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03-21-2010 09:25 PM:
BROOMFIELD, Colo. - If something can go wrong it will go wrong for James Irvin. It couldn't happen again, right? Wrong. Irvin suffered another odd loss at the hands of Alessio Sakara in the opening bout of the television portion of UFC on Versus 1.
What really happened? It depends on who you speak with. Irvin seemed to suggest in the cage that he was the victim of an eye poke. Referee Josh Rosenthal jumped in to stop the fight thinking it was simply a punch that made Irvin turn his back and drop to a knee. Video replays and the photo above seem to indicate it was a clean punch. The fight was stopped at 3:01 of the first round giving Sakara his third straight UFC victory.
Irvin, who returning from a brutal loss at the hands of Anderson Silva, a drug suspension and visit to drug rehab, has had a star-crossed UFC career. Irvin was probably glad to return to Colorado, the scene of one of his best victories, an eight second KO of Houston Alexander. But with his luck, Irvin couldn't produce another sterling performance. Irvin blew out his knee in a loss to Thiago Silva at UFC 71. He also had to pull out of several matches during 2007, 2008 and 2009 because of lingering knee issues.
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BROOMFIELD, Colo. - If something can go wrong it will go wrong for James Irvin. It couldn't happen again, right? Wrong. Irvin suffered another odd loss at the hands of Alessio Sakara in the opening bout of the television portion of UFC on Versus 1.
What really happened? It depends on who you speak with. Irvin seemed to suggest in the cage that he was the victim of an eye poke. Referee Josh Rosenthal jumped in to stop the fight thinking it was simply a punch that made Irvin turn his back and drop to a knee. Video replays and the photo above seem to indicate it was a clean punch. The fight was stopped at 3:01 of the first round giving Sakara his third straight UFC victory.
Irvin, who returning from a brutal loss at the hands of Anderson Silva, a drug suspension and visit to drug rehab, has had a star-crossed UFC career. Irvin was probably glad to return to Colorado, the scene of one of his best victories, an eight second KO of Houston Alexander. But with his luck, Irvin couldn't produce another sterling performance. Irvin blew out his knee in a loss to Thiago Silva at UFC 71. He also had to pull out of several matches during 2007, 2008 and 2009 because of lingering knee issues.
More...
Yahoo! Sports.
Cagewriter is an MMA blog edited by Steve Cofield.
