC 144 premieres tonight at 9pm ET / 6pm PT on FUEL TV

How to watch UFC on FUEL TV tonight (Feb. 15) for 'Sanchez vs Ellenberger' live video stream/TV details

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will make yet another network television debut TONIGHT (Feb. 15, 2012), this time with UFC on FUEL TV: "Sanchez vs. Ellenberger," which will begin around 6 p.m. ET with thelightweight fight of Bernardo Magalhaes vs. Tim Means, airing LIVE on Facebook, tonight's home for the entire UFC on FUEL TV preliminary card.

Following the Facebook "Prelims," fans can switch over to the FUEL TV network for the main card, headlined by a welterweight contendership fight featuring Diego Sanchez vs. Jake Ellenberger.

UFC on FUEL TV begins promptly at 8 p.m. ET.

You can call up your local cable and/or satellite provider or visit them online to find out which channel you should be tuning in to for tonight's mixed martial arts (MMA) extravaganza.

However, if you need your UFC on FUEL TV results as soon as possible, and don't have a provider that carries the network, MMAmania.com will deliver up-to-the-minute results and live fight coverage, including round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of all the "Sanchez vs. Ellenberger" action before, during and after the event.

Main Event:

170 lbs.: Diego Sanchez vs. Jake Ellenberger

Main Card (FUEL TV):

265 lbs.: Stefan Struve vs. Dave Herman
185 lbs.: Aaron Simpson vs. Ronny Markes
265 lbs.: Philip De Fries vs. Stipe Miocic
135 lbs.: T.J. Dillashaw vs. Walel Watson
135 lbs.: Ivan Menjivar vs. John Albert

Preliminary Card (Facebook):

145 lbs.: Jonathan Brookins vs. Vagner Rocha
185 lbs.: Sean Loeffler vs. Buddy Roberts
155 lbs.: Anton Kuivanen vs. Justin Salas
155 lbs:. Bernardo Magalhaes vs. Tim Means

Tonight's network television event, emanating from the Omaha Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska, will be available as part of the network's free preview. More on that right here.

Or find it at your local bar right here.

International fight fans can always head over to UFC.tv to stream the event right here.

To find out if this card is worth your time, you can catch up on all the latest and greatest news and notes for UFC on FUEL TV: "Sanchez vs. Ellenberger" right here.

(Via mmamania.com)

Carlos Condit vs. Nick Diaz rematch set

Just several days after defeating Nick Diaz in a UFC welterweight interim title bout, Carlos Condit has agreed to a rematch, promotion president Dana White said late Tuesday night.

"The rumor is true," White said via Twitter. "Carlos did accept the fight today."

Condit defeated Diaz by unanimous decision Saturday night at UFC 143 in Las Vegas. He used solid footwork and head movement to elude Diaz's pressure attack, while delivering counter-strikes to impress the judges.

After the scores were read, Diaz expressed disappointment with the judges' scorecards (48-47, 49-46 and 49-46) by vowing never to compete in mixed martial arts again.

"I'm not going to accept the fact that this was a loss," Diaz said. "I pushed him back the whole fight. I took him down. I think I'm done with this MMA. It's been a good time.

"I don't need this. I pushed this guy the whole fight. I landed the harder punches. He kicked me a few times."

Diaz (26-8, one no contest) wasn't the only fighter disappointed by the outcome.

Current UFC 170-pound titleholder Georges St. Pierre expressed his desire to fight Diaz and wanted him to come away victorious. St. Pierre was slated to face the Diaz-Condit winner in a unification bout later this year.

Diaz, the former Strikeforce welterweight champion, has been verbally taunting St. Pierre for months. The two were scheduled to meet in Saturday night's main event, but St. Pierre suffered a torn ACL in his right knee in December and pulled out of the fight.

St. Pierre expects to resume full training in July. He has targeted November for his return to action.

Condit (28-5) was originally scheduled to fight St. Pierre, but agreed to step aside for Diaz. That goodwill gesture did not prevent fans from criticizing Condit after the fight at Mandalay Bay Events Center.

Many mixed martial arts fans expressed their disagreement with the result, booing Condit during his postfight interview inside the Octagon.

UFC has not yet set a date or location for the Condit-Diaz rematch.

(via espn.com)

Nick Diaz vs Carlos Condit:

What to say here? The hype for this has been amazing. Two fighters that are as game as they come. Both guys will be going for the finish here at all time and both have shown off ridiculous chins in the process. In the main event Saturday night, Diaz/Condit seems to be a barnburner to match all barnburners. I think Diaz holds the advantage on the ground and on the feet. Condit has great striking ability but I like Diaz’s ability to overwhelm his foe. Love the way that both guys bring it but I see Diaz overwhelming Condit to a TKO finish in the championship rounds. Fight of the year contender here (hopefully).

Fabricio Werdum vs Roy Nelson

Interesting fight. Both guys have a great ground game and both are adequate standing. It honestly seems like a tossup but when I look at Werdum’s best wins (Fedor Emelianenko, Antonio Silva, Sergei Kharitinov, Alistair Overeem) I believe they are superior to Nelson’s best wins (Brendan Schaub, Stefan Struve and an older Cro Cop). Also, as bad of a fight as Werdum/Overeem 2 was, Werdum held his own on his feet and looked good in the exchanges. Nelson, for all of his strengths, has never beaten a top ten guy. I also think Werdum’s strength of competition has been stronger than Nelson’s overall. Nelson is extremely durable and hard to finish (unless your name is Andrei Arlovski) so I like Werdum here in a unanimous decision.

Mike Pierce vs Josh Koscheck

A battle between solid welterweights. The one thing that worries me here is that Koscheck didn’t look good striking with Matt Hughes in his last fight. Granted, Kos won by first round KO so does it matter? I think so. Hughes was landing a lot of punches before Kos landed a big bomb. Pierce has a ton of power (rocked Jon Fitch big time in their fight a couple of years ago) and I don’t think Koscheck is comfortable yetwith getting punched in the eye area after GSP broke his orbital bone in December of 2010. Pierce hits harder than Hughes and I think it will show here. I think Pierce gets the finish here and I predict a  Pierce win by TKO.

Scott Jorgenson vs Renan Pegado

I like Jorgenson here big time. The only person to give Jorgenson trouble was in his championship loss to Dominic Cruz. Jorgenson seemed befuddled by Cruz’s movement but rebounded nicely with two big wins. Jorgenson is a top five guy at bantamweight and this is a good opportunity for him to showcase it here. I like Jorgenson here in a finish by stoppage. Jorgenson by TKO.

Ed Herman vs Clifford Starks

I’m kind of surprised this is on the main card to be honest. With all due respect to both fighters, I feel that Dustin Poirier (up and comer at bantamweight) should have gotten a showcase here and a chance to resonate with the viewing public. That being said, good luck to both gentleman and I see Herman winning a decision.