Is James Toney The Hardest Hitter In MMA Now?

[Clegg]

Mighty Mo is another guy who punches very hard.

If we are bringing kicks into it then CroCop and several others also hit harder than Toney.

[Jack3d]

Overall Power it has to go to Overeem or Manhoef.

Overeem had Fujita carried out of Saitama Super Arena on a slab

Manhoef caved in the side of Mark Hunts skulls.

Both are incredible feats.

[res]

While I believe you're correct in Toney having 1punch ko power in mma I seriously doubt that a right hand is better than a leg kick.

Simply because the right hand would never land...

yeah, i never thought about that, Shogun is way to allusive for Toney.

[Check_hooks]

Of course Toney is a harder PUNCHER than any1 in mma except maybe Fedor

Toneys mastered the art of punching while other mma fighters have to worry bout kicks

[boxasmash]

Carwin hits harder.

[res]

Of course Toney is a harder PUNCHER than any1 in mma except maybe Fedor

Toneys mastered the art of punching while other mma fighters have to worry bout kicks

harder than Mercer?

Mercer is the obvious answer to me.

[Gorilla Dogs]

Toney is over the hill and isn't known as a knockout artist


Toney breaks guys down and hasn't stopped anyone in a while, Toney is a better BOXER but not neccessarely a country mile ahead in punchin POWER. There are harder punchers in MMA but they dont have good technique for combos ect..

[BetterCallSaul]

Toney stopped Greer in his last fight. Greer probably has better boxing/standup skills than most UFC fighters.

Trust me, if poor boxing technicians like Liddell can KO Couture, Toney has 100x the ability to do the same - if the fight stays standing. However, if Couture is intelligent, he will take Toney down and win within the first minute. Although, I have a nagging feeling he will want to try and prove his dominance over the vastly outmatched boxer and try to stand up with him, and if he does that it's 'lights out'.

[Drunken Cat]

Toney stopped Greer in his last fight. Greer probably has better boxing/standup skills than most UFC fighters.

Trust me, if poor boxing technicians like Liddell can KO Couture, Toney has 100x the ability to do the same - if the fight stays standing. However, if Couture is intelligent, he will take Toney down and win within the first minute. Although, I have a nagging feeling he will want to try and prove his dominance over the vastly outmatched boxer and try to stand up with him, and if he does that it's 'lights out'.

I have my doubts that Randy will stand in front of Toney. Randy does, however have a history of standing in front of guys on the feet for too long and getting KO'd, as it happened against Chuck and Lesnar both. Still, in the case of Chuck, he had been successful in the standup in their first fight, and was probably overconfident coming in. In the Brock fight, he had been having success landing strikes, and was probably overconfident in his superior striking coming into that one as well. I don't expect Randy to stand in front of Toney for even a second longer than he has to, but at the same time, I wouldn't be incredibly surprised if he did indeed do so. I consider it a long shot at best, but anything's possible. If it were to happen, I would expect it to come from Randy camping out longer than he needs to rather than being overconfident and trying to strike with Toney. Short of that, it's not inconceivable that he could be caught with an uppercut when he shoots (unlikely, but you never know) or mauled on the inside when he tries to clinch (again, unlikely, but you never know. If anyone knows how to punch on the inside it's Toney; by the same token though, if anyone knows how to control somebody from the clinch, that man is Randy).

[Drunken Cat]

harder than Mercer?

Mercer is the obvious answer to me.

I agree that Mercer is obviously the hardest puncher in MMA (ever). Does anyone know though if he has plans to fight again? Just out of curiosity.