Former Shooto and World Victory Road/Sengoku champion Hatsu Hioki gets the chance to fight at home as he will meet fellow featherweight Bart Palaszewski at UFC 144.
Saitama Super Arena will be the site of UFC 144 on February 26th.
About Shawn M. Smith
An Inside Pulse "original", SMS is one of the founding members of Inside Pulse and serves as the Chief Marketing Officer on the Executive Board. Smith is a fan of mixed martial arts and runs two sections of IP as Editor in Chief, RadioExile.com and InsideFights.com. Having covered music festivals around the world as well as conducting interviews with top-class professional wrestlers and musicians, he switched gears from music coverage at Radio Exile to MMA after the first The Ultimate Fighter Finale. He resides with his wife in New York City.
