| UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Gomi | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Gomi | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | March 31, 2010 | |||
| Venue | Bojangles' Coliseum | |||
| City | Charlotte, North Carolina | |||
| Attendance | 7,700[1] | |||
| Total gate | $590,685[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Gomi (also known asUFC Fight Night 21) was amixed martial arts event held by theUltimate Fighting Championship on March 31, 2010 atBojangles' Coliseum inCharlotte, North Carolina,[2] This was the third time the UFC held an event in Charlotte, but the first sinceUFC 5, also at the same venue.
The event was the third UFC event in under two weeks along withUFC LIVE: Vera vs. Jones andUFC 111. The event also served as the lead-in program forThe Ultimate Fighter 11.
Cole Miller was scheduled to faceAndre Winner, but was forced from the card with an injury and replaced byRafaello Oliveira.[3]
A briefblackout occurred in theBojangles' Coliseum whenRoy Nelson vs.Stefan Struve was being announced.[4]
| Main card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Kenny Florian | def. | Takanori Gomi | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 3 | 2:52 | |
| Heavyweight | Roy Nelson | def. | Stefan Struve | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:39 | |
| Middleweight | Jorge Rivera | def. | Nate Quarry | TKO (punches) | 2 | 0:29 | |
| Lightweight | Ross Pearson | def. | Dennis Siver | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Lightweight | Andre Winner | def. | Rafaello Oliveira | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Jacob Volkmann | def. | Ronys Torres | Decision (split) (28–29, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Nik Lentz | def. | Rob Emerson | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Gleison Tibau | def. | Caol Uno | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:13 | [a] |
| Middleweight | Yushin Okami | def. | Lucio Linhares | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 2 | 2:47 | |
| Middleweight | Gerald Harris | def. | Mario Miranda | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:49 | |
| Welterweight | Charlie Brenneman | def. | Jason High | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27. 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
The following fighters received $30,000 bonuses.[5]
