Mike Kyle vs James Irvin

Mike Kyle

2-1

James Irvin

3-6

UFC 51: Super Saturday · Feb 05, 2005 · Heavyweight · Completed

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Age 46

Height 6' 4"

Reach 77.0"

Weight 205 lbs.

Stance Orthodox

UFC SD

Age 47

Height 6' 2"

Reach 75.0"

Weight 205 lbs.

Stance Orthodox

UFC SD

Career Averages - Mike Kyle

3.93 SLpM

51.0% Str. Acc.

3.35 SApM

49.0% Str. Def.

1.33 TD Avg

62.0% TD Acc.

50.0% TD Def.

0.8 Sub. Avg

Career Averages - James Irvin

2.03 SLpM

48.0% Str. Acc.

3.86 SApM

35.0% Str. Def.

0.0 TD Avg

0.0% TD Acc.

36.0% TD Def.

0.5 Sub. Avg

Mike Kyle - Fight History

WIN vs James Irvin

KO (punch) R1 1:55 · UFC 51: Super Saturday · Feb 05, 2005

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Mike Kyle	1	10 of 15	66%	30 of 39	1 of 1	100%	0	0	1:23
James Irvin	0	3 of 6	50%	3 of 6	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:06

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Mike Kyle	1	10 of 15	66%	30 of 39	1 of 1	100%	0	0	1:23
1	James Irvin	0	3 of 6	50%	3 of 6	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:06

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Mike Kyle	10 of 15	66%	7 of 12	3 of 3	0 of 0	5 of 8	2 of 3	3 of 4
James Irvin	3 of 6	50%	1 of 4	1 of 1	1 of 1	2 of 5	1 of 1	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Mike Kyle	10 of 15	66%	7 of 12	3 of 3	0 of 0	5 of 8	2 of 3	3 of 4
1	James Irvin	3 of 6	50%	1 of 4	1 of 1	1 of 1	2 of 5	1 of 1	0 of 0

LOSS vs Justin Eilers

KO (punch) R1 1:14 · UFC 49: Unfinished Business · Aug 21, 2004

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Justin Eilers	1	4 of 9	44%	5 of 10	0 of 1	0%	0	0	0:01
Mike Kyle	0	7 of 16	43%	7 of 16	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Justin Eilers	1	4 of 9	44%	5 of 10	0 of 1	0%	0	0	0:01
1	Mike Kyle	0	7 of 16	43%	7 of 16	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Justin Eilers	4 of 9	44%	4 of 8	0 of 1	0 of 0	1 of 6	2 of 2	1 of 1
Mike Kyle	7 of 16	43%	1 of 10	5 of 5	1 of 1	0 of 7	7 of 9	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Justin Eilers	4 of 9	44%	4 of 8	0 of 1	0 of 0	1 of 6	2 of 2	1 of 1
1	Mike Kyle	7 of 16	43%	1 of 10	5 of 5	1 of 1	0 of 7	7 of 9	0 of 0

WIN vs Wes Sims

KO (punch) R1 4:59 · UFC 47: It's On! · Apr 02, 2004

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Mike Kyle	1	13 of 15	86%	48 of 55	0 of 1	0%	1	0	3:59
Wes Sims	0	0 of 2	0%	6 of 8	0 of 1	0%	3	0	0:12

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Mike Kyle	1	13 of 15	86%	48 of 55	0 of 1	0%	1	0	3:59
1	Wes Sims	0	0 of 2	0%	6 of 8	0 of 1	0%	3	0	0:12

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Mike Kyle	13 of 15	86%	8 of 10	1 of 1	4 of 4	2 of 3	7 of 7	4 of 5
Wes Sims	0 of 2	0%	0 of 1	0 of 1	0 of 0	0 of 2	0 of 0	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Mike Kyle	13 of 15	86%	8 of 10	1 of 1	4 of 4	2 of 3	7 of 7	4 of 5
1	Wes Sims	0 of 2	0%	0 of 1	0 of 1	0 of 0	0 of 2	0 of 0	0 of 0

James Irvin - Fight History

LOSS vs Igor Pokrajac

Submission (rear-naked choke) R1 2:29 · UFC Live: Jones vs. Matyushenko · Aug 01, 2010

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Igor Pokrajac	0	11 of 22	50%	14 of 25	0 of 1	0%	0	1	1:06
James Irvin	0	18 of 27	66%	21 of 30	2 of 3	66%	1	0	1:02

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Igor Pokrajac	0	11 of 22	50%	14 of 25	0 of 1	0%	0	1	1:06
1	James Irvin	0	18 of 27	66%	21 of 30	2 of 3	66%	1	0	1:02

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Igor Pokrajac	11 of 22	50%	11 of 22	0 of 0	0 of 0	1 of 4	0 of 2	10 of 16
James Irvin	18 of 27	66%	18 of 27	0 of 0	0 of 0	10 of 17	2 of 2	6 of 8

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Igor Pokrajac	11 of 22	50%	11 of 22	0 of 0	0 of 0	1 of 4	0 of 2	10 of 16
1	James Irvin	18 of 27	66%	18 of 27	0 of 0	0 of 0	10 of 17	2 of 2	6 of 8

LOSS vs Alessio Sakara

TKO (punches) R1 3:01 · UFC Live: Vera vs. Jones · Mar 21, 2010

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Alessio Sakara	1	13 of 29	44%	13 of 29	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:01
James Irvin	0	6 of 16	37%	6 of 16	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Alessio Sakara	1	13 of 29	44%	13 of 29	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:01
1	James Irvin	0	6 of 16	37%	6 of 16	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Alessio Sakara	13 of 29	44%	7 of 22	4 of 5	2 of 2	12 of 28	0 of 0	1 of 1
James Irvin	6 of 16	37%	2 of 11	0 of 0	4 of 5	6 of 16	0 of 0	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Alessio Sakara	13 of 29	44%	7 of 22	4 of 5	2 of 2	12 of 28	0 of 0	1 of 1
1	James Irvin	6 of 16	37%	2 of 11	0 of 0	4 of 5	6 of 16	0 of 0	0 of 0

LOSS vs Anderson Silva

KO (punches) R1 1:01 · UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Irvin · Jul 19, 2008

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Anderson Silva	1	13 of 13	100%	13 of 13	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:06
James Irvin	0	0 of 3	0%	0 of 3	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Anderson Silva	1	13 of 13	100%	13 of 13	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:06
1	James Irvin	0	0 of 3	0%	0 of 3	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Anderson Silva	13 of 13	100%	11 of 11	0 of 0	2 of 2	5 of 5	0 of 0	8 of 8
James Irvin	0 of 3	0%	0 of 2	0 of 0	0 of 1	0 of 3	0 of 0	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Anderson Silva	13 of 13	100%	11 of 11	0 of 0	2 of 2	5 of 5	0 of 0	8 of 8
1	James Irvin	0 of 3	0%	0 of 2	0 of 0	0 of 1	0 of 3	0 of 0	0 of 0

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WIN vs Houston Alexander

KO (superman punch) R1 0:08 · UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Lauzon · Apr 02, 2008

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
James Irvin	1	3 of 4	75%	3 of 4	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:02
Houston Alexander	0	0 of 1	0%	0 of 1	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	James Irvin	1	3 of 4	75%	3 of 4	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:02
1	Houston Alexander	0	0 of 1	0%	0 of 1	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
James Irvin	3 of 4	75%	3 of 4	0 of 0	0 of 0	1 of 1	0 of 0	2 of 3
Houston Alexander	0 of 1	0%	0 of 1	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 1	0 of 0	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	James Irvin	3 of 4	75%	3 of 4	0 of 0	0 of 0	1 of 1	0 of 0	2 of 3
1	Houston Alexander	0 of 1	0%	0 of 1	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 1	0 of 0	0 of 0

LOSS vs Thiago Silva

TKO (knee injury) R1 1:06 · UFC 71: Liddell vs. Jackson · May 26, 2007

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Thiago Silva	0	1 of 1	100%	1 of 1	1 of 2	50%	0	0	0:36
James Irvin	0	3 of 4	75%	4 of 5	0 of 0	---	1	0	0:17

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Thiago Silva	0	1 of 1	100%	1 of 1	1 of 2	50%	0	0	0:36
1	James Irvin	0	3 of 4	75%	4 of 5	0 of 0	---	1	0	0:17

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Thiago Silva	1 of 1	100%	0 of 0	1 of 1	0 of 0	1 of 1	0 of 0	0 of 0
James Irvin	3 of 4	75%	2 of 3	0 of 0	1 of 1	1 of 2	0 of 0	2 of 2

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Thiago Silva	1 of 1	100%	0 of 0	1 of 1	0 of 0	1 of 1	0 of 0	0 of 0
1	James Irvin	3 of 4	75%	2 of 3	0 of 0	1 of 1	1 of 2	0 of 0	2 of 2

WIN vs Hector Ramirez

TKO (punch and elbows) R2 2:36 · UFC 65: Bad Intentions · Nov 18, 2006

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
James Irvin	1	17 of 34	50%	18 of 35	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:06
Hector Ramirez	0	33 of 48	68%	66 of 81	3 of 5	60%	1	0	3:41

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Ctrl
1	James Irvin	0	7 of 16	43%	8 of 17	0 of 0	---	0	0:00
1	Hector Ramirez	0	19 of 27	70%	51 of 59	3 of 5	60%	1	3:41
2	James Irvin	1	10 of 18	55%	10 of 18	0 of 0	---	0	0:06
2	Hector Ramirez	0	14 of 21	66%	15 of 22	0 of 0	---	0	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
James Irvin	17 of 34	50%	4 of 14	2 of 3	11 of 17	13 of 27	1 of 3	3 of 4
Hector Ramirez	33 of 48	68%	24 of 38	5 of 6	4 of 4	15 of 24	10 of 13	8 of 11

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	James Irvin	7 of 16	43%	1 of 7	1 of 1	5 of 8	6 of 13	1 of 3	0 of 0
1	Hector Ramirez	19 of 27	70%	14 of 22	2 of 2	3 of 3	8 of 13	3 of 3	8 of 11
2	James Irvin	10 of 18	55%	3 of 7	1 of 2	6 of 9	7 of 14	0 of 0	3 of 4
2	Hector Ramirez	14 of 21	66%	10 of 16	3 of 4	1 of 1	7 of 11	7 of 10	0 of 0

LOSS vs Stephan Bonnar

Submission (kimura) R1 4:30 · UFC Ultimate Fight Night 3 · Jan 16, 2006

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Stephan Bonnar	0	2 of 5	40%	22 of 25	2 of 3	66%	2	0	4:03
James Irvin	0	5 of 6	83%	8 of 9	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Stephan Bonnar	0	2 of 5	40%	22 of 25	2 of 3	66%	2	0	4:03
1	James Irvin	0	5 of 6	83%	8 of 9	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Stephan Bonnar	2 of 5	40%	2 of 5	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 3	0 of 0	2 of 2
James Irvin	5 of 6	83%	1 of 2	3 of 3	1 of 1	2 of 3	3 of 3	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Stephan Bonnar	2 of 5	40%	2 of 5	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 3	0 of 0	2 of 2
1	James Irvin	5 of 6	83%	1 of 2	3 of 3	1 of 1	2 of 3	3 of 3	0 of 0

WIN vs Terry Martin

KO (flying knee) R2 0:09 · UFC 54: Boiling Point · Aug 20, 2005

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
James Irvin	1	6 of 7	85%	9 of 10	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:04
Terry Martin	0	12 of 13	92%	33 of 34	2 of 4	50%	0	0	4:46

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Ctrl
1	James Irvin	0	5 of 6	83%	8 of 9	0 of 0	---	0:00
1	Terry Martin	0	12 of 13	92%	33 of 34	2 of 4	50%	4:46
2	James Irvin	1	1 of 1	100%	1 of 1	0 of 0	---	0:04
2	Terry Martin	0	0 of 0	---	0 of 0	0 of 0	---	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
James Irvin	6 of 7	85%	3 of 4	1 of 1	2 of 2	4 of 5	2 of 2	0 of 0
Terry Martin	12 of 13	92%	8 of 9	4 of 4	0 of 0	0 of 0	3 of 3	9 of 10

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	James Irvin	5 of 6	83%	2 of 3	1 of 1	2 of 2	3 of 4	2 of 2	0 of 0
1	Terry Martin	12 of 13	92%	8 of 9	4 of 4	0 of 0	0 of 0	3 of 3	9 of 10
2	James Irvin	1 of 1	100%	1 of 1	0 of 0	0 of 0	1 of 1	0 of 0	0 of 0
2	Terry Martin	0 of 0	---	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 0

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