UFC Fight Night 21 offers a Laurel & Hardy match-up

There’s a battle of opposites slated for next month’s UFC Fight Night 21 that just sounds… hilarious: Roy Nelson vs. Stefan Struve. Just picture it – the master of the blubber guard against Skyscraper, a 6-foot-11 Dutch beanpole kickboxer (who also has decent submissions thanks to those long legs). It’s a Laurel & Hardy match-up. Add 70 pounds of fat to Struve’s opponent in the photo above and you get the idea.

Also on the March 31 card are headliners Kenny Florian vs. PRIDE ans Shooto star Takanori Gomi, who’s making his long-awaited UFC debut; middleweights Nate Quarry vs. Jorge Rivera; and lightweights Ross Pearson vs. Dennis Siver. Relegated to the undercard are lightweights Cole Miller vs. Andre Winner; middleweights Yushin Okami vs. Lucio Linhares; and Gleison Tibau vs. Caol Uno.

Of course, the whole event is just a warm-up to season eleven of The Ultimate Fighter, featuring coaches Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz, which premiers immediately following Fight Night.