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 Post subject: Toney Wanted Lesnar, Turned Down Kimbo, Settled on Couture
PostPosted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 2:35 pm 
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When boxing champion James Toney first signed with the UFC, he didn't see any reason he shouldn't get a heavyweight title shot. And so, Toney says, he asked for Brock Lesnar as his first opponent inside the Octagon.

But the UFC had other ideas.

According to Toney, when the UFC told him he wasn't just going to waltz right in and fight the heavyweight champ, that set off an interesting negotiation with the promotion, which floated the idea of having him fight Kimbo Slice before settling on Randy Couture as his first UFC opponent.



"The person I wanted to fight right off the bat was Brock Lesnar," Toney said in a live chat with MMAFighting.com. "He's a champion, I'm a champion and I wanted to do it. But they said I couldn't do that. Then they said, 'How about Kimbo?' But I said, 'That's too easy. That's like kicking a little kid's butt.' But then Randy started saying he wanted to fight me, so I said, 'OK, you're the first one getting it.'"

Obviously, no one with zero MMA fights on his record is going to get the heavyweight champion of the world in his first fight, but Toney says he's completely serious about wanting to fight for the UFC heavyweight championship, and that he's let UFC President Dana White know how he feels.

"I told Dana my goal is to hold the heavyweight championship of the UFC and in boxing at the same time," Toney said. "So as long as it takes me to get Brock Lesnar, that's how long it'll be. If Lesnar gets by Cain Velasquez, I'll fight Lesnar in February or March. ... Lesnar ran away from Shane Carwin like a girl, but then Carwin ran out of gas and quit. But I'll fight any of them, any time anywhere. That's my motto."


Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2010/07/28/t ... n-couture/

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 Post subject: Re: Toney Wanted Lesnar, Turned Down Kimbo, Settled on Couture
PostPosted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 2:38 pm 
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Sorry had to make first comment of my own post :P

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 Post subject: Re: Toney Wanted Lesnar, Turned Down Kimbo, Settled on Couture
PostPosted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 7:17 pm 
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I honestly think the MMA fanbase disresprects Toney...

Think about it... He is a former multiple division Boxing champion (including Heavyweight)...

He says he wants to come into MMA, he has taken all the right steps imo...

Why do you guys hate him so much?

He has much more to offer than Kimbo/Herschel Walker/Jose Canseco who can't be compared with James Toney when it comes to combat sports...

I respect the guy...

and all the shit talk he does... who cares? in the end it is better for the sport to have flamboyant & colorful characters...


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 Post subject: Re: Toney Wanted Lesnar, Turned Down Kimbo, Settled on Couture
PostPosted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 7:19 pm 
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Personally I have nothing at all against him. Will be interesting to see what he says after the fight if he doesnt win. And if he wins it will be weird but pretty cool and I wonder how if not by ko... We will soon see.

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 Post subject: Re: Toney Wanted Lesnar, Turned Down Kimbo, Settled on Couture
PostPosted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 7:25 pm 
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Imagine...

the fight starts, the referee says "all right lets fight" or similar...

Toney fakes a jab & shoots for a double...

I mean, if I were Randy I would never expect Toney to go for a TD...

or if he crocops Randy...

thats what I really love about MMA... the unexpected happens more often that you would ever expect...


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 Post subject: Re: Toney Wanted Lesnar, Turned Down Kimbo, Settled on Couture
PostPosted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 7:32 pm 
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I Talk $H!+ About James Pack Of Franks Behind His Neck Tony Baloney :D
I know He'z A Very Very Good Boxer & Has A Great Chance 2 KO Randy :|
But He Playz The Heel & Talks Smack So Hes Going 2 get Smacked Back :!: :!: :!:

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