james toney vs randy couture in my opinion was the worst match up yet, that made no sense, a champion ufc legend wrestler vs a no experience mma boxer?? how the hell does that match up make sense idk if toney called it but what a bad match up.
what u guys think was a bad match-up
Originally posted by: sixsixnineeight Date: November 22, 2010 at 01:53 PM Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/worst-match-up-in-mma-history.32595/
Yeah this was a horrible match up. Randy is a legend and is known for his wrestling skills. James Toney has his boxing and that's about it. He was dominated by Randy and lost. It really only made sense from a business perspective. It poses the question of what would happen when a world champion boxer steps into an MMA cage? It generates interest and makes people want to watch.
sixsixnineeight said:
Yeah this was a horrible match up. Randy is a legend and is known for his wrestling skills. James Toney has his boxing and that's about it. He was dominated by Randy and lost. It really only made sense from a business perspective. It poses the question of what would happen when a world champion boxer steps into an MMA cage? It generates interest and makes people want to watch.
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the same thing that happened when royce gracie fought a boxing champ with one glove lol
Originally posted by: LebowskiAdams Date: November 22, 2010 at 03:53 PM Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/worst-match-up-in-mma-history.32595/
Originally posted by: LebowskiAdams Date: November 22, 2010 at 04:15 PM Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/worst-match-up-in-mma-history.32595/
sixsixnineeight said:
Yeah this was a horrible match up. Randy is a legend and is known for his wrestling skills. James Toney has his boxing and that's about it. He was dominated by Randy and lost. It really only made sense from a business perspective. It poses the question of what would happen when a world champion boxer steps into an MMA cage? It generates interest and makes people want to watch.
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Yeah it made sense financially, but Toney is a has been when it comes to boxing. The matchup was tailor made to prove mma's "superiority" to the masses.
I want to see a relevant lighter weight boxer with some real ground game training and experience go at it in mma. There really is only one guy that I can think of in that vein, and that would be Miguel Cotto.
