Note To James Toney, Other Boxers: MMA Doesn't Need You

Found January 27, 2010 on Ropes, Ring and Cage:

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If I told you that a 41-year-old boxer with no professional MMA experience and very little training was offered a deal by the UFC and turned it down, what would you think is more ridiculous: the offer or the rejection? Both happened recently as the public courting of James Toney took a turn up to the bedroom but the UFC and the partial alphabet soup heavyweight champion didn't make it up the

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