UFC 118: Randy Couture vs. James Toney Fight Odds: This Saturday at UFC 118 it will be Boxing vs. UFC when boxing legend James Toney takes on UFC legend Randy Couture on PPV at 9 PM ET. The 41-year old Toney will attempt to win his first ever MMA bout with only 6 months of formal MMA training. Toney has been a fringe heavyweight boxing contender the last few years of his career and is making a giant leap to attempt MMA at such an advanced age. The 46-year old Couture is looking forward to the bout and is expected to win convincingly by the oddsmakers. Below is a closer look at this unique match-up with a free sports picks play form our fight picks team of experts.
 

Fight Picks Analysis: Toney is still an excellent in-fighting technician which could help him in UFC. Toney knows how to use short strikes on the inside with speed and accuracy. James should be able to hold his own against Couture‘s vaunted clinch with those skills. Toney is technically proficient as a boxer and possesses some classy moves on defensively. Toney can roll with punches and counterpunch with the best of them. James could essentially leverage a combination to the chin on Couture, similar to the bomb that former boxing contender Ray Mercer landed against former UFC champ Tim Sylvia. The Randy Couture vs. James Toney Fight Odds give Couture an 87% chance of winning.

Couture is most likely going to go for the two-legged takedown early and often against the pudgy boxer. Toney’s balance, conditioning and reaction time have diminished so regular moves in MMA could be a challenge to master.. Not to many well skilled MMA fighters can defend a dominating two-legged takedown and Couture has a very-good one. The wrestler should essentially maul the outgunned and overweight boxer.

Toney has a legit punchers chance and is in good enough shape for this fight to lay the 46-year old Couture out cold. Couture in theory should submit the boxer but Ray Mercer proved that a heavyweight boxers with some basic training can level UFC fighters. At the bloated UFC Betting Odds Toney is worth taking a shot on for a big payoff.

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