Well folks, the unthinkable happened. After all this back and forth between Dana White and James Toney, it seems the pen has hit the paper. According to FiveOunceOfPain, Toney signed a multi-fight contract with the UFC, although nothing has been disclosed.
FiveOuncesofPain.com has been informed through sources close to the situation that James Toney has recently been signed to a multi-fight contract with the UFC.
Toney was seen during UFC 108 while attempting to track down UFC President Dana White in hopes of negotiating terms for the boxer to enter the UFC, although more recent comments from Toney made it appear as though the deal, if any, was dead in the water before today.
“Lights Out†is a former professional middleweight, super-middleweight, and cruiserweight boxing champion, while currently being listed as the active NABO and IBA heavyweight title holder.
Toney’s decorated professional boxing record currently stands at 72 victories and only 6 defeats, with 3 draws and 2 no-contests. James has stopped 44 of his 72 victims via knockout for an impressive 61% knockout ratio.
So, are you surprised? I certainly am shocked, given the amount of criticism from Dana White towards Strikeforce and the Herschel Walker signing. I hope that this is another Kimbo Slice situation, where he just wants to see if Toney will make him eat his words.
Surely, Toney could hang with the best of them on his feet (surely, he would have to learn some kicks) but the thought of getting to the ground might be an issue. That said, who could he first opponent really be….Kalib Starnes?
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Adam Merkado-Weiss is an office professional by day and an MMA machine by night. He lives in White Plains, NY and is a blue belt under Andre "Gigueto" Soares at Infinite MMA. When he's not blogging about or training in the sport, he's probably watching it on TV. Adam's favorite fighters are Urijah Faber, Antonio "Minotauro" Nogueira, and Thiago Alves. His favorite Jiu-Jitsu fighter is Jeff Glover. 
