1. Anderson Silva
2. Georges St. Pierre
3. Fedor Emelianenko
4. Jose Aldo Jr.
5. Jon Fitch
6. Frankie Edgar
7. BJ Penn
8. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua
9. Jake Shields
10. Lyoto Machida

Not mentioning that 8 of the 10 fighters listed are his employees, but he takes his shot at Fedor being #3 in the world.  He also makes claims that “certain” sites take a payout to rank specific fighters in these lists, rather than actually using the terms “pound-for-pound” correctly.  The audio is below courtesy of ESPN Radio, and try not to break something as he constantly mispronounces notable names (Machada…seriously?).  How Bill Simmons is allowed to grace the airwaves, let alone the TV screen, is beyond me.

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Now, James Toney has always been a man of many words.  Some of which we still don’t understand, both in dictionary terms or sensical terms, but he definately likes to tell you what’s on his mind.  In an interview with Uppercut Magazine, he spoke about his entrance to the UFC and what he plans to do to Randy Couture.

Here is the written transcript of what he says about Randy Couture….

“[Randy] is legendary in their sport – kickboxing, karate, whatever. I’m a legend period. I’m an ICON. He’s not on my level. I told Dana White that the only way I’d do this if I fight your best. I wanted Brock Lesnar first*, but I wasn’t aware that he was hurt. I hope he gets well. Then, I was talking about Randy Couture to Dana White [at UFC 108], and Chuck Liddell was sitting next to him. Chuck Liddell looked uneasy and unhappy. I told Chuck, ‘I ain’t gonna fight you here; I’m gonna get paid for it. I wanna fight you in the ring.’ The next thing you know I’m hearing everybody say that Couture called me out. He’s a big man and I respect him. So now he’s gonna step up and he’s gonna get done. Don’t get me wrong, Randy Couture is a great fighter for this sport. But he comes in and he gonna do this to James Toney? Come on, man. I’ve been in the ring with the best fighters in the world, period. I’m the best fighter you’ve ever seen in your life. I’m telling you right now. Randy, look into my eyes. You know there is no fear here. You come in with that wrestling, dirty boxing, I promise you, I’m gonna choke your ass out.” **

* Did he really call out Brock Lesnar first?  He truly is as smart as he looks…

** English motherfucker, Do you speak it?  Geez.

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“From the sound of things, they want me to go down to 35. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a long time — go down and have some fights down there. So, I’ll probably have a couple of fights down there and maybe go back up to 45; we’re not real sure yet.”

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Is he trying too hard to get back in the good graces with the fans and Dan White?  You be the judge.

“The winner of the Rampage Jackson vs. Rashad Evans fight will get the first shot at Shogun,” White said via text message

If Rampage Jackson wins this comeback fight, a rematch with Shogun will be on tap, five years in the making. A Rua/Evans match-up would be somewhat fluff for fans, since he was KO’s by Lyoto Machida in his last quest for the belt.

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Awkward, yet perfect.

On MMAweekly Radio, Randy Couture explained what he expects from the outcome of the Lyoto Machida/Shogun Rua title rematch at UFC 113.

“I think within the next six months I’d like to be in line to fight the winner of the Machida/Shogun fight,.”  “I’m going to be in Montreal to watch that fight very attentively. I think it’s going to be a great fight.”

Let’s give this a look at his last few fights and see how crazy Randy really is.

Vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira – Loss.  Decision. Meh.

Vs. Brandon Vera – Win. Questionable decision.  Did not dominate.  Boring fight.

Vs. Mark Coleman – Win. Did Not Dominate, but ended in submission. Coleman on last legs.  Golf clap.

Vs. James Toney – Booked for UFC 118.  Do people even care about this as a legit match-up?

That track record doesn’t exactly scream #1 contender to me, even if he get’s past James Toney (No ground game, no takedown defense, no leg kicks).  Rampage Jackson and Rashad Evans are set to fight at UFC 114, so with a win Rampage should be the likely next title contender.

What do you think – Does Randy have a point, or is he just drinking the Kool-Aid?