Cop in a Cage
Jake Rossen Oct 19, 2010
After being detained by a police officer in Missouri, ex-NFL player
Rich Stephens is
looking to arrange an MMA fight with the cop -- payback, he
says, for the officer treating him harshly during a traffic stop
and impounding his car for “no good reason.”
Stephens is also apparently driving around town with a big billboard denouncing the officer, Tim Walker, as “short, fat, and round.”
(That’s the implication, anyway: Stephens might also be referring to Curly from the Three Stooges.)
Following politician Mike Spears challenging rival David Vitter to a fight earlier this year, dueling appears to be making a big comeback, with MMA being the weapon of choice. Beats pistols, but the problem of needing two willing parties remains: Walker has not responded to Stephens’ challenge, and probably never will. It’s also very possible Walker’s side of the story would make Stephens less sympathetic. Whatever the case, it would be a legitimate grudge match. That’s more than can be said for a lot of the manufactured “rivalries” shoved down fans’ throats as soon as tickets go on sale.
Stephens is also apparently driving around town with a big billboard denouncing the officer, Tim Walker, as “short, fat, and round.”
(That’s the implication, anyway: Stephens might also be referring to Curly from the Three Stooges.)
Following politician Mike Spears challenging rival David Vitter to a fight earlier this year, dueling appears to be making a big comeback, with MMA being the weapon of choice. Beats pistols, but the problem of needing two willing parties remains: Walker has not responded to Stephens’ challenge, and probably never will. It’s also very possible Walker’s side of the story would make Stephens less sympathetic. Whatever the case, it would be a legitimate grudge match. That’s more than can be said for a lot of the manufactured “rivalries” shoved down fans’ throats as soon as tickets go on sale.
