Date: February 26, 2012
Venue: Saitama Super Arena
City: Saitama, Japan

Preliminary card (Facebook)

  • Featherweight bout:  Zhang Tiequan vs.  Issei Tamura
Tamura defeated Zhang via KO (punch) at 0:32 of round 2.

Preliminary card (FX)

  • Bantamweight bout:  Takeya Mizugaki vs.  Chris Cariaso
Cariaso defeated Mizugaki via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).
  • Middleweight bout:  Riki Fukuda vs.  Steve Cantwell
Fukuda defeated Cantwell via unanimous decision (29–28, 30–27, 30–27).
  • Bantamweight bout:  Norifumi Yamamoto vs.  Vaughan Lee
Lee defeated Yamamoto via submission (armbar) at 4:29 of round 1.
  • Lightweight bout:  Takanori Gomi vs.  Eiji Mitsuoka
Gomi defeated Mitsuoka via TKO (punches) at 2:21 of round 2.

Main card

  • Lightweight bout:  Anthony Pettis vs.  Joe Lauzon
Pettis defeated Lauzon via KO (head kick & punches) at 1:21 of round 1.
  • Featherweight bout:  Hatsu Hioki vs.  Bart Palaszewski
Hioki defeated Palazewski via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29–28).
  • Middleweight bout:  Yushin Okami vs.  Tim Boetsch
Boetsch defeated Okami via TKO (punches) at 0:54 of round 3.
  • Welterweight bout:  Yoshihiro Akiyama vs.  Jake Shields
Shields defeated Akiyama via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
  • Heavyweight bout:  Mark Hunt vs.  Cheick Kongo
Hunt defeated Kongo via TKO (punches) at 2:11 of round 1.
  • Catchweight (211 lb) bout:  Quinton Jackson vs.  Ryan Bader
Bader defeated Jackson via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
  • Lightweight Championship bout:  Frankie Edgar (c) vs.  Ben Henderson
Henderson defeated Edgar via unanimous decision (49–46, 48–47, 49–46) to become the new UFC Lightweight Champion.

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