Due to the reaction on the ‘net of James Irvin’s dramatic weight cut, I decided to do a little side by side comparison. Here is a little collage comparing James Irvin over three weight classes: Heavyweight against Mike Kyle at UFC 51 in 2007, Light Heavyweight against Luiz Cane at UFC 79 and Middleweight against Alessio Sakara at UFC On Versus 1.
Pretty big difference here, especially between 205 and 185. Judging from all the Irvin interviews I’ve seen in the last few weeks, he seems to be taking everything in stride. I still think he’s going to smash Sakara, but he might need a CLIF bar between rounds.
(Pictures courtesy of UFC.com)