Dean Lister : Toney Almost Subbed Me

So know according to reports Toney has made King Mo tap in a practice and almost subbed Lister

interesting, wonder if its all bullshit P.R., but doubt Lister would say it if it wasnt true

http://espn.go.com/extra/mma/blog/_/name/mma/id/5400908/toney-troubles-lister-in-training

Toney doesn't know BJJ, he just knows street moves on how to break bones lmao

No one has said "man I can't smear this dude's flesh in the cage at will" or "wow this dude has been stopping everyones takedowns" from his camp.

Ugh Rossen is such a tool for writing an article about this.

'James Toney "almost" submits someone who made a mistake during a training session. Story at 10!'

List of people/things that could be substituted in for "James Toney" that would still not make this news worthy:

Mother Teresa
Wolfy's Daughter
Oompa Loompa
Angry Ghost of William Howard Taft
Lasagna

It's interesting to hear about Toney troubling guys like Lister and Mo, maybe he'll be a challenge for Randy.

I hope the fight is competitive.

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Ugh Rossen is such a tool for writing an article about this.

'James Toney "almost" submits someone who made a mistake during a training session. Story at 10!'

List of people/things that could be substituted in for "James Toney" that would still not make this news worthy:

Mother Teresa
Wolfy's Daughter
Oompa Loompa
Angry Ghost of William Howard Taft
Lasagna

Blame the UFC for making the fight, not the media for attempting to cover it.

bobbitt15 wrote:

Toney doesn't know BJJ, he just knows street moves on how to break bones lmao

hahaha I know

its like " I got him in the mount and I dont know what the fuck he did he just grabbed my ankle and started twisting"

hahaha

The matchup is stupid but the UFC didn't force Rossen to write this article.

"We were going over a few things, and I passed his guard and I got a mount, and he turned and like grabbed my foot," Lister told FightHype.com. "I'm lucky he didn't break it … I had to roll out of it."

Seriously..he "like grabbed [his] foot". That's it. That is the meat and potatoes of this article. Running drills that were probably done hundreds if not thousands of times, Toney "almost" once applied a submission.

I just disagree that this article says anything.

Jake Roosen is by far the worst writer on ESPN, the guy has a hard on for all the boxing vs MMA crap.

still find TOneys approach comical

every day another percent of me hopes he actually pulls it off

If Toney had really almost submitted him, Dean would not say anything.

Ali_1748 wrote:

Jake Roosen is by far the worst writer on ESPN, the guy has a hard on for all the boxing vs MMA crap.

Yeah, he's always got some smart ass comment.

Or he'll even fit in a dig at boxing when the subject is something completely different.

"Let's talk about Chuck Liddell's legacy.........oh, and boxing sucks."

KrazyHorseBennett wrote:

Ali_1748 wrote:

Jake Roosen is by far the worst writer on ESPN, the guy has a hard on for all the boxing vs MMA crap.

Yeah, he's always got some smart ass comment.

Or he'll even fit in a dig at boxing when the subject is something completely different.

"Let's talk about Chuck Liddell's legacy.........oh, and boxing sucks."

Birdofthad wrote:

still find TOneys approach comical

every day another percent of me hopes he actually pulls it off

I think he is in against a guy he has a chance against. Randy may stand for a while with him.

Randy will remember the Mercer-Sylvia fight and take this to the ground ASAP.Couture's "dirty boxing" will not work against Toney,who is better at it than Randy is.Toney will do to him what Liddell did if Randy is foolish enough to stand up with Toney.

I hope he takes it straight to the ground because I do love james Toney as a Boxer but dont want him coming and winning in MMA cause we will never hear the end of it!!

Toney took this fight to prove boxing is better than MMA.not to say he is right,but that was his primary motivation.I applaud Toney for getting in the cage,regardless of the outcome.

WinstonSmith wrote:

Randy will remember the Mercer-Sylvia fight and take this to the ground ASAP.Couture's "dirty boxing" will not work against Toney,who is better at it than Randy is.Toney will do to him what Liddell did if Randy is foolish enough to stand up with Toney.

ya and remember Liddell Couture 2, with Chucks counter right

the counter right is TOneys bread and butter

i have a feeling COuture shoots for a takedown isntantly

Birdofthad wrote:

WinstonSmith wrote:

Randy will remember the Mercer-Sylvia fight and take this to the ground ASAP.Couture's "dirty boxing" will not work against Toney,who is better at it than Randy is.Toney will do to him what Liddell did if Randy is foolish enough to stand up with Toney.

ya and remember Liddell Couture 2, with Chucks counter right

the counter right is TOneys bread and butter

i have a feeling COuture shoots for a takedown isntantly

I hope ur right LOL.

thing is if thats what happens and Toeny loses he will call Randy gay and say he hugs like a female and wouldnt want to stand with him

oh well Randy will have the W

but go to the bank with Toney talking alot more trash if he is taken down instantly

He will talk a shit load of trash win or lose he always does!

and thats a reason why i love him

i loved it when he beat Holyfield and he wasnt talking trash on holyfield, but he had to talk trash to someone so he said fuck it I will punk Jim Gray

hahaha

That was classic also. Jim Gray is a bitch though.

ya wouldve been funny if Lebron grabbed the microphone and was like Heat mother fucker and just threw it down and walked away

That would have been awesome!!!