Walker a Winner in Mixed Martial Arts Debut

Knowing the content I’m about to post on Herschel Walker’s debut fight is not huge MMA news, subsequently I wanted to share the write up for two reasons, one I’ve been a life long Dallas Cowboy fan and two I respected Herschel Walker as a running back with the Cowboys.

And for that, I give him his 15 minutes of MMA fame…

Herschel Walker, the 1982 Heisman Trophy winner, won his professional mixed martial arts debut on Saturday at the tender age of 47, but he proved one thing: He’s a better football player than a fighter.

The one-time Dallas Cowboy stopped a totally ineffective Greg Nagy at 2:17 of the third round on Saturday at the BankAtlantic Center on a Showtime-televised Strikeforce card. More people watched the Showtime broadcast because of Walker. You can go to the bank on that.

Walker took Nagy down in each of the three rounds and tried to punish Nagy on the ground. He landed a few punches and seemed as if he were going to go for a submission at several points, but he was unable to do anything dramatic
Walker, who has long been a martial artist, was pleased with the win and thanked Nagy for the opportunity.

“It’s kind of tough to fight an old man,” Walker said.

Nagy had no offense and spent most of the fight on his back, trying to fend off Walker, who trained at the American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose, Calif., under the guidance of the renowned Javier Mendez.

Walker’s endurance was sensational, but he looked stiff in his standup game and didn’t have a good concept of what he was doing on the ground. According to CompuStrike, Walker landed 77 of 106 strikes overall, an amazing 73 percent. He connected on 69 of 91 on the ground. Nagy landed just seven punches.

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

I, maybe all of us look forward to a better prepared Walker in his next fight! Either way, Walker is still the consummate professional no matter what sport he competes in...