Former UFC lightweight star, and current Bellator fighter, Roger Huerta (21-4-1) isn’t worried about titles, as much as he’s worried about rankings when he steps into the cage against Bellator lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez.
Both men will square off on the upcoming Bellator 33 event in a non-title “Super Fight” on Oct. 21 at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Penn.
Huerta, who is 1-3 in his past four fights, and is coming off a loss to Pat Curran in the season two lightweight tournament semi-finals. Don’t let his recent record fool you, the loss to Curran was a shocker to many, but his other losses were to two very tough opponents in Gray Maynard and Kenny Florian.
Huerta sees this upcoming fight as a make it or break it moment for him, as he feels, he is facing one of the top three lightweights in the world.
“I put him (Alvarez) in top three for sure…I really don’t care about the title. For me it’s just getting back up there on the rankings.”
“You just can’t hold anything back (when facing Alvarez). You obviously saw what happened to Josh Neer and the other opponents he’s faced. But again, he is human, and he is beatable. The things that we’re working on, we’re going to have to take him out of his comfort zone to win…”
“It’s here, it’s here now,” Huerta said. “It’s been like I’ve been given another chance and it’s one of those things like, ‘Alright, this is it. This is for all the marbles. You probably won’t ever, ever get a chance like this again.’”
Huerta was a guest on ‘The MMA Hour’ over at MMAFighting.com on Monday to talk about his upcoming Bellator Fighting Champinships fight.