Herschel Goes MMA
NFL and NCAA football legend, Herschel Walker has signed a multi-fight contract with Strikeforce, the group hellbent on catching the UFC in the rapidly growing blood sport segment known as mixed martial arts (or MMA).1 Walker is best known as the NFL running back who was traded from the Dallas Cowboys to the Minnesota Vikings for 5 players and 6 draft picks. It was undoubtedly the steepest price ever paid for an NFL football player. Most recently, Walker displayed his brains on Donald Trump’s Celebrity Apprentice, but now the 47-year-old will have to rely on his brawn as he battles MMA heavyweights half his age.
The obvious question for Herschel is: Why? According to Walker himself: “MMA fighters are said to be some of the best athletes in the world, my plan at the age of 47 is to show the world I am still one of the best athletes as well.”2 Walker is probably telling the truth. Following football, Walker made the 1992 Winter Olympics team and finished seventh in the 1992 two-man bobsled competition. He also narrowly missed making the Olympic sprint relay team. His superior athleticism is obvious. In addition, Walker has a fifth degree blackbelt in Tae Kwon Do and has training in the combat disciplines of Muay Thai and Kenpo. So perhaps he also has the requisite skills to compete.
Herschel’s foray into MMA undoubtedly will make for good theater, and should the topic come up, you are now prepared to talk about it at dinner.
Read on:
(Images taken from http://www.strikeforce.com)
- See Dinner Topics’ recent post on MMA and the UFC (http://www.dinnertopics.com/sports/dont-lol-at-the-ufc-its-mma/) ↩
- http://www.strikeforce.com/news/news.asp?story_id=213 ↩
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