James Toney: "Dana's first offer was a JOKE!"

NABO heavyweight champion and future Hall-of-Famer James "Lights Out" Toney recently reached out to FightHype.com to inform us that talks with UFC President Dana White regarding a possible debut inside the Octagon were not going so well. "Dana White's first offer was a joke and that let's me know he really don't want to do this," stated Toney, who confirmed that an offer was indeed made.

Although he did not reveal the offer that was made, Toney made it clear that the two sides are light years away regarding compensation. When reminded that the payouts for a mixed martial artist aren't quite as generous as the purses in boxing, Toney replied, "I know that, but this offer was laughable. That's the reason I wanted the camera guy in the room with us when I sat down with Dana, so the fans would know that I was serious and if it didn't happen, it wasn't because of me."




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http://www.fighthype.com/pages/content6735.html

I bet he offered like 20 grand lol.

Toney lost all credibility at "side check kick"

I have no interest in seeing James Toney compete in MMA.

Of course it was a joke...the fact that he even offered Toney a contract is a joke.

I am pretty sure dana told him if you want to come fight on an undercard you need 3-6 months of ground work and kick defense.

I was thinking they probably offered like 30K.

I bet Toney was asking for a min of 1 mil

until he proves himself I wouldnt pay him shit.

Yeah he was offered somewhere in the 20 to 30 thousand range I bet. He probably thought he would make at least 500 thousand.