Video: Rich Franklin on Silva vs. Irvin

Ace does his best to make the match sound competitive, but it’s pretty obvious who his money’s on in this one. FYI, the rest of the “Silva vs. Irvin” lineup is looking like this:

MAIN CARD
Brandon Vera vs. Reese Andy
Hermes Franca vs. Frank Edgar
Cain Velasquez vs. Jake O’Brien
Anthony Johnson vs. Kevin Burns
Jesse Taylor vs. C.B. Dollaway

UNDERCARD
Brodie Farber vs. Rory Markham
Nate Loughran vs. Johnny Rees
James Giboo vs. Brad Blackburn
Dale Hartt vs. Shannon Gugherty

(Video props: UFC.com via MMA Mania)

Tags: Anderson Silva,James Irvin,MMA,Rich Franklin,UFC,UFN 14

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Deth- July 19, 2008 at 6:15 am

*refers to Irvin winning*

Ooops... and heights are always messed up. Watch sports sometime...

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Medium Seen- July 10, 2008 at 9:56 pm

how come if you watch the early fights with anderson silva vs rich franklin or chris leben it says he's 5'11 and now he is 6'2? (according to the UFC website). He looks 6'2 to me, but really, how do u fuck that up?

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teachbug- July 9, 2008 at 10:52 pm

# KG Says:
July 10th, 2008 at 12:24 pm

I am telling you, Irvin will handle Silva no problem. Refer back to this post on July 20th and you will see I am right

OR.....we can check back and make serious fun of your ass. sounds like a plan. Now don't forget to show up and take your pummeling when your proved wrong :)

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ButtFlies- July 9, 2008 at 10:14 pm

WOOOW..this card suucks...even the main event is lame

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Ryan B- July 9, 2008 at 7:19 pm

I know Anderson is a great fighter, but so is Irvin. I would be inclined to say Silva will win, but I would never count Irvin out. Like Irvin said, they have weight classes for a reason. Plus, the only reason Silva is fighting LHW is because Dana told him to.

The odds are rediculous right now, you would have to bet way too much on Silva to make a buck. Not worth it to bet on Silva, but it might be worth it to pluck down a 100 bucks on the Sandman.

James Irvin +405
Anderson Silva -555

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BIG CHRIS- July 9, 2008 at 6:50 pm

Irvin has no chance....If they let him get two unanswered hits on Silva right in the face with a brick right before the bell rings he might be able to pull it off then....Other than that he is going to be completly dominated.

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KG- July 9, 2008 at 6:24 pm

I am telling you, Irvin will handle Silva no problem. Refer back to this post on July 20th and you will see I am right

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Plain old Kevin- July 9, 2008 at 5:47 pm

I cannot figure Franklin out. Guy seems like a dick sometimes and pretty cool at other times. At least he didn't count Irvin out completely. I do understand why he would think so much of Anderson. If some dude whooped my ass twice then I sure would want to believe that he can beat anyone.

Card looks entertaining and I am sure it will be better than last weeks.

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ben- July 9, 2008 at 5:36 pm

It is 6 fights...Silva/Irvin plus the other five on the main card. It's a three-hour broadcast, though, so we might get at least one undercard match anyway.

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Scott- July 9, 2008 at 5:34 pm

All the commercials I've seen on Spike for the Silva vs. Irvin event have flashed the phrase "6 fights" on screen near the end. Should we expect that the main card will have 6 live fights, or are they just guaranteeing that one of the prelims will be televised?

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