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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
"I'll tell you one thing. I'm a lot better fighter than the one I’ve been reading about on the Internet. This is a huge deal for me, a tremendous opportunity, but you'd think I was nothing going off what has been written by some of these keyboard warriors, who I doubt have ever stepped in a cage. It's a lot easier to sit in front of a computer and talk (stuff) than it is to actually fight. I am trying to take it all in stride, but I have no idea why some people are talking so negatively without ever having seen me. They don't know me. I'm pretty well-rounded with good standup and wrestling.
They say I'm old at 40 but I don't feel 40 and I certainly don't look 40. I think I look 30 and I’m in great shape. I'm ripped, just like Herschel. I'm going to be more ready for Dec. 4 than I have for any other fight. I plan to shut up all the critics, each and every one of them. Let them write something factual after they've seen me on Dec. 4. I'm really excited about fighting a great athlete like Herschel. I'm training every day. But the fact that some people aren't giving me a chance is only giving me extra motivation. This is going to be a great fight...
I was out a long time because of my back and I did rehab for a while. I never thought much about not fighting again; I always wanted to come back. But I couldn't do anything until I was 100 percent. Once I got healthy again, I got better the more I trained. I’ve helped a lot of guys get ready for fights while waiting for my chance. I had a few fights lined up before my last fight, but they all fell out for one reason or another. It got to the point for the longest time that all I did was train. Then, the next thing we know, I'm fighting. I felt good going into that fight but just got caught. It can happen to anybody."
-Herschel Walker's next opponent Scott Carson defiantly strikes back at "keyboard warriors" in a press release from Strikeforce ahead of their bout at Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu on December 4.
Penick's Analysis: He's right that most of us commenting on him being chosen for this fight haven't seen him in action, but when he was knocked out in his first fight in eight years in June and is a 40 year old fighter coming into this fight he's going to be seen as an opponent picked for Walker to get another easy win under his belt. He could defeat Walker handily for all we know, but his age, record and inactivity will not earn him much credit from anyone looking at this fight from the outside. He can shut everyone up with a win in this fight, but the fact that people won't be giving him much of a chance and won't be all that excited about this matchup in general is just a reality he'll have to deal with until December 4.
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Jamie Penick, editor-in-chief
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