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Scott Coker on the return of Herschel Walker: "You saw all the mainstream press that Herschel was able to deliver," Coker said. "It was probably more than Chuck Liddell, Randy Couture and Tito Ortiz combined in the history of their careers. "I don't think I've ever seen that kind of media surge for any fighter in the history of MMA that Herschel Walker delivered for our Strikeforce fight." "He's is a great guy, and we'll probably have a conversation with Herschel in the next couple weeks," Coker said. "We already had a brief conversation, and he's very happy with doing it – not just fighting, but he's like, 'I can't wait to get back and start training.' He wants to start training again." HT: mmajunkie.com -- photo via sherdog.com

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Strikeforce: Miami salaries - Diaz and Lawler at the top: Main Bouts: - Nick Diaz $100,000 (no win bonus) def. Marius Zaromskis $30,000 - Cris "Cyborg" Santos $35,000 ($15,000 win bonus and $5,000 championship bonus) def. Marloes Coenen $2,000 - Herschel Walker $600 (no win bonus) def. Greg Nagy $5,000 - Robbie Lawler $100,000 (no win bonus) def. Melvin Manhoef $5,000 - Bobby Lashley $50,000 (no win bonus) def. Wes Sims $25,000 Preliminary Bouts: - Jay Hieron $65,000 ($35,000 win bonus) def. Joe Riggs $30,000 - Pablo Alfonso $3,000 ($1,500 win bonus) def. Marcos DaMotta $2,500 - Hadar Hassan $2,000 ($1,000 win bonus) def. Ryan Keenan $2,000 - John Kelly $2,000 ($1,000 win bonus) def. Sabah Homasi $1,000 - Michael Byrnes $2,000 ($1,000 win bonus) def. David Zitnik $1,500 - David Gomez $2,000 ($1,000 win bonus) def. Craig Oxley $1,500 - Joe Ray $1,500 ($500 win bonus) def. John Clarke $1,000 STRIKEFORCE: MIAMI DISCLOSED FIGHTER PAYROLL: $469,600 HT: mmaweekly.com Strikeforce: Miami coverage

Herschel Walker's MMA debut at Strikeforce: Miami makes it onto the front page of CNN.com

"ESPN MMA - Herschel Walker wins MMA debut by 3rd-round TKO (referee stoppage) over Greg Nagy" - Text alert sent out by ESPN to general sports alert subscribers (photo via the Canadian Press)

Herschel Walker convinces both Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon to watch the fights on Saturday night: At the end of the interview, Walker had converted two MMA haters into people willing to give the sport a shot. "I'm going to watch it now," Wilbon said. "I would not have watched otherwise, but I'm checking it out now." Kornheiser added, "I'm going to watch with one eye." HT: mmafighting.com Strikeforce: Miami coverage

Don Frye discusses his opinion on the influx of old, non-mixed martial artists into MMA recently: "I tell you what: Anybody who fights an [expletive] like James Toney or Herschel Walker or Jose Canseco or any of them other [expletives] that come into our sport at their age should be required to take them down and break as many bones as possible on them and keep them crippled for six-to-eight weeks." "I'd break both their [expletive] arms so they'd have to hire somebody to wipe their ass for the next six-to-eight weeks. It should be a requirement." This Fan Shot was promoted to the front page by Nick Thomas. HT: mmajunkie.com Strikeforce: Miami coverage