You really CAN teach an old Dawg new tricks!!
I’d like to give a big shout-out to my fellow GA Bulldog Herschel Walker for not only stepping into the MMA cage for the first time tonight…but for doing it at the age of 47 (when most other pro athletes are playing golf or marketing ‘as seen on TV’ products!).
Not only did Herschel compete, though. He won in dominant fashion! The associated press reports:
Former NFL star Herschel Walker stopped Hungarian fighter Greg Nagy in the third round Saturday night to win his mixed-martial arts debut. Walker drove Nagy into the fence early in the third. After a flurry of punches, referee Troy Waugh called the fight.
“The experience was exciting,” Walker said. “This is the hardest thing I’ve ever done.”
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.
In his football days, Walker dropped jaws with a workout regimen that included upwards of 3,000 situps and pushups everyday. He also holds a fifth-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do.
Walker, a 1992 U.S. Olympian in the two-man bobsled, turned his attention to MMA about 2½ months ago when he moved to San Jose, Calif., to train at renowned American Kickboxing Academy.
Herschel said from the beginning that any proceeds from the fight would go to charity…which means that some fortunate charity will be receiving a pretty big check!
Congrats from the Discipleship Dojo, Herschel!
You did the Dawgs, the state of Georgia, and dedicated martial artists everywhere proud tonight.
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