Herschel Walker's MMA debut results in a third round technical knockout victory over Greg Nagy
by James Kimball on Jan 31, 2010 12:10 AM EST
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Well, Herschel Walker can finally cross off winning a professional mixed martial arts fight from his bucket list.
The former Heisman trophy-winning running back, turned world-class sprinter, turned Olympic Bobsleder, has now successfully completed his transformation into becoming a legitimate MMA fighter.
In his MMA debut under the Strikeforce banner, Walker used his superior strength and athleticism to overwhelm opponent Greg Nagy earning a third round TKO victory.
However, it wasn't all footwork and hand speed that got the job done.
Walker actually displayed some decent wrestling while mixing in some effective ground and pound on his way to his first victory inside the cage. Though he did let numerous submission opportunities pass, he escaped a couple precarious situations of his own.
Coming into the match up with Nagy, many observers pointed to Walker's athletic prowess as the one clear advantage that either fighter held over their opponent. Despite this being Walker's first professional MMA contest, experience was not something Nagy could rely on, as coming into the fight his record stood at a modest 1-1.
Of course now, all the pre-fight hype and talk as to whether or not this endeavor would prove to be successful for Herschel, will turn into whether or not he can do it again.
Walker's long-term intentions in the sport are not yet clear, but if tonight's outcome was to play any role in his decision process on the matter, you can bet we'll be seeing more of this ultimate Renaissance man in the future.
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Idiot
You must be a Tim Teblow fan. Herschel Walker would whoop your ass.
all I can think about is whne he said he would be every person on TUF10
He would get fucked up…….and in honor of nick diaz excuse my language
Hypocrite
I’m sure you were the same one who said Herschel Walker was going to get fucked up in the fight against Naggy. Now instead of admitting you were wrong, you’re going to take the bitch way out.
kappa stfu
I KNEW he was going to smoke that nobody naggy…….everyone else on TUF10 was huge and had so much skills compared to naggy…..like comeone imagine herschel walker vs brendan shaub or roy nelson………he would get beat
The only thing that impressed me tonight.
Was how absolutely horrible Nagy is. Like, seriously. He needs to give up fighting. He never should have started fighting, and I believe he should be banned from MMA websites.
They knew a guy like that WILL.....
NEVER get a fight on a main card and televised fight, nor make that much money. That is what sickens me of this kind of pick and choose matchmaking.
Haha
Nagy was terrible and should give it up, that showing was embarrassing as was the whole fight in all honesty.
Anyway who cares about Herschel, the real story is that Nick Diaz is the champ. He KO’d a quality opponent in Whitemare after getting rocked badly and proved that he is the man. Right now he’s the only WW that I want to see fight GSP, as much as I like Hardy and Semtex I don’t think that their grappling will be anywhere near good enough but Diaz is well rounded enough to give GSP a good fight at least. War Diaz, War Cesar Gracie.
"If I could change my name what would it be? Jesus"
Tito Ortiz (seriously...)
The whole fight card suck, honestly.
The girls put on a good show but other than that horrible show.
I don't agree with that..
The Lawler fight was impressive. Can’t complain about a come-from-behind first round KO.
Yeah, the Lashley fight was sort of pointless, and the Walker fight had me wanting to turn off the TV, it wasn’t a bad card overall.
I was impressed by Diaz, and of course it was cool to see Santos fight again. I’m going to agree with Kenny Florian, send Cyborg over to the WEC and let her fight Faber lol.
I just don't think any of the fights were competitive
I have seen local shows with more competitive fights than this event Strikeforce put on. Three out of the five matchups were crap and lawler threw a punch that by luck caught Melvin right on his button. Diaz handle his business but I wouldn’t call it impressive. I guess it’s my fault for getting so hyped up for this event and actually thinking it would be good.
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alot of fight cards arent competitive. we can have melendez vs. thomson II on every card buddy
How was the Diaz fight not competetive or impressive?
Sure it didn’t last long but it was a stand-up war between 2 quality strikers. Diaz was in big trouble early on but somehow survived and ended up pulling off the best win of his career, once again showing superb boxing skills to do so.
Lawler was getting killed only to KO Melvin just as he looked finished, no complaints from me for a surprise comeback like that.
No idea what you expected mate, I didn’t think that the card sucked or wasn’t competetive at all. Sure there were a couple of joke fights but we knew that coming in and Diaz-Whitemare, Cyborg-Coenes and Lawler-Manhoef all delivered in my opinion.
"If I could change my name what would it be? Jesus"
Tito Ortiz (seriously...)
people just say it wasnt good because it was strikeforce
besides the 2 joke fights the other 3 were really good fights
Think of other guy that have 2 professinoal or fights or less....
Corey Hill, Andy Wang, The “I’m an Ultimate fighter” from tito’s TUF 3 team. All 3 of them could of fought better. And at 214 lbs, they didn t bring in a REAL heavyweight. I mean , you can literally lose 8 or 9 lbs by going to bed the night before and not eating of drinking uintil the weighins the next afternoon. So many aspects of this fight is just sad.
That Nagy has no busines even fighting. I hate Strikeforce and their “let’s look long and hard to fight a fighter, or leack thereof, that our guy will look good against” attitude.
Tat are MANY, MANY many others with in their 3 pro fight taht would of done much better.
I cant stand this freakshow angle. And to take away main card status from guys like Hieron and Riggs is just shameful
dude think before you post.
you don’t think UFC does the exact same thing to push their fighters? they do buddy, you just need to open your eyes.
fresh like uhh.
Kimbo! Kimbo!
oh wait, that’s the UFC.
"Why am I here? Why does my mind have wings? Why do blue midgets hit me with fish?!" - The Tick
Hypocrites
First you all say Herschel Walker was going to get his ass beat, now you don’t want to eat your words so you say “the guy he beat sucked”.
Walker did everything he was suppose to do, and won. Now suck up your pride Tim Teblow lovers, and admit Walker proved you guys wrong.
omfg noob
why would you stick up for him? he should have fought Werdum or Fedor his first fight. even though he stated that he just wants a few small fights and has no ambitions at a title shot that is no excuse not to feed a 47 year old man to the lions in his debut.
that is a joke btw. I <3 Hershel. I am a vegetarian from Georgia though, so I am biased.
Haha you're fuckin retarded
You want a guy who is 47 to fight his first professional fight against Fedor? That makes no damn sense idiot. Thats like saying Jerry Rice should have his first fight against Manny Pacquaio. Oh, and by the way you really hurt my feelings calling me a noob. I wish I was a professional like you on message boards, but I have a job unlike you dumbass loser. Herschel Walker won so choke on it bitch!
sarcasm detection fail.
you apparently didn’t read “that is a joke btw. I <3 Hershel. I am a vegetarian from Georgia though, so I am biased.”
I kinda figured herschel was gonna get the w
but I think we CAN ALL admit that Nagy (or if your a commentator,noogie..such blatant disrespect) did very much suck…they at least needed a name,dammit…throw Baroni in there or somethin..im sure he could blow up to 206lbs in rather short time..if he isnt already..
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
and what a stoppage!
Thunderous blows to the shoulders and lats
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
Yeah that was a little pathetic
The point at which it was stopped was just stupid, that’s Troy Waugh for you though…….
Both were terrible
One of the worst fights ive ever seen
by Lester The Pimp on Jan 31, 2010 2:58 PM EST reply actions
Easy Publicity
It was a simple publicity stunt that worked for them. Put one of the most respected and revered athletes in recent history in an mma match that he could win easily. I mean seriously, have you ever seen a more physically unapposing athlete than Waugh. That was a simple set-up to let Walker look as good as possible so Strikeforce didn’t get heat for having a 47 year old icon get his face mangled. Let’s not read any more into that fight than what it actually was. EASY PUBLICITY…
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