The highly touted Takanori Gomi made his UFC debut live on Spike TV from North Carolina against perennial title challenger Kenny Florian to headline the UFC Fight Night 21 card. The UFC sold him as an “all time great”, “the last PRIDE champion” and his 30+ wins were mentioned.
Former title challenger and TUF veteran Kenny Florian entered the cage as the home country fighter, well known and respected by the fans.
He then proceeded to utterly dominate and dismantle Takanori Gomi. Florian picked Gomi apart standing in the first round but waited until the third, when Gomi began to land punches on the feet to shoot in for the take down where he immediately got dominant position and choked the fading legend out.