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UFC QUOTABLES: James Toney ready to fight Randy Couture, expecting a June or July debut
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Mar 5, 2010 - 7:30:54 PM

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

"Damn…oh really? That's what I'm talking about. That's right up my alley. Oh, hell yeah! ...Let me tell you something, I came to the UFC to do one thing and that's to fight the best out there. If it's Couture, so be it. If it's somebody else, so be it. Let's get it on and popping. When Dana White said MMA fighters are better than boxers, come on now, you know better than that... All day! The fights start standing and that's my comfort zone all day, you heard me. If they think they going to rush me to the ground and think it's going to be easy and I don't know what I'm doing, come on man. I'm a very strong man. I know what I have to do and if they shoot in on me, they getting launched into outer space like a satellite... Juanito Ibarra, he's good man; that motherf*cker know his shit. He got Rampage to the top and we gonna do the same thing. I'm going to destroy these dudes. If Randy Couture put on his Twitter page that he wants to see me, tell him it ain't shit. Let's make it happen. If not in June, he can be the one after that... They talking about June or July, so I'll be ready. That still gives me plenty of time, you know what I'm saying?"

-James Toney talks to FightHype.com about when he's expecting to make his UFC debut after reacting to the news that Randy Couture has already stated he wanted to face him.

Penick's Analysis: If the UFC books Randy Couture vs. James Toney on the same night that Brock Lesnar returns, that's all but assured to be the highest drawing card the UFC has put on. Toney's going to be at a disadvantage against anyone he's matched up against in the UFC, as he's on MMA soil and it won't be strictly a boxing bout. He can say what he wants about how he'll launch people into outer space if they shoot in on him, but until he steps into the Octagon for real he's got no idea what he's truly in for. If it comes against Randy Couture it would be quite a spectacle, and the resulting media attention would be great for the UFC heading into any card, but if they pull it off on the same night that Lesnar is fighting again it will be bigger than UFC 100 from a buyrate perspective.

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