In the fourth round, Benson "Smooth" Henderson caught the neck of Frankie Edgar in a guillotine, and it looked so tight. But somehow Edgar, the UFC lightweight champion, escaped.
It was perhaps the most thrilling moment of the day. Possibly the most hyped moment in a long time in Japan's MMA scene.
On Sunday, the Ultimate Fighting Championship made a long-awaited but triumphant return to Japan with UFC 144, which was also dubbed "UFC Japan." It was the first UFC event in Japan in 12 years, and the first under the current and successful ownership, of Zuffa, LLC, a Las Vegas-based sports promotion company.