Report: Hatsu Hioki vs. Bart Palaszewski Planned for UFC 144 in Japan
Source: Bloody Elbow - Nov 20, 2011 at 6:14 PM
Another Japanese standout has been booked for the UFC's return to Japan in February. Highly-regarded featherweight, Hatsu Hioki, will get the chance to fight in front of his countrymen against slugger, Bart Palazszewski, according to a report from MMA Weekly:
Sources close to the match-up confirmed to MMAWeekly.com that the bout has been verbally agreed by the participants for the show taking place Feb. 26 at Saitama Super Arena in Japan.
Hioki came into his UFC debut last month
2,408 MMA stories added in the past month
- Chael Sonnen: ‘Little Chicken Belly Nog' pulled a ‘scumbag’ move for bowing out of UFC 161 fight against ‘Shogun’ Rua
- UFC on Fox Sport 1 1 fight card: Shogun vs. Sonnen
- Bellator 96: King Mo vs. Petruzelli - Live stream, results and play-by-play
- Watch Bellator 96 prelims live on Yahoo! Sports
- UFC boss Lorenzo Fertitta slams Las Vegas Culinary Union after bill to legalize MMA in New York fails to reach Assembly floor
Drag the site icon to the taskbar to pin LockerPulse