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Seriously? Toney had been bashing MMA for ages, and was in his late 40's. So they gave him the one guy who was even older than he was. It's not rocket science, dude.
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Originally Posted by deadmanshand
James Toney specifically called out Randy on multiple occasions. It's the fight that he wanted. After long enough Couture just said okay.
That is why we watched a Hall of Famer choke out a garbage full of pudding.
Toney also called out Rampage, who promised to stand up with him. I'm pretty sure everyone on the planet wants to see how an MMA fighter does against a HW champion boxing in a stand up fight (even though Toney can't really be called a boxer at this point). Why was this fight never made then? It was picked for someone who had little to no chance of losing, could go in against a guy who'd never had an MMA fight in his life. Really unfair, even if Toney did call him out. Diaz called out Silva yet everyone on the site has uproar, but are cool with Couture Vs Toney?
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Toney also called out Rampage, who promised to stand up with him. I'm pretty sure everyone on the planet wants to see how an MMA fighter does against a HW champion boxing in a stand up fight (even though Toney can't really be called a boxer at this point). Why was this fight never made then? It was picked for someone who had little to no chance of losing, could go in against a guy who'd never had an MMA fight in his life. Really unfair, even if Toney did call him out. Diaz called out Silva yet everyone on the site has uproar, but are cool with Couture Vs Toney?
How is it unfair mate? James Toney not only disrespected alot of MMA fighters but the sport as a whole. In my opinion he deserved to be made to look a fool, which is exactly what happened. Why even let him have a chance at winning a fight by giving him a stand-up fighter? Every MMA fan knew what was going to happen when they matched him up with Couture, but some of my friends who are boxing fans thought Toney would just KO him. I think it definitely educated a few non-MMA fans as well as Toney himself.
Boxers seem to forget they are only versed in one aspect of combat sports... Heaven forbid they got clinched up and the ref wasn't there to pull them apart.
I'm pretty sure everyone on the planet wants to see how an MMA fighter does against a HW champion boxing in a stand up fight (even though Toney can't really be called a boxer at this point).
I've read that sentence three times and it makes less sense every time I read it.
It's kind of like saying everyone on this planet wants to see how a Biathlete would do against a Shooter in the 50m prone event. Do you want to see that?
Randy Couture would come out of retirement to fight Steven Seagal
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