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MMAEYES
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| | Subject: Walker-"Fighting again is not my goal" Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:30 am | |
| http://www.mmamania.com/2011/1/30/1964845/herschel-walkers-goal-is-not-to-fight-again-just-to-help-grow-the
"There's no doubt, if I come back I'm going to fight someone a little bit tougher. But my biggest goal right now is just to get in the gym and work. I just want to train and bring some recognition to this sport. Maybe make a little bit more money for these guys. This is a great, great sport. This sport deserves to be, I think, on wall street. It deserves that for people to recognize these athletes for what they're doing in the cage and in the Octagon and they're not getting it. So I'd love to try to bring a little bit more, speak out a little bit more on it and maybe I can help it out a little bit more, even though I'm getting old, maybe I can help it to grow some. If I'm going to fight again, I won't (wait) so long because I am getting old, but at the same time, fighting again is not my goal."
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bobbitt15
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| | Subject: Re: Walker-"Fighting again is not my goal" Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:31 am | |
| Yep, better back out before they give you someone that has a pulse _________________  |
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MMAEYES
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| | Subject: Re: Walker-"Fighting again is not my goal" Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:36 am | |
| What a bunch of BS. He should have said at the beginning of his "mma career" he was only going to fight as long as they but some scrub that has no chance against him. He just lost all the respect I gained for him by stepping into the cage by now saying it isn't his goal to fight now that he would have to face someone that COULD actually hurt him.
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bobbitt15
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| | Subject: Re: Walker-"Fighting again is not my goal" Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:41 am | |
| Part of me doesn't blame him but the other part wonders why he cared about getting the "thrill of competition" if he was just going to fight two total fucking scrubs and then back out
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MMAEYES
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| | Subject: Re: Walker-"Fighting again is not my goal" Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:56 am | |
| | bobbitt15 wrote: | Part of me doesn't blame him but the other part wonders why he cared about getting the "thrill of competition" if he was just going to fight two total fucking scrubs and then back out
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That's what pisses me off, if you just wanted to beat up someone to make yourself feel young again, then say that. Don't talk about wanting to compete and act like your the shit when you beat some nobody that otherwise would never have been on a SF card. |
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| | Subject: Re: Walker-"Fighting again is not my goal" Mon Jan 31, 2011 10:05 am | |
| He is more interested in starting a MMA Union than actually fighting. Union bosses make pretty good scratch, so maybe he is broke? |
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bobbitt15
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| | Subject: Re: Walker-"Fighting again is not my goal" Mon Jan 31, 2011 10:07 am | |
| He owns his own company. I don't think he's hurting for cash _________________ |
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| | Subject: Re: Walker-"Fighting again is not my goal" Mon Jan 31, 2011 10:09 am | |
| at least he's trying to and succeeding in bringing the spotlight to MMA, tx to him strikeforce has been all over espn and the local sports shows around here... yeah he fought shity competition but what did you guys really expect from a 49 year old? regardless what he said he'd do |
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| | Subject: Re: Walker-"Fighting again is not my goal" Mon Jan 31, 2011 10:31 am | |
| I think it would have been better for the sport if this freakshow never happened |
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| | Subject: Re: Walker-"Fighting again is not my goal" Mon Jan 31, 2011 10:39 am | |
| | MMAEYES wrote: | | I think it would have been better for the sport if this freakshow never happened |
thats a question we'll never know the answer to, but you can't deny the publicity he's brought forth |
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| | Subject: Re: Walker-"Fighting again is not my goal" Mon Jan 31, 2011 10:57 am | |
| | killerofchicken wrote: | | MMAEYES wrote: | | I think it would have been better for the sport if this freakshow never happened |
thats a question we'll never know the answer to, but you can't deny the publicity he's brought forth |
I can deny that the publicity was good, I feel like any hype he was given will now turn into "hey a 49 year old that didn't know what he was doing can kick ass in that sport". Any props given were given to Walker himself for trying mma none were given to the sport itself. He didn't change anyones mind. If you want to give him props for forcing some sports writers that normally wouldn't talk about mma, to talk about mma OK but I def don't think he made any impact on the sports acceptance. |
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| | Subject: Re: Walker-"Fighting again is not my goal" Mon Jan 31, 2011 11:00 am | |
| | MMAEYES wrote: | | killerofchicken wrote: | | MMAEYES wrote: | | I think it would have been better for the sport if this freakshow never happened |
thats a question we'll never know the answer to, but you can't deny the publicity he's brought forth |
I can deny that the publicity was good, I feel like any hype he was given will now turn into "hey a 49 year old that didn't know what he was doing can kick ass in that sport". Any props given were given to Walker himself for trying mma none were given to the sport itself. He didn't change anyones mind. If you want to give him props for forcing some sports writers that normally wouldn't talk about mma, to talk about mma OK but I def don't think he made any impact on the sports acceptance. |
well, i still think its too early to say something like that... but any reporter knows he was fed easy fights but when you look at espn they rarely ever talk MMA, at least with Walker they got the ball rolling... IMO thats a good thing |
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| | Subject: Re: Walker-"Fighting again is not my goal" Mon Jan 31, 2011 1:14 pm | |
| He is 50 and if he fights he wants to fight guys on his level. The hate makes no sense. |
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MMAEYES
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| | Subject: Re: Walker-"Fighting again is not my goal" Mon Jan 31, 2011 1:23 pm | |
| | Wolfgangsta wrote: | | He is 50 and if he fights he wants to fight guys on his level. The hate makes no sense. |
My point is he never faught anyone on his level, he faught guys that he knew he wouldn't lose to. He might as well have just done a fixed fight imo. |
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| | Subject: Re: Walker-"Fighting again is not my goal" Mon Jan 31, 2011 1:24 pm | |
| how would he know this when he just made his debut??? this was his second fight, you cant gauge a guy after only 2 appearances |
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