Despite win, Strikeforce’s 49-year-old Herschel Walker still "a young fighter"

SAN JOSE, Calif. – In the second professional MMA fight of his life, Herschel Walker learned a lesson well-known to new fighters: Expect the unexpected.

Walker was taken by surprise when Scott Carson slapped him with a few kicks during the first roun…

SAN JOSE, Calif. – In the second professional MMA fight of his life, Herschel Walker learned a lesson well-known to new fighters: Expect the unexpected.

Walker was taken by surprise when Scott Carson slapped him with a few kicks during the first round of their fight Saturday at “Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg.

 But they woke him up, and he managed to recover to earn a first-round TKO.