UFC Fight Night 14
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Background
UFC Fight Night 14 (aka Ultimate Fight Night 14 and UFC: Silva vs. Irvin) was an 11-bout fight card held on July 19, 2008 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The card aired lived on SpikeTV at 9pm ET in direct competition with Affliction Entertainment's first foray into mixed martial arts promotion, Affliction: Banned.
UFC middleweight champion, Anderson Silva went up a weight class to face light heavyweight knockout artist, James Irvin in the main event of the evening.
Fight Card
Preliminary Card
- Welterweight Bout: Brad Blackburn vs. James Giboo
- Welterweight Bout: Rory Markham vs. Brodie Farber
- Lightweight Bout: Dale Hartt vs. Shannon Gugerty
- Middleweight Bout: Nate Loughran vs. Johnny Rees
- Middleweight Bout: Tim Credeur vs. Cale Yarbrough
Main Card
- Middleweight Bout: CB Dollaway vs. Jesse Taylor
- Welterweight Bout: Anthony Johnson vs. Kevin Burns
- Heavyweight Bout: Cain Velasquez vs. Jake O'Brien
- Lightweight Bout: Hermes Franca vs. Frankie Edgar
- Light Heavyweight Bout: Brandon Vera vs. Reese Andy
- Light Heavyweight Bout: Anderson Silva vs. James Irvin
Pre-Event Notes
Brandon Vera dropped down to light heavyweight for the first time in his career after having suffered back to back losses in the heavyweight division to Tim Sylvia and Fabricio Werdum.
Vera was rumored to have been offered a fight on July 19th against Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou, Dan Henderson, Wanderlei Silva, Lyoto Machida and Reese Andy. Vera said yes to all but Machida, stating that he'd need a full training camp in order to face Machida. Henderson, Sokoudjou and Silva turned down the fight and Vera was finally matched up against Andy.
Jesse Taylor was set to make his UFC debut after having been kicked out of TUF 7 because of a drunken rampage in celebration for leaving the house and being in the finals.
Results
Preliminary Card
- Welterweight Bout: Brad Blackburn defs. James Giboo via TKO at 2:29 of round 2.
- Welterweight Bout: Rory Markham defs. Brodie Farber via KO (head kick) at 1:37 of round 1.
- Lightweight Bout: Shannon Gugerty defs. Dale Hartt via submission (rear naked choke) at 3:33 of round 1.
- Middleweight Bout: Nate Loughran defs. Johnny Rees via submission (triangle choke) at 4:21 of round 1.
- Middleweight Bout: Tim Credeur defs. Cale Yarbrough via TKO at 1:54 of round 1.
Main Card
- Middleweight Bout: CB Dollaway defs. Jesse Taylor via submission (Peruvian necktie) at 3:58 of round 1.
- Welterweight Bout: Kevin Burns defs. Anthony Johnson via TKO at 3:35 of round 3.
In the third round, Burns threw a left jab with an open hand the caused his fingers to go deep in Johnson's eye. Johnson dropped from the pain but referee, Steve Mazzagatti did not see the eyepoke and awarded Burns the TKO victory. Johnson appealed the decision to the NSAC but his appeal was rejected.
- Heavyweight Bout: Cain Velasquez defs. Jake O'Brien via TKO at 2:02 of round 1.
- Lightweight Bout: Frankie Edgar defs. Hermes Franca via unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
- Light Heavyweight Bout: Brandon Vera defs. Reese Andy via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
- Light Heavyweight Bout: Anderson Silva defs. James Irvin via KO at 1:01 of round 1.
Irvin through a mid level kick shortly in which Silva caught and through a right hand down the pipe that send Irvin to the mat hard. Some follow up punches from Silva put Irvin out completely and earned him the victory.
Bonus Awards
Fight Of The Night: Hermes Franca vs. Frankie Edgar
Submission Of The Night: CB Dollaway
Knockout Of The Night: Rory Markham
*Each award was for $25,000.
UFC Event Chronology
Preceded by: UFC 86: Jackson vs. Griffin
Followed by: UFC 87: Seek and Destroy
External Links
http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=eventDetail.fightCard&eid=1485 - Offical UFC Event Page
--Sam Cupitt 05:25, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
