Author: MMAjunkie.com Staff [mmajunkie-staff]

The main card is set for next month’s UFC Fight Night 21 card.

As MMAjunkie.com reported earlier today, the March 31 event features a headliner of Kenny Florian vs. Takanori Gomi and a co-headliner of Roy Nelson vs. Stefan Struve.

Also announced for the main card were previously reported matchups of Nate Quarry vs. Jorge Rivera and Ross Pearson vs. Dennis Siver. The UFC also confirmed Cole Miller vs. Andre Winner, Yushin Okami vs. Lucio Linhares, and Caol Uno vs. Gleison Tibau for the preliminary card.

Newly crowned Strikeforce welterweight champion Nick Diaz and Robbie Lawler, who scored a stunning come-from-behind win over Melvin Manhoef, each earned an event-high $100,000 payday at this past weekend’s “Strikeforce: Miami” event.

MMAjunkie.com recently requested and today received the list of disclosed paydays from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, which oversees the Florida State Boxing Commission.

The total disclosed payroll for the Jan. 30 event was $469,600.

MMAjunkie.com Radio brings a stacked show today with UFC 109 fighter Dan Miller, UFC 111 fighter Jim Miller, and their manager, Mike Constantino, who all join the show as in-studio guests.

Also joining the show is Ron Pellizzari, the director and co-founder of the Fight Museum, a boxing and MMA tourist attraction inside the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.

MMAjunkie.com Radio begins at noon ET (9 a.m. PT) live from the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino’s Race & Sports Book. Listen to
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World Victory Road officials today announced three bouts for their next event, Sengoku Raiden Championships 12, and notable competitors include middleweight title-holder Jorge Santiago and former EliteXC bantamweight champion Wilson Reis.

The event, which airs on HDNet in North America, takes place March 7 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan.

Santiago takes on Mamed Khalidov in a rematch, Reis meets Yuji Hoshino, and Shigeki Osawa meets fellow featherweight Kyung Ho Kang.

The UFC’s long-rumored March 31 event is official with today’s announcement of UFC Fight Night 21.

The event, which precedes the debut episode of “The Ultimate Fighter 11,” takes place at Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, N.C., and airs on Spike TV.

Kenny Florian meets former PRIDE star Takanori Gomi in the headliner, and as MMAjunkie.com first reported on Tuesday, “TUF 10” champ Roy Nelson meets fast-rising heavyweight contender Stefan Struve in the co-headliner.

One finger made Rex Ryan $50,000 poorer.

The National Football League’s New York Jets today fined its head coach for flipping off a few hostile fans at this past weekend’s “Strikeforce: Miami” event.

As MMAjunkie.com reported on Monday, Ryan released a statement in which
he apologized for the bird-flipping, which a fan caught on a cellphone
camera and distributed to the media.