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 [...]

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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.

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 [...]

Lyoto Machida’s manager, Ed Soares, announced during a recent appearance on TAGG Radio that the light heavyweight contender will next fight in October against an opponent to-be-announced. During the appearance Soares also confirmed that Anderson Silva will indeed take on Yushin Okami next following his July 19th light heavyweight bout against James Irvin.
All of the [...]

It turns out that, contrary to popular belief, Anderson “The Spider” Silva has absolutely no desire to hang around the 205 pound weight class, and will likely be one and done with the light heavyweight division after his Ultimate Fight Night 14 bout with James Irvin on July 19th.
From Tatame (translated by Fightline.com):
“I don’t have [...]

Former UFC lightweight champion and current WEC featherweight Jens Pulver, who is coming off of a loss to WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber, will likely return to the cage in October, possibly against Alexandre Franca Nogueira.
The UFC is planning to hold an event in Chicago in October and in Boston in November and will also [...]

During a recent chat with MMANews.com, “The Iceman” Chuck Liddell responded to a question regarding where he thinks he stands in terms of getting another crack at the light-heavyweight crown:
“After I beat Rashad I think I deserve the next title shot.”
Liddell went on to discuss Anderson Silva’s venture into the light heavyweight division, as well [...]

Event name: UFC Fight Night 14: “Silva vs. Irvin”
Date: July 19th, 2008
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Venue: The Pearl at The Palms Hotel and Casino
Broadcast: Spike TV (9pm ET)
MAIN CARD

Anderson Silva vs. James Irvin
Brandon Vera vs. Reese Andy
Hermes Franca vs. Frank Edgar
Anthony Johnson vs. Kevin Burns

PRELIMINARY BOUTS

Brodie Farber vs. Rory Markham
James Giboo vs. Brad [...]

UFC President Dana White has confirmed to Yahoo! Sports that the UFC will indeed hold a special event on July 19th at The Pearl in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event will air live on Spike TV, opposite of Affliction’s “Banned” pay-per-view featuring Tim Sylvia vs. Fedor Emelianenko, and will be headlined by Anderson Silva’s light [...]

Anderson Silva will make his light heavyweight debut against James Irvin at a rumored July 19th Spike TV UFC event according to MMARated.com.
Silva (21-4), the UFC’s middleweight champion, is undefeated inside the octagon, winning all six of his UFC bouts. He holds UFC victories over Chris Leben, Rich Franklin, Travis Lutter, Nate Marquardt, and Dan [...]

The names of several of the assistant coaches for the “Ultimate Fighter 8″ were recently revealed by Tatame.com.
Among coach Frank MIr’s assistants are jiu jitsu champion Robert Drysdale, who won the famed open weight Abu Dhabi Submission Wrestling World Championship in 2007, and conditioning coach Rafael Alejarra, who has recently served as Wanderlei Silva’s conditioning [...]