James “The Sandman” Irvin has a permanent reminder of his battle with prescription painkillers.  Every morning when he wakes up and looks in the mirror, he see’s why he took the pills.
When Irvin fought Anderson Silva, he was punched hard in the face, opening up a large gash.  Irvin needed 25 stitches across his face.
“Every day when I look in the mirror, I have a clear reminder of what those drugs did to me and what lies ahead of me if I was ever to start using that garbage ever again.”
Irvin accepted the fight after the UFC decided to give Anderson Silva a go at the light heavyweight division.  Silva was able to knockout Irvin in only 61 seconds of [...]

Earlier this week Marcus Davis tweeted, hoping Dan Hardy dies of AIDS.  Dan Hardy is set to face Welterweight Champ Georges St. Pierre at UFC 111.
Hardy was asked about the comments Friday on SiriusXM Fight Club.  He responded by saying;
“I don’t really pay a lot of attention to it. You know, that’s history now. I fought the guy and I beat the guy, and apparently, I’m still beating him up every day he wakes up and thinks about the fight. So the sooner he gets over the fight and accepts the loss, the better it’s going to be for his career because I think he also put his last loss to Ben Saunders down to the fact that I was [...]