# Herschel Walker was a professional MMA fighter after his Pro Football career? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 28, 2014, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-was-a-professional-mma-fighter-after-his-pro-football-career/682490 "2014-02-28T05:11:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-was-a-professional-mma-fighter-after-his-pro-football-career/682490/1 "2014-02-28T05:11:13Z")
[Odd but true!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschel_Walker) I never knew. > [@](#): > > In November 2007, Walker appeared on the HDNet show Inside MMA as a guest. He indicated that he would take part in a mixed martial arts reality show in the near future (along with José Canseco) and that he would have an official MMA fight at the conclusion of the show.[60] In September 2009, it was announced that Herschel had been signed by MMA promotion company Strikeforce to compete in their heavyweight division.[61] > > He began a 12-week training camp with trainer “Crazy” Bob Cook at the AKA American Kickboxing Academy in October 2009 in San Jose, California.[62][63] In his MMA debut on January 30, 2010, Walker defeated Greg Nagy via technical knock-out due to strikes at Strikeforce: Miami.[64][65] According to Scott Coker, the Strikeforce CEO, Walker pledged to donate his fight purse to charity.[66] Scott Coker announced Walker would fight again on Dec 4, 2010 in St. Louis, Mo.[67] > > Strikeforce confirmed that Walker would face former WEC fighter Scott Carson when he made his second appearance in the Strikeforce cage.[68] Walker was forced off the Strikeforce card on December 4 due to a cut suffered in training that required seven stitches. They fought instead on January 29, 2011, and Walker defeated Carson via TKO (strikes) at 3:13 of round 1.[ ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-was-a-professional-mma-fighter-after-his-pro-football-career/682490/2 "2014-02-28T16:31:15Z")
And, bear in mind that he started his MMA career in his late 40s. 🙂 He apparently has a 5th-degree black belt in Taekwondo. The guy was also an Olympian, competing as the pusher in [2-man bobsled in the '92 Winter Games](http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1992/BOB/mens-two.html) (his sled finished 7th overall), in the middle of his NFL career. Just a flat-out athlete. ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-was-a-professional-mma-fighter-after-his-pro-football-career/682490/3 "2014-02-28T22:50:15Z")
For all his accomplishments as an elite athlete, I’ll always remember Herschel Walker for the last game he played in college when Georgia (Tech or University?) lost to Penn State for the national title. One of the best football games ever. As one of the TV commentators said, “Give credit to Penn State, give courage to Georgia.” ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-was-a-professional-mma-fighter-after-his-pro-football-career/682490/4 "2014-02-28T23:34:59Z")
Walker played at the University of Georgia. (UGa) ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2014, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-was-a-professional-mma-fighter-after-his-pro-football-career/682490/5 "2014-03-02T15:31:17Z")
> [@Esox\_Lucius](#): > > For all his accomplishments as an elite athlete, I’ll always remember Herschel Walker for the last game he played in college when Georgia (Tech or University?) lost to Penn State for the national title. One of the best football games ever. As one of the TV commentators said, “Give credit to Penn State, give courage to Georgia.” Penn State, aka Pedobear University.