UFC Fight Night Anderson Silva vs. James Irvin Predictions
July 10, 2008
If you are a fan of the MMA then get ready for the UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Irvin event that is set to get underway on Saturday July 19th from the Pearl in Nevada. For the first time on Spike TV fans can watch this event live, and if you can only find time for one fight, we suggest you fit in the main event that slates Anderson Siva vs James irvin. It will be the first time that Silva fights at 205 in the UFC, but he expected to return to his middleweight class to fight Yushin Okami at UFC 88. If you are free for the night we suggest taking the time to watch the whole event, as 6 fights are scheduled for main card. Today we are going to a closer look at the main event by breaking down each fighter and then giving you our prediction on the upcoming fight.
Current odds from
Bodoglife.com
Anderson Silva -500
James Irvin +350
Anderson “The Spider” Silva
Silva is one of the most exciting fighters in the UFC, as his striking ability is 2nd to none. Silva can land a kick, punch, knee at any time during the fight, and that has led to complete dominance in the UFC. Silva has yet to lose and hasn’t seen a fight go more than 2 rounds. Silva last suffered a loss to Yushin Okami back in 2006, but that was prior to his start in the UFC. Since then its easy to say that Silva has gotten much better and its easy to see when you watch this guy fight. He was named the #1 pound for pound fighter in world, and it will be interesting if he can put on the weight to fight this fight and still be as fast and strong as he is in middleweight action. Silva is currently 6-0 in the UFC and 21-4 overall in MMA fighting.
James “The Sandman” Irvin
Irvin might not have the name recognition as Silva, but he is a very good fighter and definitely has the power to win this fight. If you question Irvin and his power just look back to his last fight against Houston Alexander where he won the fight in 8 seconds with flying superman punch to get things going. Irvin is 14-4 while fighting MMA, but hasn’t faced the competition at his level that Silva has faced in the middleweight division. If Irvin is going to win this fight he is likely going to have to use his amazing power and avoid the numerous strikes from Silva. Don’t expect Irvin to try and take this fight to the ground, as he has only won by submission 2 times in his career.
Winner: Anderson Silva -500
If you want our opinion this fight isn’t going to be that close, it might be the first fight Silva is taken to the distance, but we don’t see anyway that Irvin is able to over power Silva. If we had to make a prediction on when we think this fight will be over, we would have to say Silva wins by TKO in the later part of the 2nd round.
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