MMA Live Postfight: Randy Couture Talks James Toney Win at UFC 118
by Nick Thomas on Aug 30, 2010 9:36 AM EDT
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Print"You don't see too many guys shoot a low single in mixed martial arts. I knew the low single would work, would make it difficult for (James Toney) to counter and catch me coming in."
Showdown Joe Ferraro talks to Randy Couture after his victory against James Toney.
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I thought this was a cool and interesting takedown.
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VEe is ANIMated!
by VeeisAnimated on Aug 30, 2010 9:47 AM EDT up reply actions
Getting your black belt fof BJJ after submitting James Toney . . .
is ___________________ (you fill in the blank, I just thought it was odd.)
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VEe is ANIMated!
I think it was supposed to be a joke.
by PetrozellisJab on Aug 30, 2010 9:49 AM EDT up reply actions
That makes sense but it appeared to me that they were representing it something genuine.
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VEe is ANIMated!
by VeeisAnimated on Aug 30, 2010 9:52 AM EDT up reply actions
A joke joke or a rashad getting a black belt with close to zero gi experience-joke?
by the guy with the big nose on Aug 30, 2010 9:56 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Wasn’t a BJJ black belt. Melanson is a catch wrestler and I assume they’re using the belt as a symbolic thing.
Nobody should get a BB for submitting a guy who doesn’t even qualify as a white belt. Catch wrestlers are weird though.
Got the Summer hatin on me cus I'm hotter than the sun. Got the Spring hatin on me cus I ain't never sprung. Winter hatin on me cus I'm colder than ya'll; and I will never I will never I will never Fall.
The mat is my church, the ground is my heaven, Jiu-Jitsu is my religion. And once you hit the ground you're in my world. My world is like the ocean, I’m like a shark and most people don't even know how to swim - Draculino
by Patrick Tenney on Aug 30, 2010 10:04 AM EDT up reply actions
umm
don’t you get a white belt fo showing up to a class. (meaning; you do not need any experience)
by F'n Clownshoes on Aug 30, 2010 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Toney never showed up for class.
Got the Summer hatin on me cus I'm hotter than the sun. Got the Spring hatin on me cus I ain't never sprung. Winter hatin on me cus I'm colder than ya'll; and I will never I will never I will never Fall.
The mat is my church, the ground is my heaven, Jiu-Jitsu is my religion. And once you hit the ground you're in my world. My world is like the ocean, I’m like a shark and most people don't even know how to swim - Draculino
by Patrick Tenney on Aug 30, 2010 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions
mir got it for subbing Sylvia
Sylvia is only a blue belt.
by the-gentle-way on Aug 30, 2010 11:55 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
The wrestling aficionado’s that I was around called it a heel pick. Is that the correct term for a low single?
For the version he did, yes
He trapped the heel with his hand as he lowered his shoulder into the shin.
"I got a good Christian raising and a 8th grade education / Ain't no need in y'all in treating me this way." - Billy Joe Shaver
Randy should box Toney
Just for the hell of it. He couldn’t do that bad, could he?
Death is the Road to Awe
It'd be an inversion of their MMA fight
I don’t see Dana White letting that happen. He shat a brick of pure hate when Randy tried to fight in Affliction. The situations different, but the sentiment is the same: White doesn’t like letting his big draws fight outside of the UFC.
And Randy has got some standup, for sure…but I don’t see him doing too hot in a boxing match with Toney.
Randy has already shot this idea down
He admits that James would tool him just as badly in boxing as he tooled James in MMA. The fight would be pointless.
Risky move
… considering James Toney’s conditioning and his expertise with low kicks.
Even Couture getting his BJJ BB is a joke cause it’s who you know and not what you know that gets someone that BJJ black belt ……… this is a reality for a brown belt friend of mine that doesn’t care if he gets his black ……… he’s had his brown belt for many years, but doesn’t have a big name BJJ team behind him, but has plenty of ability and knowledge in the discipline. On a side note Randy finishing Toney was enjoyable, but when Randy faces a top 5 LHW he’ll lose and lose big as father time is catching up with him and his window of fighting has shrunk to a peep hole.
Fear is temporary regret is for ever.
I know I'm crazy but,
I think he could beat Rampage. I don’t think Machida could hurt him.(let me clarify, Machida would win/dominate, but not hurt him.) Forrest couldn’t hurt anyone w/ strikes.
Shogun, Evans, & Jones would crush him,
Lil’ Nog would just win.
by F'n Clownshoes on Aug 30, 2010 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions
I think Machida would take Randy out with strikes as would all the top 5 LHW UFC fighters, and I agree with the Forrest assessment as his pitty pat shots can’t hurt much. Randy is getting really old for this sport, and he’s been able to cheat father time in MMA, but is now really starting to show his age.
Fear is temporary regret is for ever.
you may be right.
i just like thinking he could throw monkey wrenches in the division. being 35 and well out of my prime it’s nice to live vicariously through others.
by F'n Clownshoes on Aug 30, 2010 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions
respect to James Toney
I give Toney respect for having the balls to get in the cage with Randy Couture & try to back up his talk, unlike boxers like Floyd Gayweather… a guy who has stated boxers would rule if they ever decided to enter the UFC… hey Floyd, whaddya say you step in the cage against, say, … show us how you would send any MMA fighter to the hospital… change of heart?
mma live post ufc 118
Another great show by espn and the ufc.can’t wait for ufc to air on espn one day.
by TERRENCEFROMSOUTHEAST on Aug 30, 2010 9:09 PM EDT reply actions
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