A potential freakshow fight between NFL legend Herschel Walker (1-0) and former MLB player Jose Canseco (0-1) could happen down the road, but it likely won’t be for Strikeforce.
Strikeforce, No. 2 MMA organization in the U.S., seeks legitimacy and doesn’t want to risk bringing the highly controversial fighter into the mix.
“We are not interested (in this fight),” Strikeforce Director of Communications Mike Afromowitz told MMA HQ during a brief text message.
Walker, who trained at the San Jose American Kickboxing Academy, showed dedication and discipline in training. Despite it being a sloppy fight in which he could have ended it via submission or TKO (ground-and-pound) on numerous occasions, Walker still came away with the victory.
“Jose wants to do this for money,” Walker said during an interview with the Bob and Dan radio show. If “he wants to fight me and he thinks it’s going to be a circus, I will hurt him. This is not a joke, I will hurt him, because I don’t do things as a joke… this MMA fighting is real. You can get hurt, and he doesn’t understand it.”
However, outspoken coach Cesar Gracie said he’d be interested in coaching Canseco, saying the fight is a “circus” and “spectacle.” Gracie currently instructs the likes of three different Strikeforce champions (Gilbert Melendez, lightweight; Nick Diaz, welterweight; and Jake Shields, middleweight), along with Nate Diaz and other talented pro fighters.
Even though Afromowitz said Strikeforce isn’t interested, there is an obvious morbid curiosity among some MMA fans — but for a sport that still has seven states holding out on regulation — this could negatively impact the sport.
I don’t want Canseco anywhere near MMA. He is nothing more than a parasite and leech. His “fight” against Hong Man Choi was a 77-second fight in which the attention-starved former baseball player had his ass handed to him in a similar fashion to an after school beatdown between a bully and his pray.
Listen, I don’t have anything against Canseco — it sounds like he has found a lovely girlfriend and is enjoying life. Fine. My only request is that he stays away from Strikeforce and other legitimate MMA organizations in the United States.
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i agree Mike, Canseco is not even trying to win a fight, he just goes in there takes a fall and collects his money. Its insulting to the real fighters who work so hard to reach that level only to have their place on the main card stolen by a freak show fight.
Walker has no future in MMA, but at least he joined a good team and started learning how to fight. Hes got respect for the sport and the athletes while we already know Canseco has no respect for anything, including his own sport.
I say, no way Jose..