Penn: I would really like to see Toney do good
“I really would like to see James Toney do good out there,” Penn said. “You know what? If Randy goes…
“I really would like to see James Toney do good out there,” Penn said. “You know what? If Randy goes in there and runs over James Toney in five seconds, I don’t think that does anything. I look for ways to try to build the sport, ways to put more fans in the seats and more money in our pockets. I want to see James Toney go in there and do good.”
Using the recent case of Chael Sonnen as an example, Penn explained that fans sometimes take the fighters’ pre-fight trash talk too seriously when it’s simply an attempt to hype the fight.
He says Toney’s comments about Couture and MMA are no different.
“I remember talking to him a while back and he said, ‘BJ, I want to get involved with this stuff,'” Penn recalled. “And I never… I thought he was just running his mouth at first. I thought we were just, you know, having a conversation. And here he is, here he is. He’s stepping in and fighting a five-time UFC champ on his first fight. The guy’s got some b—-, man. And I give it to him. And I just, I wish the best for him.”
