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Couture shows Toney the ‘Mean Street’ with UFC 118 walk-in music

by VHND — updated August 29, 2010 21 Comments

ImageFrom Las Vegas Sun:

By Allison Duck

Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010 | 5:36 a.m.

Keeping with his theme of classic rock walk in music, UFC legend Randy Couture went with another iconic act to signal his arrival into the octagon in Boston’s TD Garden.

The frenetic pace of the guitar heavy intro to Van Halen’s “Mean Street” matched the speed of Couture’s flurry of punches that neutralized boxer James Toney.

The echoing refrain of “Come on down to Mean Street” seemed a somewhat taunting invitation from the MMA veteran to the seasoned boxer.

Full story at Las Vegas Sun.

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