UFC 118 Results – Couture Destroys Toney – Edgar Dominates BJ Penn
Randy Couture defeats James Toney by submission (arm triangle) at 3.19mins of Rd1-
The 41-year-old boxing world champion James Toney made his mixed martial arts debut Saturday night at UFC 118 and teaches the 47-year old UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture a lesson; boxers do not deserve a free Octagon pass to face the elite MMA athletes. Toney proved that an MMA amateur, even an amateur who is an elite professional boxer, will not succeed in the UFC. Boxers have no idea what to do on the ground; but I think Couture already knew this. Couture introduced James Toney to “MMA for Dummies- The Easy Three Step Plan for Defeating Loud Mouthed Boxers in the Octagon”.
Step 1- Takedown: At about 15 seconds into the first round, Randy shot for a single leg take-down that sent the boxing champ stumbling to the canvas and Couture effortlessly achieved the mounted position that signaled the beginning of the end.
Step 2- Ground and Pound: Upon achieving the dominant position, Couture began to soften up Toney with some ground and pound, taking his time and picking his shots all while the boxer flopped on the canvas like a fish out of water.
Step 3- Submission: “The Natural” began to look for his submission and upon choosing the Head and Arm Triangle as his method of victory, he began to position himself. Couture calmly left the mounted position to sink in the choke and at 3:19 in the first round James had no choice but to submit. The boxer as if to punctuate his status as an amateur, did not even seem aware that a tap is usually the preferred method to cry uncle, instead he waved his hand to the referee.
Moral of the story: Probably not a great idea to talk about how easily your going to knock out every MMA athlete that calls the Octagon home and then come out on the losing end without ever landing a single punch.
I say it is time to close the book on the MMA vs Boxing debate – keep boxers in boxing and MMA fighters in MMA.
Post fight remarks summed up the match-
Couture- “This was exactly what I trained to do”
Toney- “He caught me on the ground”
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Frankie Edgar defeats BJ Penn by unanimous decision (50-45 x5)
In what was mostly an uneventful carbon copy of the first Penn vs Edgar, just like their UFC 112 bout Edgar was too fast on his feet allowing him to win the stand-up and frustrated BJ Penn who looked slow and flat footed. Frankie Edgar was able to take B.J. Penn down several times throughout the fight. Unlike their first fight, Penn had no instances that looked as if he was taking the initiative and it allowed Edgar to win all five rounds on the judge’s scorecards. BJ Penn looked slow, had no success even when on the ground and never even came close to obtaining a submission hold. I am not sure what is next for him, but BJ Penn seemed far removed from the fighter that dominated Diego Sanchez.
Frankie Edgar talks about win over BJ Penn
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In other action, Nate Diaz looked good in his second showing at 170, he busted up Marcus Davis and left Davis with an eye the size of a softball then locked in a choke rendered the “Irish Hand Grenade” unconcious in the third round.
Gray Maynard was able to use his wrestling to control the fight against Kenny Florian for the win on the judge’s scorecards and earning himself a shot at the LW title held by Frankie Edgar.
Joe Lauzon ran an absolute MMA clinic on former TUF 5 castoff “I need a Colonic”, “I can’t make weight but like cake” Gabe Ruediger. In a matter of minutes, Lauzon slammed Gabe to the canvas, landed hard punches and elbows and then finished the fight off with a by the book MMA-101 armbar. Reudiger needs to immediately return to the smaller shows and accept that the UFC is not the place for him.
Complete results after the video
Dana White UFC 118: Talks James Toney
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UFC 118 Results
Frankie Edgar defeats BJ Penn by unanimous decision (50-45 x5)
Randy Couture defeats James Toney by submission (arm triangle) at 3.19mins of Rd1-
Demian Maia defeats Mario Miranda by unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
Gray Maynard defeats Kenny Florian by unanimous decision (30-27 x2, 29-28)
Nate Diaz defeats Marcus Davis by submission (guillotine choke) at 4.02mins of Rd3
Joe Lauzon defeats Gabe Ruediger by submission (armbar) at 2.01mins of Rd1
Nik Lentz defeats Andre Winner by unanimous decision (30-27 x2, 29-28)
Dan Miller defeats John Salter by submission (anaconda choke) at 1.53mins of Rd2
Greg Soto defeats Nick Osipczak by unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
Mike Pierce defeats Amilcar Alves by submission (armbar) at 3.11mins of Rd3
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