James Toney: “Somebody Like Me Comes Along Once Every 30 Years”

Speaking to MMAFighting.com live chat, James Toney talks about his upcoming fight with Randy Couture, his future with the UFC and more, here are some of Toney’s quotes:

“I’m not worried about distance. Randy better make sure he’s not in my range. I’m a real fighter. I’ll do things you haven’t seen in 40 years. I’m an old-school fighter, and all the other old-school fighters are dead.”

“People think Randy is a God in the MMA world, but in the boxing world he’d be considered a journeyman, a bum. How many knockouts does he have, nine or 10? And people think he’s a Hall of Famer? In a real sport you’ve got to be retired before you’re in the Hall of Fame? When I fight Randy he won’t be Hall of Fame, he’ll be Hall of Shame.”

“I’m in a cage every day. I train in a cage every day. If Randy wants to hold me against the cage, he can’t do it. I’m tougher than he is. Randy is fragile.”

On Couture’s Striking:

“He’s pretty good for a girl. He’s got the balls to fight me but there’s no MMA fighter who has the balls to trade punches with me. If they do it’s suicide. If Randy tries to grab me I’ll hit him so hard his grandparents will feel it. I keep reminding everybody, the fight starts standing up. To shoot you have to get close and when you do, you’re going to get hurt. I’m in the business of hurting people and that’s what I’m planning on doing.”

On his future with the UFC:

“We’re in the process of figuring that out right now, but I told Dana my goal is to hold the heavyweight championship of the UFC and in boxing at the same time. 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. But right now my focus is on Randy Couture. Randy’s gonna get it. I ain’t playing with that dude.”

On his ground game:

“I’m very comfortable on the ground. I’m not worried about that. If I couldn’t fight on the ground I wouldn’t be fighting in MMA. I’m a born fighter and somebody like me comes along once every 30 years.”

(From a fan) After you lose do you plan on apologizing for all the disrespect you’ve shown?

“Kiss my behind. Other people should be apologizing to me”

On Silva vs Sonnen:

“Good fight. Silva is similar to me except that I’m a hell of a lot better fighter than Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen is a hell of a lot better wrestler than Randy Couture.”

On Joe Rogan comments about him:

“When did he say that? I was just with Joe Rogan a few days ago and he didn’t say that to me. But everybody’s got their opinions.”

On Cain Velasquez:

I like Cain Velasquez, and I think he has the ability to knock Lesnar out. I think that fight is a toss-up. 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.

 

doesnt hold nothing back never has never will

 

lol. it's a serious blow to the sport if toney wins the ufc championship.

 

lol at toney ...

 

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Not really. If it was couple of 33 y.o. champs than yea. I don't think MMA fans would watch MMA any less if Couture loses.
It will however make these forums blow up with "Boxing > MMA" threads.

 

I don't know why. How come when a pure BJJ fighter wins nobody claims that 'BJJ>MMA'? Or a pure wrestler, etc.

Boxing purists are either really insecure or very ignorant.

 

or confident

 

A mouth like James only comes around every 30 yrs...that's about it. The best part of the fight will be the post fight interview listening to James ***** at everybody.

 

"Somebody Like Me Comes Along Once Every 30 Years."

Wow. That sucks. So I'll have to deal with 3 or 4 of these kind of guys in my lifetime? That's brutal...

 

Good read, thats James Toney. :good

 

i think its hard to understand james toney unless you can really relate to him. he's the type of guy that would die in the ring fighting someone he has no chance of beating.. thats rare because most guys would quit and he wouldnt. not to mention he has studied the game and has skills nobody else has. i dont have a lot of respect for anybody that talks **** about him because to do that you can't know what your talking about..

 

Oh, Toney. Get out of here, you scamp.

 

He knows how to sell a fight, no doubt.