Former Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight Roger Huerta (20-3-1
MMA, 0-0 Bellator) is set to test his mettle in Bellator Fighting
Championships’ season two eight-man lightweight tournament.
Sources close to the situation confirmed to MMAjunkie.com that the popular lightweight received his formal
release from the UFC this week, which opened the door to finalize a deal
with the upstart promotion.
Bellator has called a video press conference for Monday at 3 p.m. ET that
will stream live at Bellator.com.