COMPLETED·Saturday, July 19, 2008

UFC: Silva vs. Irvin

Palms Casino Resort·Las Vegas, Nevada

65Solid

Card rating

+39 over-delivered

Results: 11 of 11final
Finishes: 982% of results
Fastest finish: R1 1:01Anderson Silva
Top score: 143.91 FPBrad Blackburn
Biggest upset: +220Kevin Burns

Main eventAnderson Silva def. James Irvin — KO/TKO R1 1:01

Attendance: 2,071

Highlights

Post-event

Fight of the Night

Frankie Edgar vs Hermes Franca

Lightweight

Fastest finish

Anderson Silva vs James Irvin

KO / TKO · R1 · 1:01

Light Heavyweight

Finishes by method

KO / TKO6 · 55%

Submission3 · 27%

Decision2 · 18%

Favorites (closing): 10-1
Knockdowns: 7
Most sig strikes: 88Burns vs Johnson
Most finish attempts: 4Giboo vs Blackburn

Main event

WAnderson SilvaL334-11—-560

LJames Irvin17-10—+475

Light Heavyweight

KO/TKO

R1 · 1:01

ref · Mario Yamasaki

Co-main event

WBrandon VeraL316-10—-460

LReese AndyL27-3—+410

Light Heavyweight

Decision (Unanimous)

R3 · 5:00

ref · Steve Mazzagatti

Main card

WFrankie EdgarL324-11-1—-150

LHermes FrancaL226-20—+140

Lightweight

Decision (Unanimous)

R3 · 5:00

ref · Yves Lavigne

WCain Velasquez14-3—-320

LJake O'BrienW215-4—+260

Heavyweight

KO/TKO

R1 · 2:02

ref · Mario Yamasaki

WKevin Burns12-7—+220

LAnthony Johnson23-6—-260

Welterweight

KO/TKO

R3 · 3:35

ref · Steve Mazzagatti

Preliminary card

WCB DollawayL217-10—-140

LJesse Taylor33-17—+120

Middleweight

Submission

R1 · 3:58

ref · Yves Lavigne

WTim CredeurL212-4—-440

LCale Yarbrough8-3—+350

Middleweight

KO/TKO

R1 · 1:54

ref · Mario Yamasaki

WRory Markham17-6—-280

LBrodie FarberW217-7—+240

Welterweight

KO/TKO

R1 · 1:37

ref · Steve Mazzagatti

WNate Loughran11-2—-155

LJohnny Rees13-5—+135

Middleweight

Submission

R1 · 4:21

ref · Yves Lavigne

Early prelims

WBrad BlackburnL418-13-1—-220

LJames GibooL213-5—+180

Welterweight

KO/TKO

R2 · 2:29

ref · Steve Mazzagatti

WShannon Gugerty15-7—-215

LDale HarttL26-3—+178

Lightweight

Submission

R1 · 3:33

ref · Yves Lavigne

Fight stats· 11 of 11 fights final


Brad Blackburn vs James Giboo	WKO/TKO · R2 2:29	-220	53/87	84	0/0	4	0	3:37	143.91
Frankie Edgar vs Hermes Franca	WUD	-150	69/112	124	10/11	0	0	12:09	140.47
Cain Velasquez vs Jake O'Brien	WKO/TKO · R1 2:02	-320	24/26	79	1/1	0	0	1:54	119.02
Tim Credeur vs Cale Yarbrough	WKO/TKO · R1 1:54	-440	19/68	19	0/0	1	0	0:02	107.66
Anderson Silva vs James Irvin	WKO/TKO · R1 1:01	-560	13/13	13	0/0	1	0	0:06	105.38
Shannon Gugerty vs Dale Hartt	WSub · R1 3:33	-215	3/8	16	1/1	0	2	3:09	104.47
Rory Markham vs Brodie Farber	WKO/TKO · R1 1:37	-280	6/22	6	0/0	1	0	0:01	102.43
CB Dollaway vs Jesse Taylor	WSub · R1 3:58	-140	4/7	9	0/1	0	2	1:17	99.91
Nate Loughran vs Johnny Rees	WSub · R1 4:21	-155	1/3	10	0/0	0	2	0:00	92.20
Kevin Burns vs Anthony Johnson	WKO/TKO · R3 3:35	+220	37/83	93	0/1	0	0	0:17	71.51
Anthony Johnson vs Kevin Burns	LKO/TKO · R3 3:35	-260	51/98	106	5/6	0	0	6:47	68.61
Brandon Vera vs Reese Andy	WUD	-460	38/74	51	2/4	0	0	3:08	63.44
Reese Andy vs Brandon Vera	LUD	+410	30/53	95	1/5	0	0	3:40	36.60
Hermes Franca vs Frankie Edgar	LUD	+140	18/38	63	0/0	0	1	0:00	16.20
Jesse Taylor vs CB Dollaway	LSub · R1 3:58	+120	4/13	25	1/3	0	0	2:19	14.97
Johnny Rees vs Nate Loughran	LSub · R1 4:21	+135	7/15	10	0/0	0	0	4:06	10.78
Brodie Farber vs Rory Markham	LKO/TKO · R1 1:37	+240	18/32	18	0/0	0	0	0:03	7.29
James Giboo vs Brad Blackburn	LKO/TKO · R2 2:29	+180	9/33	14	0/6	0	0	0:28	5.44
Cale Yarbrough vs Tim Credeur	LKO/TKO · R1 1:54	+350	6/22	6	0/0	0	0	0:00	2.40
Dale Hartt vs Shannon Gugerty	LSub · R1 3:33	+178	1/6	2	0/0	0	2	0:00	0.60
Jake O'Brien vs Cain Velasquez	LKO/TKO · R1 2:02	+260	1/1	1	0/0	0	0	0:00	0.40
James Irvin vs Anderson Silva	LKO/TKO · R1 1:01	+475	0/3	0	0/0	0	0	0:00	0.00