Results from the event, held in the Saitama Super Arena is as follows:

Preliminary card (Facebook)

Featherweight bout: China Zhang Tiequan vs. Japan Issei Tamura

Tamura defeated Zhang via KO (punch) at 0:32 of round 2.

Preliminary card (FX)

Bantamweight bout: Japan Takeya Mizugaki vs. United States Chris Cariaso

Cariaso defeated Mizugaki via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).


Middleweight bout: Japan Riki Fukuda vs. United States Steve Cantwell

Fukuda defeated Cantwell via unanimous decision (29–28, 30–27, 30–27).


Bantamweight bout: Japan Norifumi Yamamoto vs. England Vaughan Lee

Lee defeated Yamamoto via submission (armbar) at 4:29 of round 1.


Lightweight bout: Japan Takanori Gomi vs. Japan Eiji Mitsuoka

Gomi defeated Mitsuoka via TKO (punches) at 2:21 of round 2.

Main card

Lightweight bout: United States Anthony Pettis vs. United States Joe Lauzon

Pettis defeated Lauzon via KO (head kick & punches) at 1:21 of round 1.


Featherweight bout: Japan Hatsu Hioki vs. Poland Bart Palaszewski

Hioki defeated Palazewski via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29–28).


Middleweight bout: Japan Yushin Okami vs. United States Tim Boetsch

Boetsch defeated Okami via TKO (punches) at 0:54 of round 3.


Welterweight bout: Japan Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. United States Jake Shields

Shields defeated Akiyama via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).


Heavyweight bout: New Zealand Mark Hunt vs. France Cheick Kongo

Hunt defeated Kongo via TKO (punches) at 2:11 of round 1.


Catchweight (211 lb) bout: United States Quinton Jackson vs. United States Ryan Bader

Bader defeated Jackson via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).


Lightweight Championship bout: United States Frankie Edgar (c) vs. United States Ben Henderson

Henderson defeated Edgar via unanimous decision (49–46, 48–47, 49–46) to become the new UFC Lightweight Champion.