Highly decorated boxer James Toney signed by the UFC

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James Toney's outspoken bid to join the UFC has finally born fruit, as the 41-year old former high profile middleweight and super-middleweight boxing champion has now been signed to a multi-fight contract.

Toney (76-6-3 2 NC) is the current NABO and IBA heavyweight title holder and boasts 44 career knockouts. He first made his interest in competing for the UFC known after UFC 108, but at the time, was very publicly unable to reach a deal with the organization.

After Toney crashed the UFC 108 post-fight press conference UFC President Dana White said a fight featuring Toney would be a "freak show," promting Toney to fire back later with some choice words of his own.

"Dana White is a straight up ho!" Toney told FightHype.com. "He makes me a five-fight offer for chump change and said I can't box anymore if I accept it. He must have lost his damn mind. Dana White is embarrassing MMA. He says all this shit about how a boxer wouldn't last against an MMA fighter and now he's (expletive) scared to put his guys in there with me. I would beat all of their asses."

A debut date for Toney remains uncertain, but what is certain, is that when he steps into the Octagon he will do so as the most highly-decorated boxer in UFC history.