The UFC returns to FOX and Chicago for its first major event of 2014, and the next contender in the lightweight division could be crowned. Unlike the promotion’s most recent trip to the Windy City, UFC on FOX 6, which marked its third annual trip in the frigid month of January, flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson isn’t a headliner. Instead, he gets an increasingly rare night off from network-broadcast events. The scheduled headliner, a bout between former UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson and ex-Strikeforce titleholder Josh Thomson, carries the weight of the fight card. Henderson, of course, is coming off a loss to Anthony Pettis that forced him to give up the UFC belt (after also giving up the WEC belt to the dynamic striker four years ago). Thomson is gambling a recent title opportunity to keep his name in the headlines
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