James Toney, the gloves are off, anything goes Boxing champion James “Lights Out” Toney makes his mixed martial arts debut against UFC legend Randy “The Natural” Couture on Aug. 28 at UFC 118 in Boston. It’s a classic match-up of conflicting styles pitting a world-class boxer against an Olympic lever wrestler, but Toney isn’t worried about Couture’s takedowns. He thinks Couture should be more concerned with his punches than he should be about the possibility of being put on his back. But it’s difficult to box off your back. “Everybody asks how are you going to defend the takedown. I’m not worried about that. How are you going to defend these punches? I’m going from 10-ounce gloves to four-ounce gloves,” Toney commented to MMAWeekly.com. “If I hit someone with four-ounce gloves, oh my goodness, me and my crew might go to jail for homicide.” A boxing stance in mixed martial arts with an opponent well versed in wrestling and striking leaves the boxer virtually defenseless against leg kicks and single leg takedowns, but Toney doesn’t plan on doing anything different than he would in a boxing match. Read more: http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=12180&zoneid=2
http://www.mmamania.com/2010/7/31/1598878/ufc-quick-quote-james-toney-calls When Jones gets by the Janitory, there needs to be a catchweight fight so Jones can drop some fucking elbows on this bitch.
James Toney should really be worrying about Randy Couture more than anything else. I hope Randy beats him down a little before choking him out.
Toney, like Sonnen, is just trying to get as much attentino for himself as possible before being out of the spotlight in a few weeks.
For the first time ever, I'm rooting for somebody to get hurt in the cage. I'm hoping the ref is instructed "don't see the tap until you hear the snap!"
Here's to hoping Couture pulls a hamstring or something minor enough to get him scratched from the card Bones should be good to go by the 28th :]
My guess is that Dana is thinking the same way with not giving Toney an opponent to crush before throwing him to the wolves.
I wouldn't necessarily call Couture a wolf anymore. I would not be surprised at all if he got KO'd. I don't expect it to happen, but I wouldn't be surprised.
