Jose Canseco calls out Herschel Walker for fight
by Natalia Baage on February 02, 2010

Herschel Walker's Saturday night win has caught the attention of another professional athlete-turned-MMA fighter: Jose Canseco.

The former baseball player must have watched the former football player's bout at this past weekend's Strikeforce: "Miami" event, as he yesterday left the following post on his Twitter account:

"I guess I may have to show Herschel Walker who the real bad Boy of the Sports industry is. If the powers that be are reading, I want in."

He later commented that he had received many responses to his tweet.

As fans remember, Canseco made his transition into MMA in May 2009 at Dream 9 where he took on Hong Man Choi and suffered a submission loss due to strikes in the first round. He has not fought since. His other two fighting experiences have both come in the form of boxing. In January 2009, he took on actor Danny Bonaduce, which ended in a draw; and in November 2009, he earned himself a win over Todd Poulton.

Walker, on the other hand, survived his MMA debut over the weekend, beating Greg Nagy by TKO in the third round. He had been training at American Kickboxing Academy since October in order to prepare for his first fight.

Strikeforce executives have not commented on Canseco's request, but it seems unlikely that a Walker vs. Canseco fight will happen. Currently, it is unknown whether or not Walker will return for a second fight.

 |  (5) Comments Mtx: After watching the Walker fight, I definitely think he would destroy Canseco. When I saw Canseco fight in Dream, I almost peed my pant because of how hard I was laughing. Canseco has nothing to do in an MMA match, Walker on the other side, I think although he is definitely not great, can put up interesting fights. Giada Esposito: Canseco should go back to writing steroid exposes and leave the fighting to real men. Castle: Oh boy. Canseco is like an attention whore or a little kid who needs attention. "Look at me, hey look at me, watch me, see this, look what I can do, why aren't you looking at me"?!
HOW WILL THE THIAGO ALVES VS. MARTIN KAMPMANN FIGHT END AT UFC ON FX 2?
Alves def. Kampmann via TKO/KO
Alves def. Kampmann via submission
Alves def. Kampmann via decision
Kampmann def. Alves via TKO/KO
Kampmann def. Alves via submission
Kampmann def. Alves via decision
TAKE ANOTHER POLL!