Fight Picks Walker vs Nagy MMA Betting Odds: Tonight former NFL player Herschel Walker will make his mixed martial arts debut when he takes on lightly regarded Greg Nagy from the Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida. The Strikeforce promoted 3-round heavyweight bout is scheduled to go off at 10 PM ET. Walker was a premier athlete even by NFL standards when he played but at 47-years old how well can he truly excel at a sport that is relatively new to him? Below is a winning fight picks selection on Walker's first fight to make some easy cash on.
The Walker vs Nagy MMA Betting Odds have Walker as a -325 at Bodog.com.
Walker’s opponent
Greg Nagy has insisted that he is coming to win against Walker and thinks that his slight edge in experience will make a difference. Nagy had this to say. "It's gonna give me a little bit of an advantage since I know what it's like. I think stepping into the cage for the first time is going to be an experience for anyone. I may not know what it's like in front of that large of a crowd, but I definitely think it gives me an edge because Herschel's not used to it. He might be used to exposure and media exposure and playing in front of thousands of people, but stepping in a cage to fight for the first time, that's a different experience altogether.
The Walker vs Nagy MMA Betting Odds give Walker a 76% chance of winning.
Some MMA critics have scoffed at Walker’s entry into the mixed martial arts world but the confident Walker had this to say about his new fighting career: "I've been training for several years. I would play college football games on Saturday and then compete in martial arts tournaments on Sunday after church. I'm now looking forward to opening up another chapter in my life and to competing in
MMA. I will go in there and test myself against any 20-year-old. I know there will be naysayers and I'm fine with that. I want to prove to people who sit on a couch and don't do anything but criticize other people that, if you're a true athlete or martial artist, you're not old until you can't get up and walk around anymore. MMA fighters are said to be some of the best athletes in the world. My plan at the age of 47 is to show the world I am still one of the best athletes as well.”
It should be noted that Walker does own a fifth-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and went to the 1992 Olympics as a Bobsledder. Walker is still a chiseled 6’1” 225 Lbs. and was one of the most gifted athletes on the gridiron with 4.40 40-yard dash speed in his prime. Walker’s opponent Hungarian Greg Nagy has the appearance of a truck driven with his lily white skin and pot belly so Walker’s handlers at Strikeforce are giving him the right type of opponent for his first bout.
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Submitted by Brad Marchetti on Sat, 01/30/2010 - 3:08pm.