EXCLUSIVE: Liddell on Toney: “I would love that fight, I might play with him”
Former UFC light heavyweight champion, Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell spoke EXCLUSIVELY to MMABay this week about signing of heavyweight boxer, James “Light’s Out” Toney, admitting he doesn’t know what Dana White is thinking, before adding he’d love the opportunity to “play with” Toney himself down the line.
“I don’t know (laughing). I’ll have to talk to Dana about what’s going on, I don’t know what he’s doing. He’s got something planned. Toney’s at least coming from a boxing background and it will be interesting to see how much MMA he did and who they match him up with. I’m just hoping if they bring him in he’s gonna come in running his mouth about MMA and MMA fighter being bad and I hope they put him against somebody good so they will crush him.”
Speaking about a possible fight between Toney and either Randy Couture or even himself, “The Iceman” said:
“James has got one shot at beating him and that’s catching him with a punch coming in. Once he gets tied up it’s over. I would love that fight. You would actually see me hit a double and put him on his head. You might actually see me get a submission in the UFC. I might play with him for a little bit and put him in an arm bar or something.”
Liddell’s fight with long time nemesis, Tito Ortiz was the subject of much speculation over the weekend although it now appears it will go down as expected on June 12th in Vancouver, Canada. As for Toney, there is no word on who he will square off with first inside the octagon with potential opponents, “Kimbo Slice” and Randy Couture already pencilled in for other plans.
By Michael Pepper. (Follow me on Twitter)
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