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Fight Archives: Randy Couture earns black belt with submission win over James Toney

Twitter has a funny way of slapping us with memories. This little nugget was one of the highlights for the week.

I thought we’d rewind a little further, to almost ten years to the day. When three-division world boxing champion James Toney stepped up to fight Hall-of-Famer Randy Couture at UFC 118.

Matchmakers thought it would be a compelling matchup, and why not? It’s always a trip for fight fans to go back to the “style vs. style” days, anyway. Even if we almost always knew what the end result would be.