Roger Huerta
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
External links
- Official website of Roger Huerta
- Official MySpace of Roger Huerta
- Professional MMA record for Roger Huerta from Sherdog
- Roger Huerta on UFC.com
References
- ^ "Roger Huerta's Professional Mixed Martial Arts Statistics".
- ^ "UFC 74 "Respect" Play-by-Play". [August 25]], 2007.
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