James Irvin -Still Standing

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – For years before they even made it to the big shows, my buddy and colleague Jason Probst always told me about James Irvin, Scott Smith, and Urijah Faber – a trio of friends and training partners from Northern California that he insisted had the right stuff to make it big in the still growing sport of mixed martial arts.
Irvin, now a UFC mainstay, remembers those days.

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – For years before they even made it to the big shows, my buddy and colleague Jason Probst always told me about James Irvin, Scott Smith, and Urijah Faber – a trio of friends and training partners from Northern California that he insisted had the right stuff to make it big in the still growing sport of mixed martial arts.
Irvin, now a UFC mainstay, remembers those days.