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UFC Fight Night 14 Betting Odds
Jul 16, 2008 - 2:30 pm ET | 33 Comments

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 [...]

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James Irvin: I Just Don’t See Myself Losing
Jul 12, 2008 - 12:30 pm ET | 38 Comments

Kevin Iole’s latest Yahoo! Sports article highlighted James Irvin, whose highly anticipated meeting with top ranked Anderson Silva is but a mere week away. “The Sandman” shared a bit of his strategy for the upcoming bout, which will apparently attempt to exploit his opponent’s perceived lack of punching power:
“I just don’t see myself losing,” [...]

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Updated Official Fight Card For UFC Fight Night 14 “Silva vs. Irvin”
Jun 26, 2008 - 12:00 am ET | 51 Comments

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 [...]

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Dana White Confirms July 19th UFC Event; Silva vs. Irvin To Headline
Jun 17, 2008 - 7:03 pm ET | 53 Comments

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 [...]

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Anderson Silva vs. James Irvin at July 19th UFC Event
Jun 17, 2008 - 5:57 pm ET | 30 Comments

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 [...]

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UFC 85: James Irvin Out, Luiz Cane In Against Rashad Evans
May 20, 2008 - 8:38 pm ET | 9 Comments

From the official announcement:
A broken foot has forced light heavyweight James Irvin to withdraw from his UFC 85 showdown with Rashad Evans at London’s O2 Arena. Stepping up to replace ‘The Sandman’ against Evans is Brazil’s Luiz Cane, who was originally scheduled to face Jason Lambert on the June 7th card.
Here’s an updated card for [...]

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UFC 85: Hughes-Alves, Evans-Irvin, and Bisping-Leben Officially Announced
Apr 25, 2008 - 5:59 pm ET | 22 Comments

Former UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes will face up-and-coming welterweight contender Thiago Alves, who defeated Karo Parisyan in impressive fashion earlier this month, in the main event of UFC 85. The UFC officially announced the headlining bout late this afternoon.
UFC 85 takes place June 7th at the O2 Arena in London, England and will be [...]

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Chuck Liddell Injured, Forced To Withdraw From UFC 85 Main Event
Apr 22, 2008 - 12:00 am ET | 37 Comments

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell has suffered a torn hamstring and has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled UFC 85 main event bout against Rashad Evans, the Ultimate Fighting Championship today announced.
Here’s an excerpt from the official announcement:
“Unfortunately, Chuck Liddell tore his right hamstring during training last week, and being the warrior [...]

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Florian, Lauzon, Irvin and Diaz Awarded Fight Night 13 Bonuses
Apr 9, 2008 - 9:21 pm ET | 6 Comments

Kenny Florian, Joe Lauzon, James Irvin, and Nate Diaz all took home an additional $20,000 post-event bonus for their efforts at UFC Fight Night 13 exactly one week ago.
Florian and Lauzon, who clashed in the main event bout at the event, were awarded the “Fight of the Night” bonus. Florian won the lightweight fight via [...]

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UFC Fight Night 13 Quick Results
Apr 2, 2008 - 9:00 pm ET | 26 Comments

Kenny Florian def. Joe Lauzon via TKO – Round 2, 3:28
Gray Maynard defeats Frankie Edgar via unanimous decision
Thiago Alves def. Karo Parisyan via TKO – Round 2, 0:34
Matt Hamill def. Tim Boetsch via TKO – Round 2, 1:25
Nate Diaz def. Kurt Pellegrino via submission – Round 2, 3:06
James Irvin def. Houston Alexander via KO – [...]

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UFC Fight Night 13 Results
Apr 2, 2008 - 3:30 pm ET | 3 Comments

MMAFrenzy.com is your source for round-by-round coverage of UFC Fight Night 13 from the Broomfield Event Center in Broomfield, Colorado. The event was headlined by previous “The Ultimate Fighter” cast members Kenny Florian and Joe Lauzon in a lightweight matchup to move up the 155-pound rankings.
The 12-bout event was broadcast on Spike TV as a [...]

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UFC Fight Night 13 Weigh-In Results
Apr 1, 2008 - 6:09 pm ET | 13 Comments

Joe Lauzon (156) vs. Kenny Florian (155.5)
Thiago Alves (171) vs. Karo Parisyan (171)
Tim Boetsch (206) vs. Matt Hamill (204)
Kurt Pellegrino (155) vs. Nate Diaz (156)
Gray Maynard (155) vs. Frank Edgar (155.5)
James Irvin (205) vs. Houston Alexander (205)
Roman Mitichyan (170.5) vs. George Sotiropoulos (169.5)
Samy Schiavo (155) vs. Clay Guida (156)
Jeff Cox (155) vs. Manny Gamburyan (155.5)
Josh [...]

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Houston Alexander Returns At UFC Fight Night 13
Jan 29, 2008 - 7:55 pm ET | 15 Comments

Hard hitting Houston Alexander is slated to face off against James Irvin at UFC Fight Night 13 according to MMAJunkie. The bout was originally rumored to take place in England at UFC 83, an event which has since been called off by the UFC.
In addition to the Alexander-Irvin fight, the lightweight match between Clay Guida [...]

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UFC Fight Night 13: Houston Alexander vs. James Irvin
Jan 11, 2008 - 12:00 pm ET | 13 Comments

Houston Alexander will clash with James Irvin at UFC Fight Night 13 in March in a fight that has the makings of a standup war according to a report by MMAjunkie.com.
Alexander (8-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) took the UFC by storm in 2007 scoring first round knockout wins against both Keith Jardine and Alessio Sakara. In [...]

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