The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to Charlotte for the first time in 15 years on March 31 at Bojangles Coliseum. The event will be live on Spike for their “Fight Night Live.” Season 11 of The Ultimate Fighter will debut after the televised event.

The main event features Kenny Florian taking on Takanori Gomi. The remaining bouts have not yet been announced.

Tickets go on sale on Feb. 6, at 10 a.m. Tickets range from $250 to $35.

This article appears in Feb 2-8, 2010.

Jeff Hahne became the music editor for Creative Loafing Charlotte in March 2007. He graduated with a degree in journalism and minor in Spanish from Auburn University in 1997. Since then he has worked for...

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  1. I love UFC, but I wish Pride was still around too. The action was better, imo

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  4. yes – UFC is good but PRIDE was a better overall production. They made their fighters look like super heroes!

    UFC is the king though of MMA events.

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