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The California State Athletic Commission has announced that James “The Sandman” Irvin test positive for the substances Methadone and Oxymorphone, following his fight with Anderson Silva at UFC Fight Night 14 on July 19th.

Oxymorphone is a pain killer prescribed to help with severe pain.

Methadone is most commonly prescribed to treat heroin addiction or as a pain killer, due to its low cost, non-addictive qualities and long duration.

Irvine will have 20 days to challenge the findings, or he could face a maximum 12 month suspension and fines up to $20,000.

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“The Ultimate Fighting Championship proved yet again to be the ratings champion with the hard-to-reach demographic of young men. Spike TV’s telecast of a live ‘UFC Fight Night’ on Saturday, July 19 (9:00pm-12:00am ET) featuring the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, Anderson Silva, out-delivered every other channel (broadcast and cable) with Men 18-34 (903,000), Men 18-49 (1,550,000), Men 25-34 (622,000), and Persons 18-34 (1,326,000).* The telecast peaked at 11:30pm for the Silva vs. James Irvin bout drawing 3.8 million viewers and a staggering 4.9 rating for Men 25-34 and a 4.1 rating in Men 18-34.

The UFC fight card also drew more viewers than FOX’s coverage of MLB (3,072,000) earlier in the day and nearly tripled its reach of Men 18-34 (369,000) and doubled the Men 18-49 (879,000).

Overall, the three-hour live UFC event averaged a 2.1 household rating, a 2.8 with Men 18-49, a 3.2 with Men 18-34, a 2.0 with P18-49 and 3.1 million total viewers. Comparing to other marquee weekend events, Spike’s UFC telecast also drew more Men 18-49 than ESPN’s coverage of “The ESPY Awards” (1,127,000) and Men 18-34 (689,000).

Compared to the time period a year ago, the ‘UFC Fight Night’ was up +229% in household rating, +451% in M18-49, +463% in M18-34, +470% in M25-34 and +266% in average audience.”

SpikeTV Press Release

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These numbers don’t include the fight night bonuses,

The Winners

Anderson Silva: $200,000 (200k to show)
Brandon Vera: $200,000 (100k to win, 100k to show)
Frankie Edgar: $26,000 (13k to win, 13k to show)
Cain Velasquez: $14,000 (7k to win, 7k to show)
Kevin Burns: $10,000 (5k to win, 5k to show)
CB Dollaway: $20,000 (10k to win, 10k to show)
Tim Credeur: $16,000 (8k to win, 8k to show)
Rory Markham: $12,000 (6k to win, 6k to show)
Nate Loughran: $8,000 (4k to win, 4k to show)
Brad Blackburn: $10,000 (5k to win, 5k to show)
Shannon Gugerty: $6,000 (3k to win, 3k to show)

The Losers

James Irvin: $20,000
Reese Andy $15,000
Hermes Franca : $17,000
Jake O’Brien: $11,000
Anthony Johnson: $9,000
Jesse Taylor: $8,000
Cale Yarbrough: $8,000
Brodie Farber: $3,00O
Johnny Rees: $4,000
James Gaboo: $3,000
Dale Hartt: $3,000

Total Payout: $623,000

TUF 14 Fight Bonuses

Frankie Edgar ($25,000 for “Fight of the Night”)
Hermes Franca ($25,000 for “Fight of the Night”)
Rory Markham ($25,000 for “Submission of the Night”)
C.B. Dollaway ($25,000 for “Knockout of the Night”)

All reported payouts don’t include deductions for insurance, licenses, gym dues, management commissions, and taxes. They also don’t reflect fighter sponsorships, signing bonuses and sometimes PPV percentages.

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Dana White

"I figure after tonight those guys will be out of business," said Dana White, before he was told about the results from the Affliction card. "And all those (fighters) will be over here."

****Quote of the Day: Tim Sylvia on Fedor****



Just a reminder. DREAM 5 is on HDNET at 2am eastern time. I can't wait to see Mark Hunt vs Alistair Overeem and of course the lightweight grand prix.

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