Author: John Morgan [kingofabuelos]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – MMAjunkie.com is on scene and reporting live from
today’s official “UFC Fight Night 21: Florian vs. Gomi” fighter
weigh-ins, and you can watch a live video stream of the proceedings here
on MMAjunkie.com at 4 p.m. ET (1 p.m. PT).

The weigh-ins take place at Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, N.C., which
also plays host to Wednesday’s Spike TV-broadcast event with a Kenny Florian a
Takanori Gomi headliner.

In addition to the live weigh-ins, you can also check out our regular live-results
post, which is available on the MMAjunkie.com homepage.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – As the now-defunct PRIDE Fighting Championship organization’s final
lightweight champion, Japanese superstar Takanori Gomi (31-5 MMA, 0-0
UFC) was once a feared striker capable of dropping any opponent with his
rapid-fire punches.

But in recent times, Gomi has gone just 2-2 in his past four fights – a
run that includes a 25-minute decision victory over what should have
been an overmatched Tony Hervey.

But just as things seemed to have turned for the worse, Gomi now readies
for his UFC debut at Wednesday’s UFC Fight Night 21 event in Charlotte,
N.C. And “The Fireball Kid” says you can expect a return to old form.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – MMAjunkie.com is on scene and reporting live from today’s official
“UFC Fight Night 21: Florian vs. Gomi” fighter weigh-ins.

The ceremonies take place at Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, N.C., the
same site as Wednesday night’s Spike TV-broadcast UFC Fight Night 21
event.

The fighters are scheduled to hit the scale at 4 p.m. ET.

UFC light heavyweight Chuck Liddell says he still expects to fight
nemesis Tito Ortiz – he’s earned it, after all.

Liddell (21-7 MMA, 16-6 UFC), who coaches opposite Ortiz (15-7-1 MMA,
14-7-1 UFC) on the upcoming 11th season of “The Ultimate Fighter,” said
it took exactly one week to get motivated for a third meeting with Ortiz
at the show’s conclusion.

While question marks surround Ortiz’s participation on the show – not to
mention the location of the traditional post-“TUF” coaches’ showdown –
the five-time UFC light heavyweight champion said as far as he knows,
it’s business as usual.

The non-televised portion of Strikeforce’s second network-televised card
is all but filled.

In addition to a middleweight matchup between Hunter Worsham and Zach
Underwood reported earlier today by MMAjunkie.com,
sources close to the event have confirmed five additional contests.

“Strikforce: Nashville” airs live on CBS at 9 p.m. ET and features three
title fights: Middleweight champ Jake Shields faces Dan Henderson in
the evening’s main event, while light heavyweight champ Gegard Mousasi
faces Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal and lightweight champ Gilbert Melendez
meets DREAM title holder Shinya Aoki in the card’s other featured
matchups.

Despite enduring a much-discussed heel hook at UFC 111 that had him
writhing on the ground in obvious agony, UFC middleweight Tomasz Drwal
received a bit of good news today.

MMAjunkie.com has learned that initial X-rays
revealed no fractures in Drwal’s knee or leg.

Drwal and his camp are hoping the injury is just a bad sprain of the
knee.