# Herschel Walker MMA debut tomorrow night **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 29, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-mma-debut-tomorrow-night/526932 "2010-01-29T19:23:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-mma-debut-tomorrow-night/526932/1 "2010-01-29T19:23:56Z")
Just figured I’d post this in case it interests anyone. It’s on Showtime PPV. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-mma-debut-tomorrow-night/526932/2 "2010-01-29T20:45:29Z")
Seriously? What is he … 50 years old? This can’t end well. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-mma-debut-tomorrow-night/526932/3 "2010-01-29T21:41:21Z")
Already? Seems I just heard he started training. Who is he fighting? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-mma-debut-tomorrow-night/526932/4 "2010-01-29T21:44:27Z")
If his opponent isn’t Bo Jackson … it should be. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-mma-debut-tomorrow-night/526932/5 "2010-01-29T21:46:12Z")
He spent 10 minutes as a ballerina, and another 10 minutes as a bobsledder, so he was due for another enthusiasm. Herschel Walker is the Mr. Toad of sports. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-mma-debut-tomorrow-night/526932/6 "2010-01-30T06:25:28Z")
I dunno I’m interested. I have a friend atShowtime telling me about it. ---
**Author:** ![Chicagojeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@Chicagojeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicagojeff)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-mma-debut-tomorrow-night/526932/7 "2010-01-31T15:42:13Z")
ijust watched Herschel’s mma debut… while he wasn’t say fluid… the shape and cardio he is in is phenomenal… when it was over he wasn’t benI t over… mma is exhausting… I will take this a bit more seriously from him and look forward to seein him fight again… ---
**Author:** ![A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Spoonful_of_Awesome)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-mma-debut-tomorrow-night/526932/8 "2010-01-31T15:54:59Z")
When I first heard about this, I thought it was a different Herschel Walker (y’know, like Jay Cutler the bodybuilder, as opposed to Jay Cutler the whiney quarterback). Apparently he’s been training in martial arts since before he’d ever set foot on an NFL field. He’ll be 48 in March (Psst. Calling Brett Favre…) I’m hoping he starts a trend among ex-NFL players. Bo Jackson would be interesting. I read an interview recently where he talked about how he once had to take down an attacking bear with a bow and arrow. Not that it would do much good in an MMA fight, but damn… ---
**Author:** ![Chicagojeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@Chicagojeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicagojeff)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-mma-debut-tomorrow-night/526932/9 "2010-01-31T16:55:41Z")
> [@A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](#): > > When I first heard about this, I thought it was a different Herschel Walker (y’know, like Jay Cutler the bodybuilder, as opposed to Jay Cutler the whiney quarterback). Apparently he’s been training in martial arts since before he’d ever set foot on an NFL field. > > He’ll be 48 in March (Psst. Calling Brett Favre…) I’m hoping he starts a trend among ex-NFL players. Bo Jackson would be interesting. I read an interview recently where he talked about how he once had to take down an attacking bear with a bow and arrow. Not that it would do much good in an MMA fight, but damn… Vincent (bo) Jackson is really heavy now.. i guess with retirement and the hip its to be expected.. Herschel is just a freak!! Dude has never lifted weights.. he eats one meal a day.. and stated on the radio here in ga that he had a piece of candy two months ago.. thats it for junk food.. no soda no cake no pie no nothing.. herschel also has never lifted weights.. simply push ups sit ups dips and pull ups.. something else.. entirely.. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-mma-debut-tomorrow-night/526932/10 "2010-02-01T20:26:53Z")
> [@Chicagojeff](#): > > ijust watched Herschel’s mma debut.. while he wasn’t say fluid.. the shape and cardio he is in is phenomenal.. when it was over he wasn’t benI t over.. mma is exhausting… > > I will take this a bit more seriously from him and look forward to seein him fight again.. Yeah, he was pretty stiff, but the guy is a really smart fighter. Even so, that kind of fighting that he did would be exhausting for any fighter. Can you think of any fighter that can keep a man that large pinned like Herschel did for pretty much the entire 15 minutes and NOT be exhausted? ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-mma-debut-tomorrow-night/526932/11 "2010-02-02T14:13:04Z")
> [@Chicagojeff](#): > > Vincent (bo) Jackson is really heavy now.. i guess with retirement and the hip its to be expected.. Herschel is just a freak!! Dude has never lifted weights.. he eats one meal a day.. and stated on the radio here in ga that he had a piece of candy two months ago.. thats it for junk food.. no soda no cake no pie no nothing.. herschel also has never lifted weights.. simply push ups sit ups dips and pull ups.. something else.. entirely.. Well, when you do a few thousand of each per day, it sorta makes up for the lack of weights. I’ve met Herschel a few times, and he’s an interesting guy, to say the least.