Couture vs. Toney | Best Moments

[@lefthooklarry3119]

I actually respect James toney for actually stepping into the octagon and not trying to get couture to box him

[@zippo_muk9254]

*I don’t. Because he wasn’t doing it out of respect. He ONLY accepted it out of ARROGANCE.* He thought MMA was a joke, and didn’t respect Couture or the sport at all. He did NOT want to test himself. He was arrogant and cocky; he doesn’t deserve respect, but did deserve that ass whooping.

[@kimo5874]

@@zippo_muk9254 true, it was more of him being dumb with an ego rather than knowing what’s to come stepping in the octagon and taking the challenge

[@onlyhands5320]

@@zippo_muk9254 i don't think he cares if you respect him 😂

[@saulhernnadez9203]

@@onlyhands5320 James got cte brain and speaks like he’s chewing molasses. I don’t think he cares about anything

[@sethhardin9558]

Either way he wasn’t too pussy to not step in the cage

[@Danielson1818]

This era of UFC was just a lot more fun. Then again, they still had it on regular TV.

[@andyc3012]

This fight however was on PPV, i remember cause BJ Penn was praying James Toney for bringing in so many PPV buys.

[@Danielson1818]

@@andyc3012 I know it was on PPV. I just meant that this era was a lot more fun because of all the exciting matchups, that generation of fighters, and the fact it had way more tv exposure. I watched this on PPV, so I remember well.

[@111Mfreeman]

To each their own i guess, i find today's era much improved, and way more exciting than the era of yesterday

[@dtxspeaks268]

​​@@111Mfreemannot at all. Nowadays its just a gimmick. Give me 2007-2012 era UFC anyday over any of the crap since 2013. Of course a beta male would like today's UFC smh

[@dtxspeaks268]

​@@Danielson1818agreed. To me 2007-2012 UFC was king. It went downhill when Connor McGregor and Rhona Rousey took over

[@PunjabiPiccolo]

Can we also acknowledge that this legend uploaded this a day before the 11th anniversary of this fight?

[@wyattb6066]

I noticed that, alot of the uploads are on the anniversary date

[@Rafaeldecarvalho1]

Larone different 💯

[@Kingbook1]

He does it on purpose lol

[@a-o-fraud3543]

Larone #1 p4p

[@aigr6821]

Tony is a legend for this He stepped into the octagon and fought not like other weirdos who invite wrestlers to box.

[@laza6141]

He made a shitload of money for a 2 minute ass whoopin , smart move on his part.

[@edgar22452]

@@laza6141 Lol

[@berekexer8158]

Imagine calling those boxers weirdos and then couture shoots on a boxer in the first 5 seconds. So interesting

[@olivercrespo2329]

@@berekexer8158 why wouldn’t he? Ben askren at least tried to learn how to box before he got in there, this dude literally thought he was gonna walk in there zap him. If I was randy I woulda just army crawled at him 😂 boxing is a beautiful art and probably your best bet in the street as far as striking techniques go, but you have to know how to grapple to or else you’re going to get fucked up. There’s a lot of good former high school wrestlers out there who’d ruin a lot of boxers days very easily.

[@dprfail]

that was a pitiful performance just stood there easy target for couture he should not even have been paid

[@codyjames5753]

Always crazy to me how I see dudes 37-38 on the current fight cards and I’m like geez this guy is ancient, seeing randy fighting at 47 and beyond was insane

[@jasunndakidd1531]

He's the natural As well as yoel Romero

[@HH-qz1cg]

Anderson silva was fighting at 46 years old no one said shi t

[@austinblair9869]

@@jasunndakidd1531 he definitely wasn't natural at this point in his career but in your late 40s is still crazy to be competitive

[@HonkeyKong54]

@@HH-qz1cg stfu people can’t get his dk out their mouth. I loved seeing Silva get knocked out 😂.

[@jamalliwalug6639]

They earn pennies that's why they still fight in their 40s.

[@chase36chase]

funniest shit is missing: in a pre-press conference he was aske about his groundgame, toney took the mic and replied: "yo first of all i am not gay" best answer ever

[@sebastianconstantin5176]

this is gold :)))))

[@jayrowe6473]

They also missed the part where Toney says "I'ma git you, princess."

[@chase36chase]

i searched for the video where he said it, what i quoted,, but cant find it. i just found a quote from the website "bloddy elbow" “I’m am not gay. I’m not going out like that. Nobody is going to lay on top of me and just pound me like I’m a sissy. It’s not going down like that. That’s the way Randy (Couture) likes to do things. That’s the girly way out. If he gets me on the ground, he’s going to get hit with a lot of shots.” “I can knock out from my back. I do have that kind of power.”

[@PunjabiPiccolo]

Always got respect for James for doing this.

[@MrAhmes2001]

i'm sure everyone he owed money to respected him for doing it also

[@dprfail]

that was a pitiful performance just stood there easy target for couture he should not even have been paid

[@blastdouble1979]

@@ddwfw Whats your record tomato can? You’ll never be half the fighter that “thug” was”

[@blastdouble1979]

@@ddwfw Do you even fight?

[@blastdouble1979]

@@ddwfw Shut up before I ankle pick you.

[@geezushasrisen]

Toney is lucky that Randy is one of the nicest dudes ever. Imagine if James fought someone like Lesnar or Reem.

[@Darko4x]

He woulda got ground and pound for eternity

[@toxicgoat341]

Reem would have killed his ass 😂😂😂

[@geezushasrisen]

@@toxicgoat341 shit would’ve gotten bad quick.

[@danielcormier4744]

Lol imagine if Reem got caught on the chin and gets KO’d

[@luckycharm5757]

Imagine him fighting derek lewis

[@JimMacintosh]

James Tony’s command of the English language makes Nate and Nick look like linguistic scholars

[@campeao36]

At least you could still understans what he was saying unlike today where its hard to makeout anything.

[@TheOneAndOnlyZelenkaGuru]

Difference between a boxer and a pansy

[@2696ize]

Lol !!!!

[@huntercampbelltv9605]

From what I heard, from being punched in the nose so many times, it's made it difficult for him to talk and enunciate words due to his sinuses

[@watchmanonthewall14]

@@campeao36 Toney's a word smith.

[@nauseous3925]

boxer comes to MMA and loses: Respect+ MMA fighter goes to boxing and loses, everyone: "he trash, bro"

[@redmamba4695]

Fr

[@praveshmaharaj4387]

because boxing is a big part of MMA but Grappling and Kicks arent in Boxing.

[@HonkeyKong54]

Because boxers and boxing fans are fragile. Especially gayweather and his padded point fighting record.

[@HonkeyKong54]

Floyd would never ever get in a cage

[@ExtraVaganZa252]

💯

[@boskobalboa4390]

James Toney is one of the most talented and gifted Boxer ever 👊🏼 It's sad to see how much CTE damage this legend has suffer 🥺

[@Damefromdar0]

Yeah it’s dn bc all the sparring he use to do

[@oxfordeducatedhighschoolhe6989]

He sucked.

[@bobthompson209]

Couture is the man, its a shame how quickly these legends get forgotten.

[@dieselviper7811]

Especially when they leave the UFC on bad terms

[@drunkenmmamaster419]

Props to Toney for having the balls to step in and fight one of the goats , you would never see Floyd do this

[@jcrawford5176]

He did it for a paycheck once he was worthless in boxing. Pay Mayweather what he can make in the ring he might have done it. That money isn't possible under the UFC Umbrella

[@eetfuk3571]

@@jcrawford5176 nah. Mayweather is scared to lose in any way shape or form that's why he will never challenge McGregor in his own domain.

[@mikeolson3337]

​@@jcrawford5176Mayweather would never in a million years fight mma rules. He would get squashed hard and he knows it

[@itsnotthatserious9102]

@@mikeolson3337any female jiu jitsu pro would fold Floyd outside of boxing lol

[@mikeolson3337]

@@itsnotthatserious9102 facts lol

[@zero1u19]

That was the easiest fight of Randy ever

[@zeaferjones1404]

Sort of, However Randy Couture is extremely smart for going for that low single. Couture had enough respect for professional boxers that he went no where near the boxing game. If it would have been a UFC fighter that didn't respect professional boxing and wanted to stand and bang then it could have went very badly.

[@jaysmith2151]

That was the easiest fight he ever had in the octagon by far also look who Randy has fought in the octagon it was usually for a belt or defending his belt but that would have been an easy fight for almost any heavy weight in the UFC at that time they knew all they had to do was just shoot a double leg or single leg and it's over with or like Randy and do a ankle pic.

[@javilez811]

Randy should have offered a boxing match, hed make hella money

[@FlechFisher]

pretty much. not even close

[@chrisbeebe7596]

Actually his 1st ufc fight was his easiest.

[@ethanmcgowan4731]

The best part about that was the old school ufc gladiator intro

[@PoyTroy]

I used to love those intros. Then the music that played right after

[@jessperson9750]

James Tony didn't take it seriously enough. Still though he's got balls of steel for even getting in there.

[@jdogmma]

Didn’t matter how seriously he took it Randy was gonna rag doll to be honest

[@wtfimcrying]

@@jdogmmacould’ve learned how to sprawl

[@saljewsteinbergowitz]

It doesn't matter how serious he took it... Randy clearlyu didn't take it seriously. He was doing a movie lol. Randy would always do whatever he wanted to james whenever he wanted to do it.

[@Newbtuber]

​@wtfimcrying the guy is 42 with a life time or muscle memory in boxing. No way was he going to learn anything of a relevant enough level to stop Randy wrestling. Regardless, James was always a defensive boxer who relied on his Philly shell to counter and defend. Just look at how stationary he was when he got taken down while clearly looking for an upper cut.

[@Im-just-Stardust]

6:40 The dude did not even know how to tap.

[@assanari]

😂😂😂😂

[@jamesphoenix411]

I remember this so vividly.

[@drunkenmmamaster419]

That was a good card , still remember nate diaz putting Marcus Davis to sleep that night

[@eddievenuto1862]

Everyone does

[@jaysmith2151]

Thank you sir for putting this out as a belated birthday present if you could please put out more Randy couture stuff and I miss that UFC Viking opening

[@Tylar122]

Did you just call the Roman gladiator in the face the pain intro a Viking ? Lmfao.

[@jaysmith2151]

@@Tylar122 Hell yeah

[@carlosacevedo3198]

Hey goofy it’s called Roman gladiator

[@bonnie3447]

James toney stood up and went into their world. Either fighter would loose badly in eithers world.

[@edgar22452]

Exactly!

[@ulysses4989]

Wrestlers>Boxers

[@HonkeyKong54]

Lol Conor lasted almost the entire fight against boxings supposed greatest. Gayweather wouldn’t last one round against dudes who aren’t even in the ufc.

[@theephraimite]

@@HonkeyKong54that’s because mma does boxing but mixed with other arts. Also, Mayweather was past his prime and takiyit easy.

[@theephraimite]

@@ulysses4989no one gets paid in wrestling. Boxing is the most mainstream combat sport and generates more money. 😂😂😂

[@MK-mkmkmk]

Underated channel for real 🙏🏽

[@loghawgtv]

THIS CHANNEL IS FIRE!!!!!!! been waiting on this one!!!!

[@zzghost8593]

Ive been grinding through everything lol

[@Jazrawi1042]

James Toney is still a boxing legend

[@JohnnyV808]

Toney: when I hit him with that right hand, then clean him with that left hook. "Curtains ".. 🤣🤣🤣 Still a legend.

[@Sean-uu9rg]

This is what I always imagined would happen if a Boxer and a MMA fighter got into a street fight

[@Jazrawi1042]

I dont think you know but a large percentage of Mma has boxing

[@blackwhitestudios5953]

@@Jazrawi1042 what does that have to do with his comment lol?

[@Sean-uu9rg]

@@Jazrawi1042 and no percentage of boxing teaches takedown defence

[@Jazrawi1042]

@@Sean-uu9rg yeah because its boxing, boxing is a sport in its self, why do boxers need takedowns in there sports

[@TrainwreckAt]

Probably not. Whoever lands first probably wins. Naturally in a street fight there are too many variables to be dumb enough to leave your feet. Do NOT do this in a real fight, yall. There is probably a bunch of disabled/dead wrestlers/bjj guys because they got arrogant in a street brawl.

[@EuropesFinest]

Holy shit randy was 47 in this fight!

[@Beefsneeze9]

Got served a Humble pie with reality check frosting

[@janicknorman8778]

I lost it when subtitle came in as Toney speaks. lol

[@hollywoodstreet9539]

James Toney, the only boxer to ever cross over like this, much respect to him.

[@LukeHolland-f9v]

Wrong, ray Mercer.

[@1250GSX]

Ray Mercer KO'd ex UFC champ Tim Sylvia who was dumb enough to stand with him.

[@LukeHolland-f9v]

@@1250GSX one hell of a hook it was to right chap. Hope your well.

[@HouseofWisdom888]

And don't forget Art Jimmerson, UFC 1. While never a champion, he was in the top 10 at one time. Of course Gracie beat him quickly. Also look up MMA fighters with professional boxing records. Quite a few.

[@LukeHolland-f9v]

@@HouseofWisdom888 the Italian guy, I honestly cant remember his name was a long time boxing pro with 20 odd fights, he has loads of tattoos if that helps and I think he is a middleweight.

[@markroyds23]

Least James had the balls to attempt to back his talk up. More than any other boxer has done

[@alexasdourian1417]

Ray Mercer knocked out ex UFC champion Tim Sylvia. Clearly you haven’t done your research lol

[@ant4613]

@@alexasdourian1417 A fat, out of shape Sylvia. But yes, he did, in 9 seconds. Essentially the only chance a boxer has to beat an MMA fighter in MMA. And Sylvia was a striker in MMA, so he has a higher chance of getting knocked out than a grappler like Randy who could just shoot and make it look as easy as the Toney fight.

[@duhund6830]

@alexasdourian1417 They agreed not to use takedowns

[@SuperPeterok]

Ray Mercer also got submitted by Kimbo Slice.

[@jessicagreene1773]

And James Toney was fat and out of shape here. What's the point.

[@PoyTroy]

I remember watching this PPV live at a friends house. Everyone was waiting anticipating, not knowing what a fight would look like between a boxer and MMA fighter. We found out real quick😂

[@tonypine3434]

As someone who was around.Everyone knew it would go like this.

[@chrisvickers718]

I respect him for this. I genuinely think in order for these type of fights to be more interesting, they need to do both peoples specialty

[@MrCt40]

My favourite fighter of all time Randy couture - I miss him not being in the ufc

[@__JASON__.]

Randy Couture is the 1st and ONLY man to ever finish James Toney in a fight. No BOXER was ever able to do that. An MMA fighter was the one to do it.

[@duhund6830]

I mean yeah but that doesn’t mean so much. Its another sport. The best boxer would always get finished by MMA fighters in MMA. Let the undefeated Usyk fight a UFC middleweight in MMA and it would be the same result

[@Venom_asmr66]

Randy is such of a respectful fighter. Mr america the legend

[@C3phoe]

Guys actually make it more exciting now. They are encouraged to try the strikers game and i love it.

[@19angel92]

This was awesome We all knew Randy would probably win but you just never know! Respect to James Toney for doing what alot of boxers would never do.

[@arlysion]

Just a reminder of what jones will do to fury if they fight in the octagon. It'll be worse. Having said that nothing but respect to anyone whos got the balls to put in the work and step inside that octagon.

[@goldpeen2661]

That single leg was fucking beautiful. Randy put the art in martial arts right there.

[@Funkafella01]

He has a way of enhancing the beauty that’s already there.

[@gdarippa69]

Toney had balls though to go in the cage with the Natural

[@KingSquirtle999]

Nah just dumb enough to be fed to the lion.

[@miamimagicians]

How the hell could you not love Randy couture?

[@collinbaker4310]

Here from the podcast

[@USFighter]

Larone you are a fucking legend my friend.

[@richardbaron4161]

Soooooo satisfying to watch :)

[@justmarc2015]

I love how he has subtitles

[@sophiabarton248]

James Toney had a bunch of Yes Men around him at all times to convince him that he could avoid takedowns against Randy instead of actually getting good wrestlers to come in and work with him

[@samuraiibeatz3233]

Video request - Rose vs Joanna 1

[@J4YeSun357]

The gladiator ufc intro was always my favorite

[@jasras5003]

Wish Randy would've toyed wit him more. But he's smart, he knew one little clip on the head from Toney could go the other way. But he could've toyed with him more on the ground lolz

[@megatron22it]

For some reason this reminded me of the Key and Peele MMA skit

[@chrissotrill]

This happened like 15 years ago and we still talk about it today

[@adamluckey5232]

Remember back when this happened I was really hoping they would have done Cro Cop Vs James Tony. Cro Cop probably could have easily taken him down and subbed him as well but I feel like there would have been some striking exchanges and that would have been fun to watch.

[@SSShino]

47 years old, couture was something else

[@robhill4352]

I was there in Boston. Great card

[@ivantoxie]

i RespEct JamES fOr goIng in tHeRE. So would I if he was not so arrogant and spoke in a clear manner.

[@45pounder13]

Did anyone not expect this lmao

[@SpinningbacKFisT]

I knew what the outcome would be. I was a fan of both (esp Toney) and hated this. James is such a legendary talent in the boxing world. I feel as if he rubbed an entire generation of mma fans unfamiliar with him the wrong way. Wish it never happened for some reason.

[@martinbonsu4661]

True

[@archielee2521]

i respect James for stepping in the cage unlike other boxers

[@alexasdourian1417]

Ray Mercer KO’d Tim Sylvia in a cage 🤦

[@only2choicesavailable816]

​@@alexasdourian1417Tim Sylvia agreed to not take Mercer down, he's stupid.

[@andregreen4358]

I respect James Toney, but he had no business being in the octagon that night w/ an MMA fighter. Did he really think Randy was gonna stand with him. He gave him a full MMA experience in this fight.

[@edgar22452]

Lol

[@20FreeWill]

Mercer Vs Sylvia

[@andregreen4358]

@@20FreeWill well he thought because Ray Mercer knocked out an out of shape Tim Sylvia he had a chance. Na, son, not even close

[@HonkeyKong54]

@@20FreeWill Tim Sylvia was never that good.

[@20FreeWill]

@@HonkeyKong54 he was the champion

[@renesellshouses]

To everyone on here giving props to James Toney for even getting in there… the man didn’t train a single damn day for this!🤣 Straight up showed up for a paycheck & collected. Shameless! 🤑

[@garyangel3885]

Makes me laugh every time I see randy take him down with a ankle pick. Too funny

[@dannyc7227]

10-8 if I have ever seen one.

[@skunk12]

You Win Flawless Victory!

[@jaysmith2151]

That is so damn funny when Captain America sits there and says why didn't you tap out punk then start punching James Tony in the face a lot more than chokes him unconscious . Lmao

[@truthinlifewoken6698]

Couter,liddell and tito reason I first watched ufc

[@Gooseman2k2]

James Toney at 160 was unstoppable... at 168 Toney was a P4P great... at 175 Toney was starting to love burger king a bit too much... at 200 Toney was a certified kung fu panda... at 220 Toney was more of a cylinder than a boxer... and at 240 Toney was just pure comedy.

[@Lostandtobefound]

I didn’t realise Toney was that young at the time

[@skunk12]

The octagon is still looking for pure world-class boxers to come in and do something spectacular.

[@MartyFromDagestan]

Holly holm headkicked ronda into being a lolcow so there's that.

[@LJheresthething]

A boxer will never beat an MMA fighter especially a wrestling trained MMA fighter like Randy

[@hiphopstrongman]

Ray Mercer beat Tim Sylvia.

[@irvinmorales1409]

Shannon Briggs also knocked out an MMA fighter.

[@MrTheil]

@@irvinmorales1409 Yeah, in a KICKBOXING match. Not an MMA match

[@Ayengelito]

Goat

[@jayrowe6473]

It's a shame his mma career only lasted 3:19 because there could have been some interesting matchups. He jumped straight into the deepest water his first time out. Dude was a beast in the boxing ring.

[@danrom4651]

Imagine all this time went by and he's stillllll the only boxer to have the guts to take that mma style ass beating. Respect

[@js6618]

Clarissa Shields

[@kevthegoat8774]

Francois Botha was willing to try back in like 2004 and James Warring had the balls to do it back in the NHB days to be fair

[@HouseofWisdom888]

@@kevthegoat8774 I forgot about him. And don't forget Art Jimmerson in UFC 1.

[@detangojet]

At the time, I gave Toney a lot of credit for getting in the cage. After this fight I saw an interview with Toney asking Coture to fight him in boxing match. Randy said “ain’t happening, I’m not as stupid as him”.

[@matsugo24]

Already knew Toney wasn’t going to present a challenge, because he was punch drunk and too overweight to be mobile.

[@coreysharp9794]

I remind people of this all the time

[@thehartleyproject675]

I am glad James Tony had the guts to step in the cage. MMA guys are always willing to step in the ring. I always respect someone who is willing to fight in any sport.

[@jessecooks4448]

I remember that gladiator shit! Lol I miss shit like that.

[@Slyferius767]

Randy most easy money in his career

[@BlackMetalWar]

Like everyone else has said, the only boxer with balls big enough to actually step into the octagon. No one has done this since. Pretty sad.

[@matthew-xk4ph]

Ray Mercer knocked out fedor one shot

[@thecigar1911]

Hardly nobody is saying boxers can win in the octogan my biggest problem as a boxing fan is that people actually think mma fighters can box when realistically their boxing skills are amateur at best

[@donkeygat93]

What was that barber cutting?

[@Danimal6100]

These height listings are hilarious at most they’re 2 inches apart not 5

[@bruh.6778]

this makes me happy

[@Flies_the_limit]

Great fight.

[@ubiased23]

Did you guys see James Toney drooling st the 0:10 mark? Lol

[@homerknowsbest5175]

I give Toney props for doing this. He went into the MMA's home and tried to compete, unlike Jake Paul calling out retired MMA guys to come box him.

[@nextlvlroy]

I kinda wished there were more punches thrown, whether it was in the standup, or Randy just dirty boxing. I respect James Toney for stepping in there when he knew he was out of his element. Randy is always the MAN, he respected Toney's boxing, and he ended it quick so that Toney doesn't get too hurt. Classy gentleman.

[@ronki23]

This is the closest we are going to get to boxing vs wrestling. They are the two oldest fighting styles and HUGE in USA. But even here, Randy boxed in the army and has a black belt in BOLT ; and Toney actually trained in MMA leading up to this even though he didn't use it

[@oneill765]

Fair play to James for doing it. Not many boxers would have the balls to try this.

[@yfz350twin]

Respect for Toney for having the balls to step in the octagon he had to have known his chances were not good. Couture should have boxed him in a boxing ring to even the score.

[@3DRundown]

JUST. LIKE. THAT

[@diegopons4622]

Couture is '6 "2" and Toney is '5 "9"?? But receiveing instructions during the face off they're the exact same height. 🤦🏽‍♂️ Oh stats. 😅

[@fugooop2]

6ft 2 isn’t tall. It’s average. It’s not much taller than 5ft9

[@Mrfix-iz4di]

@@fugooop2 ?

[@unkownboi67is_unavailable62]

@@fugooop2are you mental?

[@fugooop2]

@@unkownboi67is_unavailable62 Yes, but 6ft2 isnt tall

[@elijahlogan3555]

@@fugooop2 I’m 6’2 and I tower over most people in public. The average height of a man is 5’9 -5’10

[@CaptnBuxx]

Who knew James toney did MMA

[@regzzuse280]

5:35 I never understood such things, Randy is supposedly 6.2 and Toney is 5.9???

[@Slyferius767]

Let's talk about how Randy doesn't even try to put on a show, or risk certain victory, by not trading under any circumstances and immediately going for the takedown. It speaks volumes about how respected the professional boxer is, because James never trained wrestling or jiu jitsu, but Randy would have to have at least a very good striking base, because his sport demands it. It is incredible that even with more tools and experience in MMA stand-up fighting, Randy wanted nothing to do with it. It would have been nice for Toney have a fight like Adesanya, Miocic, Costa, Poatan, Sweet Dreams and even Ngannou kinda fight style

[@zephyrleapold6796]

Props to Toney for not training any takedown defense and still talking Dana out of a payday

[@checkm8852]

Randy is not 6'2" lol. 5'11" at best

[@mahasohona966]

It's disgraceful to give Randy a black belt for that. Who's that clown coach?

[@therodenthitman]

I love how all of James' training was in boxing. LOL

[@jthamilton9083]

Easiest takedown I’ve ever seen😂😂😂😂

[@MarcPlaysDrums]

Randy is such a nice guy. Toney is lucky Randy just wanted to prove a point.