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James Irvin
“The Sandman”
United StatesLight HeavyweightActiveage 47
17-10
63% win rate
L3 streak
Peak Vertex
2008-04-02 → 2008-04-0214held 2 bouts
Bouts at peak
- Wvs · KO · 2008-04-02
Retired at career peak
Career timeline
Each dot is a fight — green wins, red losses, larger dots are title fights. Hover for details, click to open the bout.
- Win
- Loss
- Draw / No contest
- Title
4 wins6 losseslast 5: L L L W Wdrag to scroll · 1993–2010
Key stats
Six attributes derived from striking, grappling, and finishing rates.
Striking heatmap
Significant strikes by target zone, aggregated across all UFC rounds.
Round-by-round averages
Average values per round across the selected fights — toggle metrics below.
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Metrics
| Metric | R1(10) | R2(2) | R3 | R4 | R5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig Str landed | 19.7 | 26.3 | — | — | — |
| Sig Str absorbed | 21.0 | 13.5 | — | — | — |
| Takedowns landed | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — | — |
| Takedowns absorbed | 2.11 | 0.00 | — | — | — |
| Control time | 0:30 | 1:12 | — | — | — |
Fight history
Career UFC bouts in reverse chronological order.
- UFC Live: Jones vs Matyushenko2010-08-01L·Sub·R1 · 2:29
- UFC Live: Vera vs Jones2010-03-21L·KO·R1 · 3:01
- UFC: Silva vs Irvin2008-07-19L·KO·R1 · 1:01
- UFC Fight Night: Florian vs Lauzon2008-04-02W·KO·R1 · 0:08
- UFC 79: Nemesis2007-12-29W·DQ·R1 · 1:51
- UFC 71: Liddell vs Jackson2007-05-26L·KO·R1 · 1:06
- UFC 65: Bad Intentions2006-11-18W·KO·R2 · 2:36
- UFC Fight Night 32006-01-16L·Sub·R1 · 4:30
- UFC 54: Boiling Point2005-08-20W·KO·R2 · 0:09
- UFC 51: Super Saturday2005-02-05L·KO·R1 · 1:55
Similar fighters
Closest stylistic matches by inverse-Euclidean similarity over striking and grappling rates.
