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Template:MMAstatsbox Roger Huerta (born May 20, 1984 in Los Angeles, California), nicknamed "El Matador", is a Mexican American mixed martial artist. He competes in the lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Huerta holds a professional MMA record of 21 wins, 1 loss, and 1 draw.[1]

Huerta was originally slated to make his UFC debut against Hermes Franca at UFC 61, but was forced to withdraw from the fight as the result of an elbow injury.[citation needed] Since then he has won all five of his fights in the UFC, the first at UFC 63 against Jason Dent, which was declared "Fight of the Night".[citation needed]

Most recently Huerta defeated Alberto Crane, at UFC 74 after he was able to counter Crane's submission attempts and pound him into exhaustion until the fight was stopped in round three.[2]

Personal life

Huerta currently resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota where he attends Augsburg College.[citation needed]Huerta began training 3 years ago where he originally did wrestling and decided that he wanted to fight in mma.

MMA record

21 wins (10 TKO's, 3 submission, 4 decisions, 2 other), 1 loss (1 submission), 1 draw, 1 no contest, as of June 23, 2007.[3]
Date Result Opponent Event Method Round Time Notes
8/25/2007 Win Alberto Crane UFC 74: Respect TKO (Strikes) 3 1:50
6/23/2007 Win Douglas Evans The Ultimate Fighter 5 Finale TKO (Strikes) 2 3:30
4/7/2007 Win Leonard Garcia UFC 69: Shootout Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
2/3/2007 Win John Halverson UFC 67: All or Nothing TKO (Strikes) 1 0:19
9/23/2006 Win Jason Dent UFC 63: Hughes vs Penn Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
4/29/2006 Win Joe Camacho Raze MMA" Fight Night TKO (Strikes) 2 2:43
2/17/2006 Win Dan Swift Extreme Challenge 66 N/A 2 N/A
10/15/2005 Win Lee King IFC: Rumble on the Rio 2 Submission (Rear Naked Choke) 1 0:50
9/14/2005 Win Matt Wiman FFC 15: Fiesta Las Vegas Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
7/30/2005 Win Brad Blackburn IFC: Rock N' Rumble TKO (Corner Stoppage) 3 2:19
3/5/2005 No Contest Melvin Guillard Freestyle Fighting Championship 14 NC (Overturned by Commission) 3 N/A
3/5/2005 Win Kenny Jerrell Freestyle Fighting Championship 14 TKO 1 N/A
3/5/2005 Win Steve Kinnison Freestyle Fighting Championship 14 Submission (Choke) 2 N/A
12/3/2004 Win Naoyuki Kotani Xtreme Fighting Organization 4 TKO 1 1:29
11/12/2004 Win Jake Short Extreme Challenge 60 Submission (Rear Naked Choke) 3 0:37
9/24/2004 Win Matt Brady Extreme Challenge 59 TKO 1 3:12
6/18/2004 Loss Ryan Schultz SuperBrawl 36 Submission (Verbal) 1 1:47
6/18/2004 Win Mike Aina SuperBrawl 36 Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
6/18/2004 Win Harris Sarmiento SuperBrawl 36 TKO (Strikes) 3 2:12
3/26/2004 Draw Joe Jordan Extreme Challange 56 Draw 3 3:00
8/2/2003 Win Jeff Carlson Extreme Combat DQ N/A N/A
8/2/2003 Win Shane Lavafor Extreme Combat TKO N/A N/A

References

  1. ^ "Roger Huerta's Professional Mixed Martial Arts Statistics".
  2. ^ "UFC 74 "Respect" Play-by-Play". [August 25]], 2007. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ [1]. Sherdog.com.
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