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 [...]

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 [...]

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,” [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]