UFC light heavyweight James Irvin has tested positive for methadone and oxymorphone following his first-round TKO loss to Anderson Silva at UFC Fight Night 14 on July 19th in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The positive test was today confirmed to MMAFrenzy.com by Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer.
Both methadone and oxymorphone are commonly prescribed pain [...]

MMAFrenzy.com (www.mmafrenzy.com) has confirmed with the Nevada State Athletic Commission that all eleven UFC Fight Night 14 “Silva vs. Irvin” fighters who were drug tested have tested negative for steroids.
The eleven-bout Spike TV event took place on Saturday, July 19th, at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada. According to the NSAC, the [...]

The Ultimate Fighting Championship proved yet again to be the ratings champion with the hard-to-reach demographic of young men. Spike TV’s telecast of a live “UFC Fight Night” on Saturday, July 19 (9:00pm-12:00am ET) featuring the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, Anderson Silva, out-delivered every other channel (broadcast and cable) with Men 18-34 [...]

MMAFrenzy.com (www.mmafrenzy.com) has confirmed with the Nevada State Athletic Commission that eleven UFC Fight Night 14 fighters were tested for performance enhancing drugs and drugs of abuse.
The eleven-bout Spike TV event took place on Saturday, July 19th, at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The tested fighters were Anderson Silva, James Irvin, Tim [...]

MMAFrenzy.com has acquired the official fighter salaries as reported to the Nevada State Athletic Commission for UFC Fight Night 14 “Silva vs. Irvin”.
The eleven-bout Spike TV event took place on Saturday, July 19th, at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Main event winner Anderson Silva took home $200,000 for his 61-second knockout of [...]

UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva was successful in his light heavyweight debut, knocking out 205-pound knockout artist James Irvin with a straight right and ground and pound 61 seconds into the opening round of the main event of UFC Fight Night 14.
The eleven-bout event took place on Saturday, July 19th, at The Pearl at The [...]

Anderson Silva def. James Irvin via KO – Round 1, 1:01
Brandon Vera def. Reese Andy via unanimous decision
Frank Edgar def. Hermes Franca via unanimous decision
Cain Velasquez def. Jake O’Brien via TKO – Round 1, 2:02
Kevin Burns def. Anthony Johnson via TKO – Round 3, 3:35
CB Dollaway def. Jesse Taylor via submission – Round 1, 3:58
Tim [...]

UFC Fight Night 14 “Silva vs. Irvin” took place on Saturday, July 19th, at the Pearl at the Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada.
UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva moved up to the 205-pound light heavyweight division in the main event to take on knockout artist James “The Sandman” Irvin. Brandon Vera vs. Reese Andy, Hermes Franca [...]

Affliction:Banned
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Tim Sylvia
Emelianenko via submission, round 3.
To me this is a pretty simple pick. Fedor will definitely have respect for Sylvia’s punching power, and will likely only stand and trade with the much taller opponent for a short while. Fedor will shoot for a takedown here and there but will probably get [...]

UFC Fight Night 14 “Silva vs. Irvin” betting odds courtesy of Bodog. Support MMAFrenzy.com by opening an account today!
UFC Fight Night 14 “Silva vs. Irvin” Betting Odds

Anderson Silva (-420) vs. James Irvin (+320)
Brandon Vera (-500) vs. Reese Andy (+350)
Frank Edgar (-160) vs. Hermes Franca (+130)
Cain Velasquez (-325) vs. Jake O’Brien (+250)
Anthony Johnson (-295) vs. Kevin [...]

Anderson Silva (206) vs. James Irvin (206)*
Brandon Vera (204) vs. Reese Andy (206)
Hermes Franca (155) vs. Frank Edgar (155)
Cain Velasquez (236) vs. Jake O’Brien (236)
Anthony Johnson (170) vs. Kevin Burns (171)
Jesse Taylor (184) vs. CB Dollaway (186)
Tim Credeur (185) vs. Cale Yarbrough (186)
Brodie Farber (171) vs. Rory Markham (170)
Nate Loughran (183) vs. Johnny Rees (183)
James [...]

REMINDER: MMAFrenzy.com will have live coverage of UFC Fight Night 14 featuring Anderson Silva vs. James Irvin tomorrow, July 19th, beginning at 7pm ET.

Weigh-ins for UFC Fight Night 14 “Silva vs. Irvin” will take place this Friday, July 18th, at the ballrooms located on the 2nd floor of the Fantasy Tower at the Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Pearl at The Palms will host Saturday’s Spike TV event.
MMAFrenzy.com will have extensive coverage of UFC [...]

UFC Fight Night 14 “Silva vs. Irvin” betting odds courtesy of Bodog. Support MMAFrenzy.com by opening an account today!
UFC Fight Night 14 “Silva vs. Irvin” Betting Odds

Anderson Silva (-500) vs. James Irvin (+350)
Brandon Vera (-600) vs. Reese Andy (+400)
Frank Edgar (-165) vs. Hermes Franca (+135)
Anthony Johnson (-295) vs. Kevin Burns (+235)
Rory Markham (-270) vs. Brodie [...]

“They offered me Dan Henderson, Wanderlei Silva, Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou, Lyoto Machida and then Reese Andy. I turned down Machida. He’s not someone you take on short notice. You gotta get ready for Machida. The other fighters turned down the other fights so that’s how we came to Reese.”
Brandon Vera, who will make his light [...]