James Irvin (17-10, 15) was born in Huntington Beach, California, U.S. on September 12, 1978. At the age of 24 years on June 1, 2003, he made his professional MMA debut against Bo Cantrell, winning the fight via 1st-round KO.
On February 5, 2005, 26-year old James Irvin made his UFC debut on his 8th professional MMA fight at UFC 51 against a 24-year old Mike Kyle but lost the fight via KO in the 1st round.
Irvin's last fight was a 2nd-round TKO loss to Scott Rosa at age 33 on April 29, 2012. He retired from the sport of MMA following this loss.
He has fought ten times in the UFC, and has a record of 4 wins and 6 losses in the promotion.
Some of James Irvin's best fights have been against Doug Marshall, Houston Alexander, Terry Martin, Hector Ramirez, Luiz Cané, Scott Smith and Jody Poff.
Irvin has 10 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
29 | Apr 29, 2012 33 years, 7 months 17-10 (15) | Scott Rosa | HW | 2 | TKO | LOSS Knees and punches | |
28 | Mar 30, 2012 33 years, 6 months 17-9 (15) | Mike LaFlair | HW | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | |
27 | Feb 26, 2012 33 years, 5 months 16-9 (14) | Geovantie Davis | HW | 1 | KO | WIN Punches | |
26  | Mar 19, 2011 32 years, 6 months 15-9 (13) | 30 years, 8 months 21-4-2 (20) | KSW | HW | 1 | SUB | LOSS Armbar |
25 | Jan 29, 2011 32 years, 4 months 15-8 (13) | Mike Crisman | HW | 1 | NC | NC Illegal knee | |
24 | Dec 2, 2010 32 years, 2 months 15-8 (13) | Jorge Oliveira | HW | 1 | SUB | LOSS Triangle armbar | |
23 | Oct 2, 2010 32 years 15-7 (13) | Angel DeAnda | HW | 1 | KO | WIN Punch | |
22  | Aug 1, 2010 31 years, 10 months 14-7 (12) | 31 years, 6 months 21-7 (18) | UFC | LHW | 1 | SUB | LOSS Rear-naked choke |
21  | Mar 21, 2010 31 years, 6 months 14-6 (12) | 28 years, 6 months 15-7 (11) | UFC | MD | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punch |
20  | Jul 19, 2008 29 years, 10 months 14-5 (12) | 33 years, 3 months 23-4 (18) | UFC | LHW | 1 | KO | LOSS Punches |
19  | Apr 2, 2008 29 years, 6 months 14-4 (12) | 36 years 8-2 (7) | UFC | LHW | 1 | KO | WIN Punches |
18  | Dec 29, 2007 29 years, 3 months 13-4 (11) | 26 years, 8 months 8-0 (8) | UFC | LHW | 1 | DQ | WIN Illegal knee |
17  | May 26, 2007 28 years, 8 months 12-4 (11) | 24 years, 6 months 9-0 (8) | UFC | LHW | 1 | TKO | LOSS Knee injury |
16 | Nov 18, 2006 28 years, 2 months 12-3 (11) | Hector Ramirez | UFC | LHW | 2 | TKO | WIN Body kick and elbows |
15 | Sep 15, 2006 28 years 11-3 (10) | Gary LaFranchi | LHW | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | |
14  | Jun 9, 2006 27 years, 8 months 10-3 (9) | 36 years, 5 months 6-4 (6) | Strikeforce | LHW | 1 | NC | NC Both fighters fell out the cage |
13 | Apr 1, 2006 27 years, 6 months 10-3 (9) | William Hill | LHW | 3 | UD | WIN | |
12  | Mar 17, 2006 27 years, 6 months 9-3 (9) | 32 years, 10 months 7-2 (7) | WEC | LHW | 3 | SD | LOSS |
11  | Jan 16, 2006 27 years, 4 months 9-2 (9) | 28 years, 9 months 8-2 (6) | UFC | LHW | 1 | SUB | LOSS Kimura |
10  | Aug 20, 2005 26 years, 11 months 9-1 (9) | 24 years, 10 months 10-1 (9) | UFC | LHW | 2 | KO | WIN Flying knee |
9  | May 19, 2005 26 years, 8 months 8-1 (8) | 28 years, 3 months 4-0 (4) | WEC | HW | 2 | KO | WIN Knee Defended WEC heavyweight title |
8  | Feb 5, 2005 26 years, 4 months 7-1 (7) | 24 years, 10 months 8-3 (8) | UFC | HW | 1 | KO | LOSS Punch |
7 | Oct 21, 2004 26 years, 1 months 7-0 (7) | Houssain Oushani | WEC | HW | 1 | KO | WIN Punch Won WEC heavyweight title |
6 | Aug 20, 2004 25 years, 11 months 6-0 (6) | Jody Poff | WEC | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
5 | Mar 20, 2004 25 years, 6 months 5-0 (5) | Bo Cantrell | 1 | KO | WIN Knee | ||
4  | Feb 12, 2004 25 years, 5 months 4-0 (4) | 24 years, 8 months 5-0 (5) | 1 | KO | WIN Punch | ||
3 | Nov 13, 2003 25 years, 2 months 3-0 (3) | Pete Werve | 1 | TKO | WIN Doctor stoppage | ||
2 | Aug 21, 2003 24 years, 11 months 2-0 (2) | Allen Scoville | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | ||
1 | Jun 1, 2003 24 years, 8 months 1-0 (1) | Bo Cantrell | 1 | KO | WIN Knee and punches |
