Strikeforce Considered Herschel Walker vs. Don Frye or Mark Coleman

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We're 15 days away from Herschel Walker's second pro MMA fight, and it's safe to say that there is a considerable less amount of buzz heading into the sequel.

Part of that has to do with the mammoth shadow cast over the Jan. 29 Strikeforce event by the upcoming heavyweight grand prix, and the other part is most of us feel like we've seen this movie before: Herschel Walker vs. unknown fighter X. Been there done that. As you may recall, Walker defeated the unknown Greg Nagy last January, and many are expecting him to do the same against Scott Carson when they meet in San Jose, Calif.

And while pundits and fans criticized Strikeforce for the matchmaking when this fight was first announced, which was originally supposed to take place in December before Walker suffered a cut under his eye in training, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker said on Monday's episode of The MMA Hour, that the organization originally had some big plans for the former Heisman Trophy winner.

Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/01/14/strikeforce-considered-herschel-walker-vs-don-frye-or-mark-cole/

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