Kenny Florian and
Takanori Gomi will meet in a headlining lightweight bout at UFC Fight Night 21 on March 31 at the Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, N.C., Spike TV announced on Wednesday.
The event will broadcast live on the cable channel at 8:00 p.m. EST/PST.
Florian, a runner-up on season one of “The Ultimate Fighter,” earned a second-round submission victory against
Clay Guida at UFC 107 last December in Memphis, Tenn. The 33-year-old fighter made two unsuccessful bids for the UFC lightweight title, losing to current champion
B.J. Penn at UFC 101 last August and to
Sean Sherk at UFC 64 in October 2006.
Gomi, a recent acquisition for the promotion, enjoyed a fruitful career for Pride Fighting Championships in Japan, reeling off ten consecutive wins for the now-defunct promotion between 2004-2005. The former lightweight champion has gone 3-2 in his last five outings, and earned a unanimous decision over
Tony Hervey at Vale Tudo Japan 2009 last October.
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