Former NFL star Herschel Walker stopped Hungarian fighter Greg Nagy in the third round Saturday night to win his mixed-martial arts debut.
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.
Walker was the 1982 Heisman Trophy winner while at Georgia and played professionally for Dallas, Philadelphia, Minnesota, the New York Giants and the USFL’s New Jersey Generals.
Herschel Walker turned his attention to MMA about 2½ months ago when he moved to San Jose, Calif., to train at renowned American Kickboxing Academy. At 47 he should do well in the MMA.
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It has been nearly two weeks since Michael Jackson’s sudden death turned the world upside down. Shocking revelations about the entertainer have emerged with each passing day, but on the heels of yesterday’s emotional “Michael Jackson Memorial,” it has come to light that MJ was a big UFC fan. “He was a fan and he watched the UFC pay-per-views and he was into it,” said Lorenzo Fertitta, chairman and CEO of the UFC. That being said, who was at UFC 84 on May 24, 2008? If you were, then maybe you saw a person in a wheelchair that had a black cloth over his face and sunglasses on. Wanna guess who that was? That’s right, it was none other than the “King of Pop” himself, rolling around floor-level inside the the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas, Nevada.
R.I.P. Michael Jackson.
When Did MJ Do His Best Work?
So anyone out there that may have thought Kimbo Slice would be the number one ranked heavyweight in the world someday was really only kidding themselves. The problem with that all comes down to the way EliteXC has marketed him. Kevin Fergusen just wanted to fight, which is obvious because he made a name for himself fighting on the internet against bums in back yards and parking lots. When he decided to make the move into the MMA universe people cringed, but Kimbo knew what he was doing. If anything, hate EliteXC, hate Jared Shaw. They are the ones that set this all up. Last night when Kimbo Slice lay sprawled out on the floor, Jared Shaw can be seen in the background screaming at the referee about a shot to the back of the head. When questioned about it later he stated that it was because he wanted the best safety for the fighters.
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