UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Gomi, also referred to as UFC Fight Night 21 was a mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

 event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship

Ultimate Fighting Championship

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world that hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport...

 on March 31, 2010 at Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County. In 2010, Charlotte's population according to the US Census Bureau was 731,424, making it the 17th largest city in the United States based on population. The Charlotte metropolitan area had a 2009...

, This was the third time the UFC held an event in Charlotte, but the first since UFC 5

UFC 5

UFC 5: The Return of the Beast was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on April 7, 1995, at the Independence Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina. The event was seen live on pay per view in the United States, and later released on home video.-History:UFC 5 used an...

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Background

The event was the third UFC event in under two weeks along with UFC LIVE: Vera vs. Jones

UFC Live: Vera vs. Jones

UFC Live: Vera vs. Jones was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on March 21, 2010 in Broomfield, Colorado, United States at the 1stBank Center. This event was the UFC's debut on Versus...

 and UFC 111

UFC 111

UFC 111: St-Pierre vs. Hardy was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on March 27, 2010 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, United States.-Background:...

. The event also served as the lead-in program for The Ultimate Fighter 11.

Cole Miller

Cole Miller

Jeremiah Cole Miller is an American mixed martial artist, currently competing in the lightweight division in the UFC. His nickname "Magrinho" means "skinny" in Portuguese....

 was scheduled to face Andre Winner

Andre Winner

Andre Winner is an English professional mixed martial artist. He was a cast member of Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom, reaching the final. Winner is also a member of Team Rough House. He holds notable wins over Jeff Lawson, Rolando Delgado and Rafaello...

, but was forced from the card with an injury and replaced by Rafaello Oliveira

Rafaello Oliveira

Rafaello Oliveira is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He fights at and trains at in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.- Mixed martial arts career :Rafaello started his professional MMA career in 2004, competing in his native Brazil....

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A brief blackout

Power outage

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 occurred in the Bojangles Coliseum when Roy Nelson

Roy Nelson (fighter)

Roy Nelson is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the heavyweight division. He last competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship after winning Season 10 of The Ultimate Fighter. The September 30, 2009 broadcast of his fight against Kimbo Slice, officially an exhibition, was the 2nd...

 vs. Stefan Struve was being announced.

Preliminary card

• Welterweight bout:   Charlie Brenneman
  Charlie Brenneman
  Charles "Charlie" Brenneman is an American mixed martial artist, who competes as a welterweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship...
  
   vs.   Jason High
  Jason High
  Jason High is an American mixed martial artist. High has competed for organizations such as the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Strikeforce, Affliction, and DREAM...
  
  

Brenneman defeated High via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 29–28).

• Middleweight bout:   Gerald Harris vs.   Mario Miranda
  Mario Miranda (fighter)
  Mario Miranda is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who competed most recently for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, fighting in their middleweight division.-Mixed martial arts:...
  
  

Harris defeated Miranda via TKO (punches) at 4:49 of round 1.

• Middleweight bout:   Yushin Okami
  Yushin Okami
  is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He currently fights at middleweight for the Ultimate Fighting Championship . Okami is currently ranked the #3 best middleweight in the world by Sherdog and the #2 best middleweight by MMAWeekly....
  
   vs.   Lucio Linhares
  Lucio Linhares
  Lucio Linhares is a Brazilian-Finnish professional mixed martial artist and M-1 Global veteran who has fought for Shooto. Linhares most notable win is over former Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter Sean Salmon. Linhares is a former member of the M-1 Mixfight Team Finland...
  
  

Okami defeated Linhares via TKO (doctor stoppage) at 2:47 of round 2.

• Lightweight bout:   Caol Uno
  Caol Uno
  is a Japanese mixed martial artist, and former Shooto Welterweight Champion. Specifically, Uno is known for his low single leg takedown and rear naked choke. He was born in Kanagawa, Japan...
  
   vs.   Gleison Tibau
  Gleison Tibau
  Janigleison Herculano Alves, better known as Gleison Tibau is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He currently fights for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is one of the largest lightweights in MMA, weighing up to 183 pounds by the time he enters the cage.-Mixed martial arts:He was brought up...
  
  

Tibau defeated Uno via TKO (punches) at 4:13 of round 1. This bout aired on the live broadcast following the Quarry vs. Rivera fight.

• Lightweight bout:   Rob Emerson
  Rob Emerson
  Robert Michael Emerson is an American mixed martial artist. Emerson is a former Pancrase and King of the Cage fighter. He was a cast member of The Ultimate Fighter 5.-The Ultimate Fighter:...
  
   vs.   Nik Lentz
  Nik Lentz
  Nik Lentz is an American mixed martial artist. Lentz is currently signed under the Ultimate Fighting Championships promotion, fighting in the lightweight division.-Background:...
  
  

Lentz defeated Emerson via unanimous decision (29–28, 30–27, 29–28).

• Lightweight bout:   Jacob Volkmann
  Jacob Volkmann
  Jacob Joseph Volkmann is an American mixed martial artist competing in the lightweight division and formerly at welterweight. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Volkmann had made a name for himself fighting in the Midwest...
  
   vs.   Ronys Torres

Volkmann defeated Torres via split decision (28–29, 30–27, 30–27).

• Lightweight bout:   Andre Winner
  Andre Winner
  Andre Winner is an English professional mixed martial artist. He was a cast member of Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom, reaching the final. Winner is also a member of Team Rough House. He holds notable wins over Jeff Lawson, Rolando Delgado and Rafaello...
  
   vs.   Rafaello Oliveira
  Rafaello Oliveira
  Rafaello Oliveira is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He fights at and trains at in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.- Mixed martial arts career :Rafaello started his professional MMA career in 2004, competing in his native Brazil....
  
  

Winner defeated Oliveira via unanimous decision (30–27, 29–28, 30–27).

Main card

• Lightweight bout:   Ross Pearson
  Ross Pearson
  Ross Pearson is an English professional mixed martial artist from Sunderland. He is the lightweight division winner of The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom and is a member of Team Rough House.-Background:...
  
   vs.   Dennis Siver
  Dennis Siver
  Dennis D. Siver ; born January 13, 1979) is a Russian-German mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. As of July 2011, Siver is ranked as the #8 lightweight fighter in the world by MMAWeekly...
  
  

Pearson defeated Siver via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).

• Middleweight bout:   Nate Quarry
  Nate Quarry
  Nathan Parker Quarry is an American mixed martial arts fighter who is most notable for his appearance in The Ultimate Fighter, a reality show from the Ultimate Fighting Championship.-Early life:...
  
   vs.   Jorge Rivera
  Jorge Rivera (fighter)
  Jorge Luis Rivera is an American mixed martial artist who was featured on The Ultimate Fighter 4. He holds victories over five former or future UFC title contenders; Travis Lutter, David Loiseau, Kendall Grove, Dennis Hallman and Nate Quarry.-Military career:19k Tank with A/1-70 Armor at Fort...
  
  

Rivera defeated Quarry via TKO (punches) at 0:29 of round 2.

• Heavyweight bout:   Roy Nelson
  Roy Nelson (fighter)
  Roy Nelson is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the heavyweight division. He last competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship after winning Season 10 of The Ultimate Fighter. The September 30, 2009 broadcast of his fight against Kimbo Slice, officially an exhibition, was the 2nd...
  
   vs.   Stefan Struve

Nelson defeated Struve via TKO (punches) at 0:39 of round 1.

• Lightweight bout:   Kenny Florian
  Kenny Florian
  Kenneth Alan Florian is a Peruvian-American mixed martial artist who competes as a featherweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He has a background in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai, and is known for his cerebral approach to the sport based on his meticulous game plans and...
  
   vs.   Takanori Gomi
  Takanori Gomi
  , is a Japanese mixed martial artist currently fighting in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Gomi is a former Shooto Welterweight Champion and was the last and only Pride Lightweight Champion. He is also a four-time All Japan Combat Wrestling champion. During his time in Pride he was considered...
  
  

Florian defeated Gomi via submission (rear naked choke) at 2:52 of round 3.

Bonus awards

Fighters were awarded $30,000 bonuses.

• Fight of the Night:   Ross Pearson vs.   Dennis Siver
• Knockout of the Night:   Roy Nelson
• Submission of the Night:   Kenny Florian