Tag: Herschel Walker MMA

      Herschel Walker wants to play for the Falcons next season. Yes that Herschel Walker.

      January 26, 2011 /

      Earlier this week, Herschel Walker was on a teleconference call promoting an upcoming MMA fight and said that he wanted to be the “George Foreman of football.”

      From ESPN.com:

      “Who knows, at 50 I may try for football again to show people I can do that,” Walker said Monday on a teleconference call to promote an upcoming fight. “I want to be the George Foreman of football. I can come back and do that one more time.”

      “The two teams I would come back to play for are Minnesota or Atlanta,” Walker said. “It would probably be Atlanta because that’s home for me.

      “I’m a Georgia boy. That’s just home.”

      That’s just what the Falcons need: another bruising running back to go along with Michael Turner and Jason Snelling – and one approaching 50, no less.

      With how good of shape he’s in, I wouldn’t doubt that Herschel could return to football and take a few handoffs. Have you seen him lately? The man could scare children with his action-figure like physique.

      But at his age, I’m thinking one hit from Jerome Harrison would end that experiment real quick.

      External Sports, Mixed Martial Arts, NFL

      Herschel Walker wins first MMA fight

      January 31, 2010 /

      Herschel Walker defeated Greg Nagy in the third round on Saturday night to win his MMA debut. Referee Troy Waugh called the fight after Walker drove Nagy into the fence and then proceeded to pummel him with a flurry of punches.

      From TSN.com:

      “The experience was exciting,” Walker said. “This is the hardest thing I’ve ever done.”

      Still trim and fit at 47, Walker used his strength advantage to wear down the 26-year-old Nagy (1-2). He appeared to be close to the win near the end of the second five-minute round, but Nagy managed to extend the bout.

      In his football days, Walker dropped jaws with a workout regimen that included upwards of 3,000 situps and pushups everyday. He also holds a fifth-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

      Considering that most athletes-turned-MMA-fighters get crushed in their MMA debuts, this is impressive. I have no idea who the hell Greg Nagy is, but well done Herschel, well done.


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      Mixed Martial Arts, NFL

      Herschel Walker challenges Dana White to a fight

      September 30, 2009 /

      Former NFL great Herschel Walker appeared on ESPN First Take on Tuesday and challenged UFC President Dana White to a fight. Walker’s hostility towards White stems from comments made by the UFC prez after Walker signed a deal with Strikeforce.

      From Fightline.com:

      “I think it’s ridiculous,” White stated about Walker’s signing during an interview on Inside The Ultimate Fighter. “People think we’re anti-competition? We’re anti-dumb competition. Doing stupid things like this, putting a 50 year old guy in the Octagon for the first time, and then going out there putting out press releases like it’s a big deal because you signed a 50-year-old Herschel Walker? Are you serious?”

      Walker took White’s comments to heart, and had some comments of his own for White.

      “Who ever made him the guy to measure athletic talent?” Walker asked the show. “I don’t think Dana knows anything about athletic talent.
      “He knows about fighters, which is different,” Walker continued. “He’s running a show right now with heavyweights and I’ll put dimes to donuts, all the heavyweights on his show right now I will beat. That’s pretty easy to say.”
      Walker went on to issue a challenge to the UFC President.

      “Dana always tells people to put their money where your mouth is. Dana says I’m so old? Why doesn’t he step into the ring with me because he’s been practicing (MMA), as well?”

      It sounds like Walker is biting off more than he can chew. I don’t know enough about the MMA to know who would take down whom, but I think it’s a safe bet that if Walker went against any of the UFC’s top fighters he might struggle. Other athletes-turned-MMA fighters have gone in the ring before, only to be dismantled quickly. But again, I don’t Walker’s fighting style, so I admit I’m talking out of my league here.

      Either way, I’d pay to see a Walker-White clash. (Actually, I wouldn’t…but I’d at least watch the highlights.)

      Mixed Martial Arts, NFL

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