| 28 August 2010
Don't expect me to know the names of all the moves, nor can you guarantee an accurate score, but I will be doing a live round by round for James "Lights Out" Toney against Randy "the Natural" Couture.
The fight will probably be the second to last fight, so I will update periodically along the way as to when this fight will go down.
The first fight of the PPV broadcast is about to begin, Nate Diaz against Marcus Davis.
It has been said before and I will say it again, UFC does an awesome job with stocking its undercards. I have heard of and seen every single fighter on the main card tonight except for one.
Something I have always wondered, except for the diffence in the cultures and history, why is it MMA fighters can continue to fight through blood and boxing matches get stopped? Do the state commissions actually have different rules for the two? This first fight would have been stopped already if it was a boxing match.
Nate Diaz boxes like Kassim Ouma.
Diaz takes it by a 3rd round submission.
Next fight up is an important one: Kenny Florian vs. Gray Maynard.
It goes the distance.
Maynard by unanimous decision.
I believe we have one more fight and then it's time for Lights Out.
We have Demian Maia against Mario Miranda.
Complete domination by Maia.
Unanimous decision for Maia.
Mickey Ward in the house.
It's time for Toney - Couture!
James comes out to B.M.F. Blowin' Money Fast by Rick Ross.
He is sponsored by Sinister Brand only at Kmart.
James looks his usual muscled up top and softer in the midsection.
He is not overly fat though.
Couture comes out to some Van Halen.
Here we go:
Couture is 5 years older and 17 pounds lighter with a 3" reach advantage.
Round 1
James is still some sort of heavyweight boxing champ somehow.
Couture is low to the ground and circling. And he shoots almost immediately, down goes Toney and gets the mount within 30 seconds.
All Randy. Not really punishing James yet but is working him. James is punching from the bottom to little effect. Randy is pressing him. The crowd is chanting UFC.
Randy postures up.
Randy takes him to the cage.
This is sad so far. He is looking like Kimbo.
Randy is choking him out. 2:26 to go.
Randy releases, then pounds him a bit, and chokes him some more. And then out goes Toney. It went exactly as expected unsurprisingly and sadly.
I don't know what this proves, other than Randy is a great MMA fighter and Toney is nothing close at this point.
I don't care about the MMA vs. Boxing deal but it is what it is. Couture by submission in the 1st round.
Couture is classy in victory, he says he loves boxing.
Now to James.
James says he will be back and he's not a quitter.
He says Randy fought a great fight.
Shaq in the house.
Me personally, I don't see why Toney couldn't have taken a bunch of warm up fights first. He fought a guy from the Hall of Fame in his first fight. Had he been training MMA his entire life, there is no guarantee he could be Couture. The whole situation was kind of dumb and the deck was stacked against him. Couture wouldn't be crazy enough to go and fight a Klitschko in his first pro boxing match I wouldn't think.
The main event is Frankie Edgar against BJ Penn for the title over five rounds.
Joe Rogan said that Freddie Roach told him that BJ Penn has the best hands in all of MMA for what it's worth.
First round to Edgar.
Second round was close. Probably to Edgar.
Third round all Edgar.
4th Edgar.
5th Edgar.
Edgar wins.
