Tonight!
Emanating from the Bojangles Colisuem in Charlotte, N.C. (I am at work or else I would be there, dangit!)
Spike TV @ 8pm
Kenny Florian v. Takanori Gomi
Roy Nelson v. Stefan Struve
Nate Quarry v. Jorge Rivera
Cole Miller v. Andre Winner
Undercard:
Ross Pearson v. Dennis Siver
Yushin Okami v. Lucio Linhares
Caol Uno v. Gleison Tibau
WAR Big Country!
Following this, TUF 11 debuts on Spike.
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UFC Fight Night 21's Stefan Struve welcomes standup war with Roy Nelson
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – UFC heavyweight Stefan Struve (19-3 MMA, 3-1 UFC) didn't exactly impress in his debut for the organization.
Struve was stopped by Brazilian Junior Dos Santos in the first round of their February 2009 meeting. Of course, Dos Santos has done that to almost every opponent he's faced.
And since that debut, Struve has now put together three-straight UFC wins, and the Dutch youngster said he believes he's a real threat in the UFC's heavyweight division.
"Dos Santos is really good – he's a really good fighter – but I just didn't fight," Struve told MMAjunkie.com (
www.mmajunkie.com). "I was too nervous. It wasn't me. It was just the nerves.
"Your first fight in the UFC is just like your first fight. It's all new, and you just need to learn how to deal with it. I learned how to deal with it, obviously, and now the UFC feels like home for me."
Struve meets "The Ultimate Fighter 10" winner Roy Nelson (14-4 MMA, 1-0 UFC) in the co-main event of tonight's "UFC Fight Night 21: Florian vs. Gomi" event. It's Struve's third-straight fight in the U.S., and the Dutchman said he's comfortable making the journey across the Atlantic.
I think Roy will end up taking this one to the ground.
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Report: Thiago Alves undergoes successful surgery
Former welterweight number one contender Thiago Alves underwent minor surgery today (March 31) to correct the brain "irregularity" that prompted his withdrawal from the UFC 111 fight card at the Prudential Center last Thursday.
TMZ Sports -- who broke the initial story regarding "Pitbull's" condition, first reported the update earlier today.
The Brazilian was pulled from his March 27 fight against Jon Fitch after failing a pre-fight CAT Scan and immediately sought out additional tests from brain specialists to help determine what action needed to be taken -- if any.
Those tests prompted Alves to have an angiogram at the Hyman Newman institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery located at Roosevelt Hospital in New York.
The outpatient procedure was successful in "separating an artery from a vein in his brain" according to the report and Alves is expected to be cleared to resume training in as little as three weeks.
Great news.