James Irvin has beed forced to withdraw from his scheduled middleweight debut against Wilson Gouveia, which was to take place on August 29 at UFC 102 in Portland, Oregon, after suffering what is being called a “massive” knee injury.

“Irvin is expected to undergo reconstructive surgery sometime in the next few days, and is also expected to miss 6-10 months.”

The fight card for UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira, which is set to take place on August 29th at the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon, has been finalized.

Joining a heavyweight headliner between Randy Coture and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira on the pay-per-view main card are Keith Jardine vs. Thiago Silva, Chris Leben vs. Jake Rosholt, Demian Maia vs. Nate Marquardt, and Matt Hamill vs. Brandon Vera.

With Chael Sonnen tapped to replace an injured Yushin Okami in May at UFC 98, James Irvin, who withdrew from his scheduled UFC 98 bout against Drew McFedries on Wednesday, will replace Sonnen in a bout against Wilson Gouveia on August 29th at UFC 102 in Portland, Oregon.

James Irvin has been forced out of his scheduled return at UFC 98 against Drew McFedries due to a knee injury and France's Xavier Foupa-Pokam has been tapped to fill the vacant spot.

James Irvin will be eligible to return to action on April 19th after serving a 9-month suspension for testing positive for the banned painkillers methadone and oxymorphone following his first-round TKO loss to Anderson Silva at UFC Fight Night 14 on July 19th.
Irvin discussed the suspension, his return, and plans to drop to middleweight in [...]

UFC light heavyweight James Irvin, in a letter to the Nevada State Athletic Commission obtained by Sherdog, has confirmed his use of painkillers in advance of his 205-pound main event bout against UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva at UFC Fight Night 14 in July.
“In the days leading up to my fight with Anderson Silva, I [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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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 [...]