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"The person I wanted to fight right off the bat was Brock Lesnar," Toney said in a live chat with MMAFighting.com. "He's a champion, I'm a champion and I wanted to do it. But they said I couldn't do that. Then they said, 'How about Kimbo?' But I said, 'That's too easy. That's like kicking a little kid's butt.' But then Randy started saying he wanted to fight me, so I said, 'OK, you're the first one getting it.'"
I wouldn't have minded seeing him versus Kimbo. If Kimbo was smart and immediately worked the ground game then he could win, and that would be a lot more humiliating for Toney than losing to Couture.
^^ boo. Maia has nothing to gain from that matchup. Miranda is a good grappler in his own right though, should be a good ground fight, which Maia will win.
Mario is a pretty good wrestler though, Maia will probably have to beat him standing as well or guard pull him.
According to mmafighting.com:
The spot opened up for [Gabe] Ruediger after Terry Etim was forced to pull out of the fight for undisclosed reasons. Ruediger has agreed to step in on short notice to fight Joe Lauzon at UFC 118 on Aug. 28th.
Lauzon vs. Ruediger is still expected to air on the Spike TV prelims.
Loss Sam Stout - Decision (Unanimous) UFC 108 1/2/2010 3 5:00
Win Jeremy Stephens - Submission (Armbar) UFC FN 17 2/7/2009 2 4:43
Win Kyle Bradley - TKO (Punches) UFC FN 15 9/17/2008 2 1:34
[UPDATE] - via twitter.com/ARIELHELWANI:
Etim suffered a broken rib.
[UPDATE 2] - Alessio Sakara Out of UFC 118, Gerald Harris Likely to Face Joe Vedepo according to mmafighting.com:
A knee injury has forced surging Italian striker Alessio Sakara off the UFC 118 card, and the UFC middleweight who was scheduled to fight Gerald Harris is likely to be replaced by returning Joe Vedepo (11-3).
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