Light Heavyweight · “The Sandman”
James Irvin
17-10-0 (2 NC) UFC 4-6-0
6'2"Height
75"Reach
OrthodoxStance
47Age
3KO wins
0Sub wins
75.0%Finish rate
2:52Avg fight
Statistical profile
Radar — percentile vs UFC veterans
Career rates
Sig. strikes landed / min2.05
Sig. strikes absorbed / min3.86
Striking accuracy48.8%
Striking defense35.5%
Takedowns / 15 min0.0
Takedown accuracy0.0%
Takedown defense36.8%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.52
Control time5.9%
Record vs .500+ opponents1-2
Striking trend
Fight history
L Igor Pokrajac 0-2 walk-in Submission · R1 2:29 — UFC Live: Jones vs Matyushenko · August 1, 2010
11/22Sig. strikes
18/27Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
1:06Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Alessio Sakara 5-4 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 3:01 — UFC Live: Vera vs Jones · March 21, 2010
6/16Sig. strikes
13/29Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Anderson Silva 6-0 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 1:01 — UFC: Silva vs Irvin · July 19, 2008
0/3Sig. strikes
13/13Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Houston Alexander 2-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 0:08 — UFC Fight Night: Florian vs Lauzon · April 2, 2008
3/4Sig. strikes
0/1Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:02Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Luiz Cane 0-0 walk-in DQ · R1 1:51 — UFC 79: Nemesis · December 29, 2007
5/19Sig. strikes
9/20Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
0:01Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Thiago Silva 0-0 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 1:06 — UFC 71: Liddell vs Jackson · May 26, 2007
3/4Sig. strikes
1/1Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:17Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
W Hector Ramirez 0-0 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 2:36 — UFC 65: Bad Intentions · November 18, 2006
17/34Sig. strikes
33/48Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:06Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Stephan Bonnar 1-1 walk-in Submission · R1 4:30 — UFC Fight Night 3 · January 16, 2006
5/6Sig. strikes
2/5Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Terry Martin 0-0 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 0:09 — UFC 54: Boiling Point · August 20, 2005
6/7Sig. strikes
12/13Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:04Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Mike Kyle 1-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 1:55 — UFC 51: Super Saturday · February 5, 2005
3/6Sig. strikes
10/15Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:06Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
Walk-in records count UFC bouts in this database. For the pre-UFC career, see the record breakdown below or the Tapology button up top.
Record breakdown
Wins by method
KO/TKO
12
Submission
3
Decision
1
Other
1
Losses by method
KO/TKO
5
Submission
4
Decision
1
Other
0
No contests: 2
Fights by organization
UFC
10
GC
9
WEC
4
KSW
1
TPF
1
Rebel Fights
1
Valor Fighting
1
Strikeforce
1
+ 1 more organizations in the full career list
Full career — 29 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Scott Rosa | TKO (knees and punches) | GC: Star Wars
April 29, 2012 |
GC | 2 | 1:35 |
| W | Mike LaFlair | Submission (armbar) | GC: Ringside
March 30, 2012 |
GC | 1 | 1:22 |
| W | Geovantie Davis | KO (punches) | GC: Bombs Away
February 26, 2012 |
GC | 1 | 1:34 |
| L | Mamed Khalidov | Submission (armbar) | KSW 15: Contemporary Gladiators
March 19, 2011 |
KSW | 1 | 0:33 |
| NC | Mike Crisman | NC (illegal knee) | GC: Young Guns 4
January 29, 2011 |
GC | 1 | 3:32 |
| L | Jorge Oliveira | Submission (triangle armbar) | TPF 7
December 2, 2010 |
TPF | 1 | 1:33 |
| W | Angel DeAnda | KO (punch) | Rebel Fights: Domination
October 2, 2010 |
Rebel Fights | 1 | 1:42 |
| L | Igor Pokrajac | Submission (rear-naked choke) | UFC Live: Jones vs. Matyushenko
August 1, 2010 |
UFC | 1 | 2:29 |
| L | Alessio Sakara | TKO (punch) | UFC Live: Vera vs. Jones
March 21, 2010 |
UFC | 1 | 3:01 |
| L | Anderson Silva | KO (punches) | UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Irvin
July 19, 2008 |
UFC | 1 | 1:01 |
| W | Houston Alexander | KO (punches) | UFC Fight Night 13
April 2, 2008 |
UFC | 1 | 0:08 |
| W | Luiz Cané | DQ (illegal knee) | UFC 79
December 29, 2007 |
UFC | 1 | 1:51 |
| L | Thiago Silva | TKO (knee injury) | UFC 71
May 26, 2007 |
UFC | 1 | 1:06 |
| W | Hector Ramirez | TKO (body kick and elbows) | UFC 65
November 18, 2006 |
UFC | 2 | 2:36 |
| W | Gary LaFranchi | Submission (armbar) | Valor Fighting: Showdown at Cache Creek II
September 15, 2006 |
Valor Fighting | 1 | 1:47 |
| NC | Bobby Southworth | NC (both fighters fell out the cage) | Strikeforce: Revenge
June 9, 2006 |
Strikeforce | 1 | 0:17 |
| W | William Hill | Decision (unanimous) | IFC: Caged Combat
April 1, 2006 |
IFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Lodune Sincaid | Decision (split) | WEC 19
March 17, 2006 |
WEC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Stephan Bonnar | Submission (kimura) | UFC Fight Night 3
January 16, 2006 |
UFC | 1 | 4:30 |
| W | Terry Martin | KO (flying knee) | UFC 54
August 20, 2005 |
UFC | 2 | 0:09 |
| W | Doug Marshall | KO (knee) | WEC 15
May 19, 2005 |
WEC | 2 | 0:45 |
| L | Mike Kyle | KO (punch) | UFC 51
February 5, 2005 |
UFC | 1 | 1:55 |
| W | Houssain Oushani | KO (punch) | WEC 12
October 21, 2004 |
WEC | 1 | 2:27 |
| W | Jody Poff | TKO (punches) | WEC 11
August 20, 2004 |
WEC | 1 | 1:44 |
| W | Bo Cantrell | KO (knee) | GC 24
March 20, 2004 |
GC | 1 | 2:39 |
| W | Scott Smith | KO (punch) | GC 22
February 12, 2004 |
GC | 1 | 2:21 |
| W | Pete Werve | TKO (doctor stoppage) | GC 20
November 13, 2003 |
GC | 1 | 5:00 |
| W | Allen Scoville | Submission (armbar) | GC 18
August 21, 2003 |
GC | 1 | 2:42 |
| W | Bo Cantrell | KO (knee and punches) | GC 16
June 1, 2003 |
GC | 1 | 2:54 |
Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (James Irvin (fighter)) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.