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“I Am The Ultimate Fighter,” James Toney

James “Lights Out” Toney (0-0) is out to prove that there is only one top combat sport and that’s boxing. In August he’ll back up his words against UFC legend Randy Couture when Toney makes his MMA debut to show the world that he is ‘the ultimate fighter.”
“I respect Randy Couture because he is […]

James ToneyJames “Lights Out” Toney (0-0) is out to prove that there is only one top combat sport and that’s boxing. In August he’ll back up his words against UFC legend Randy Couture when Toney makes his MMA debut to show the world that he is ‘the ultimate fighter.”

“I respect Randy Couture because he is a legend in his sport. The difference is I am the ultimate fighter. I’m not worried about nothing he can do; he better worry about what I can do. Everybody asking, ‘James, what you gonna do when he gets you on the ground? You better work on your ground game.’ Work on my ground game for what? I ain’t going to sleep…I respect the sport of MMA because they train hard. The training is hard as hell. Whatever I do, I’m going to get the best trainers out there. I got Juanito, Trevor, Tony, my conditioning coach, and King Mo helping me out. We coming in hard. Like I said, I didn’t want to fight no C-level fighter. You ran your mouth Dana White, now put your best man in there. I wanted Brock Lesnar, but he was sick with his stomach problems and I hope he’s better now, but hey, it’s time to put up or shut up and come August 28th, we going to war. I’m going to let everybody know that boxing still reigns supreme.”

Read more of Toney’s interview with FightHype.com by clicking the link.

‘Babalu’ Hoping For A War Against Lawler, May Drop To 185 After

The former Strikeforce light-heavyweight champ and one time UFC light-heavyweight title challenger, Renato “Babalu” Sobral (35-8) is set to face Robbie Lawler (19-5) next week in the main event of the “Strikeforce: Los Angeles” card.
Since Lawler normally fights at middleweight, both men have agreed to fight at a catchweight of 195 pounds.
Sobral is […]

Renato SobralThe former Strikeforce light-heavyweight champ and one time UFC light-heavyweight title challenger, Renato “Babalu” Sobral (35-8) is set to face Robbie Lawler (19-5) next week in the main event of the “Strikeforce: Los Angeles” card.

Since Lawler normally fights at middleweight, both men have agreed to fight at a catchweight of 195 pounds.

Sobral is looking for a war once both men step into the cage and hopefully for fans, if it turns out that way, it could happen again except at 185 pounds.

“I hope it’s a war, I always face my fights the same way… It can be an eyed guy or Fedor, I always face it the same way. I have my game plan, he has his and he probably will try to knock me out and I’ll go for the submission, but if he’s not careful, I may knock him out. Today was my last day of hard training, I’ll fight on the until 88kg divisions and I got 90kg now and there’s ten days left before the fight… I’ll try to rest without having to worry much about my weight. I went for it on the last time and I’ll do my best on this one.

“Actually, I’m changing to a lighter division and I intend to fight on the until 84kg (185 pound) division, but I can change my mind and go to a heavier division too, because I already fought among the heavies, middleweights and light heavyweights… I’m not that worried about the belt, wherever there’s a good fight for me, I’m in, because I have a good fighting record. As BJ Penn once said, the belt is only useful to keep your pants up. What make the sport are the challenges. I thank Robbie, who changed divisions to confront me, he could have said no, so we have to give him credits, because I have my bills to pay and I need to fight and he accepted and is coming with his best for this fight.”

You can find more quotes from “Babalu” in the original article at Tatame.com.