It was a turning point in the fight that allowed Henderson to inflict visible damage on Edgar's face and put him on the right side of a judge's scorecard. The fight was fairly close with Edgar looking to be up on the scorecards until a massive up-kick rocked Edgar. The lightweight champion wouldn't enjoy the same success in his bout with Henderson. Prior to that, he had made defeating the legendary BJ Penn look like a walk in the park. However, that didn't stop Benson Henderson and Frankie Edgar from producing one of the best fights of 2012 in the main event.Įdgar had become the ultimate survivalist in the Octagon as he made it through two vicious beatings at the hands of Gray Maynard to keep his title. The card would be littered with Japanese fighters with all but Yushin Okami being irrelevant in the UFC rankings. The UFC's return to Japan was more for spectacle than it was sport.
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