Fresh off of his recent signing with the ufc former multi-divisional boxing champion, James Toney, has wasted no time in assessing his future competition:

“If a guy gets in there and try to take me to the ground, he might see his head go into orbit,” said the boxing legend. “The head is going into orbit, for real. These guys in mma, they good wrestlers and good grapplers and good kickers, like girls, but, you know, when it comes to throwing them blows, they ain’t got a chance in hell.”

In reference to Randy Couture’s desire to be the first man who faces Toney in the Octagon (http://twitter.com/Randy_Couture/status/10177842566):

“If he tries to throw blow for blow with me, he definitely gonna get knocked out,” said Toney on a potential match-up with Couture. ”That’s a given, you know what I’m saying? If he tries to take me to the ground, it ain’t going to be easy, you know what I’m saying? He’s still gonna get knocked out. Either way, it’s a lose-lose situation for him.”

While Toney’s all around MMA skills may still be questionable, he clearly doesn’t have a lack of confidence.

The UFC has yet to announce Toney’s first fight in the Octagon.

(source: Five Ounces of Pain)