UFC

Randy Couture wants to be James Toney's first test in MMA

Originally posted by Anton Gurevich on March 4, 2010, 06:11 AM CDT

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Legendary UFC Hall of Famer Randy "The Natural" Couture (18-10 MMA record) expressed his desire to welcome James Toney to the world of Mixed Martial Arts.

Speaking via his Twitter account, Couture revealed that he hopes to be the first against the 41 year old James "Lights Out" Toney, who was finally awarded a UFC contract just one day ago. Toney is currently training under Rampage Jackson's former trainer, Juanito Ibarra, and is expected to make his Ultimate Fighting Championship debut sometime in June.

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Endo Nice, I hope Randy smacks the smart out of his mouth. Reply 2 years ago

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SilvaOfTheStreets I don't want Randy fighting Toney for the fact that even tho its a guarentee'd win for MMA it's going to be BORING... I'd much rather see some1 like Dos Santos, who can give him the works standing for a little bit and then drop him and show the difference from MMA and Boxing... Toney's prime he couldn't be outboxed But I think because Dos Santos throws his hands feet and knees so well and has alot younger limbs that will without a doubt be faster I think he could made Toney look like a joke on his feet as well... reach will be close or favor Dos Santos, Speed Dos Santos, power will be close but I kno Toney's lost a lil something off his hand power and Dos Santos will definately make sure to use them knees and Toney will have nothing for him. Reply 2 years ago

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Pikachuneto Hell yea put Toney up against Dos Santos and ask him afterwards if he still wants to fight for the UFC Reply 2 years ago

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Accyfist Dos Santos? We don't want to kill Toney, just teach him a lesson. Reply 2 years ago

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ClosetCasey I hope they set me up with Tony too !!! Whoo, whoo !!! Reply 2 years ago

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pdogg U GUYS R STUPID!!!!! toney will outbox ANYONE in mma............ not saying he would win the fight tho. Reply 2 years ago

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Accyfist Shut it botty basher! Reply 2 years ago

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borealis19 This match up would make so much sense...Both are legends in their own sport, and a collision of such titans would draw huge large numbers of Boxing and MMA fans...I bet the pay for this fight will be huge... Reply 2 years ago

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Kackvogel randy is the best to welcome the loudmouth!!!! Reply 2 years ago

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UrHype Being controller, taken down and beaten would be a nice fat slice of humble pie & Randy and Dana will most likey agree.
Also, Dana can cut him after one loss if he really wants to.
Just money to Dana nothing more. Reply 2 years ago

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MMAoracle Randy would destroy that sucker. Reply 2 years ago

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cranestyle Ha! I figured as much. Everybody was predicting it would be Kimbo, but at Tooney's age, I don't think the UFC will be starting him out with anything other than a top contender.

The last thing the UFC wants is for a boxer to make MMA look weak in comparison. So no tomato cans for Mr. Lights Out. Reply 2 years ago

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reality Juanito Ibarra = failure

I wonder if he will bet that lights out will beat the natural. Reply 2 years ago

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Jpulfrey84084 They UFC woud be stupid to give him sum1 like Kimbo IMO, feed him to the sharks straight off the bat! Couture/ Cro Cop/ Gonzaga any of these wud b gud for me Reply 2 years ago

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SumHo Actually, I think Cro Cop would be an interesting match-up. Why? Because Cro would be willing to stand with him and he would throw lots of kicks his way and we would see what he could do with them, if anything but go down. It wouldnt be an instant take down and ground and pound or submit. but if he were totally losing the stand up war, he could always take him to the ground and see what happens there. Cro Cop could use another interesting fight on his resume since he has not been starling in some of his most recent outings. And it would be reminiscent of some of his K-1 fights, like against Bob Sapp. Reply 2 years ago

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pdogg cant belive you just compared sapp to james toney r u serious Reply 2 years ago

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MMAJAY Is that a legit Randy twitter account? I figured he would know how to at least spell TONEY right..... Reply 2 years ago

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Accyfist Toney's gonna kill captain america. First round, randy laid flat out with his eyes rolled back. You mark my words. Reply 2 years ago

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UrHype They are marked and uploaded! Reply 2 years ago

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Ninja lol, randy isn't stupid, hes not gonna try and trade punches with him, hes gonna go for a take down like 5 secs into the fight and just wear toney out and finish with a tko victory Reply 2 years ago

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Accyfist Alright I confess, I was very bored last night as my wife watched a crappy TV drama so I wrote an inflamatory comment to see if anyone took the bait, but it seems people only get worked up by the repetitive old UK vs US thing. Not only did nobody really get worked up but some people even took my comment seriously!
Really Toney would have no more than a flash KO chance which is about 1 in 100 otherwise Handy'll school him in the arts of will imposition, taking him out of his game and other such facets to his game that we've come to love about Randy. Reply 2 years ago

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pdogg hahahahaha do you really think randy could do his dirty boxing with toney hahahahah.......... the ground is randys ONLY chance. i can see the natural getting caught on the way in for a takedown and BOOOM lights out!! Reply 2 years ago

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comonson he's right... i say if that fight happens and toney wins. its a must retire for captain america Reply 2 years ago

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STIX Here your again comonson and STILL RETARDED. Randy will put him in the fence and give Toney a lesson in dirty boxing. Then take him down and beat his ass... If Toney wants more than one fight in the UFC they better give him a lesser fichter than Randy Couture. Reply 2 years ago

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AnAmerican isn't juanito the guy who said he would quit his job if rampage lost to forrest? Reply 2 years ago

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MMAJAY http://twitter.com/Randy_Couture

I Don't think Randy run's that profile.....I bet it's a hoax, remember where you heard it....if I'm wrong you can all "weak" me to hell :) Reply 2 years ago

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ston3pony Randy would stomp him unmercifully. Toney can't cope with Randy's dirty-boxing, and it would be absolutely effortless for Randy to take him down. Toney's only chance would be to run his ass off and try to land punches from the furthest possible range. Reply 2 years ago

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MereDictum Hmm, slow down a bit. I don't think leaning on Toney for 3 rounds is going to work very well. Reply 2 years ago

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ston3pony Why not? Toney is sloppy fat. He'd gas through the first round. And Randy wouldn't lean on him, he'd drop him on his head. Reply 2 years ago

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comonson toney quick dawg!!! u guys r gonna be mad when ur superhero(captain america get's fu cked Reply 2 years ago

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IStink To see Toney get his block knocked off by any one currently in the UFC.... preferably someone like cro cop lol Reply 2 years ago

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GracieHunter0718 If this fight happen Couture will take him to the ground, and work his ass over. Toney has nothing in the way of ground game. If Randy is smart he will take him to the ground. Reply 2 years ago

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Hurricane2k hope he wins that fight ! Reply 2 years ago

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MAMBA24ILL 1st UFC has to make this fight... Reply 2 years ago

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apocacryptic Its an easy fight for him Reply 2 years ago

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adamo2080 i hope this doesnt happy purely because i want to see franklin v couture, but i hope toney gets his ass handed to him by someone else, if they do fight randy will pound his ass out Reply 2 years ago

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willhammy Randy could also get ktfo by this guy randy has a weak chin Reply 2 years ago

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UrHype Boxers are not used to having a guy fake a punch and dive at their legs and put them on their asses either or be held tight against the cage and punched with no break up. Reply 2 years ago

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ston3pony I don't think Randy would even need to fake a punch. Boxers have a bad stance for MMA, feet too close together, too straight up in posture. How often does Randy throw leg kicks? I think he could win the fight on leg kicks alone. Reply 2 years ago

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pdogg hhahahaha what and get caught with a shot from toney while on 1 leg. yeah i would love to see that. it would end randy Reply 2 years ago

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Rane If this fight happens, I see James connecting and putting Coulture to sleep. Let's just see if he has any take down defense. Without that, he will have a short run in the UFC. Reply 2 years ago

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ston3pony I think you're really insulting Randy's intelligence. You think he doesn't know Toney can throw a punch? Reply 2 years ago

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Gitsum What if Toney has ground game and no one knows it? How the hell would anyone know?? Never been in a position to see... Reply 2 years ago

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Akordas Not really fear for Toney.. He has no xp for mma and Randy have and 100% know who would win Reply 2 years ago

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YoMama Couture will put him against the cage an eat hm alive!

I would like to see him fight JDS or Cro Cop. That would be some more bad news for this guy.

Why did they let him in the UFC again??? Reply 2 years ago

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GracieHunter0718 They let him in because he is a good fighter. I don't think anyone would dispute that.

If he was to fight Cro-Cop then Mirko would keep him at a distance, and throw some mean kicks. Reply 2 years ago

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