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Roger Huerta, Now a Free Agent, Looking to Fight in Summer

Filed under: Fighting, NewsAfter a 1-2 run last year, former UFC lightweight standout Roger Huerta is no longer under contract with the Bellator promotion.

“Jeff Clark (Huerta’s manager) and my management team are in talks with other promotions now in…

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After a 1-2 run last year, former UFC lightweight standout Roger Huerta is no longer under contract with the Bellator promotion.

“Jeff Clark (Huerta’s manager) and my management team are in talks with other promotions now into having me fight in the summer,” Huerta said on The MMA Hour.


Huerta (21-5-1) was last in action in a TKO loss to Eddie Alvarez at Bellator 33 last October. The loss would turn out to be the final chapter in Huerta’s disappointing Bellator run. Favored to win the promotion’s lightweight tournament upon signing, Huerta was ousted in the semifinals and was only booked against Alvarez because tournament winner Pat Curran had to bow out due to injury.

After the loss to Alvarez, Huerta had to take step back and reevaluate his MMA career, so he packed up and traveled east to Thailand, Southeast Asia and Australia.

“I wanted to see where I was at in life,” Huerta said. “Where I fit in in this whole work that I do, which is fighting, and see what I really, really wanted to do and why I lost the last couple of fights. Just to reevaluate a couple of things and change for the better.”

Huerta, now rejuvenated after the five-month long trip, is ready to resume to his MMA career — wherever it might be.

“[MMA retirement is] not in the cards,” the 28-year-old said. “I’m still fairly young and I still have some good fights in me.”

 

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The MMA Hour With Varner in Studio, Maynard, Huerta, de Jong

Filed under: UFC, Strikeforce, FanHouse Exclusive, VideosThe MMA Hour returns on Monday with another stacked lineup. Here’s a list of who will be stopping.

* Former WEC lightweight champion Jamie Varner will be in studio to talk about life after WEC.
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The MMA Hour returns on Monday with another stacked lineup. Here’s a list of who will be stopping.

* Former WEC lightweight champion Jamie Varner will be in studio to talk about life after WEC.

* Lightweight Roger Huerta will update us on where he’s been and where’s headed next.

* Golden Glory trainer Martijn de Jong will discuss Glory World Series and upcoming fights for Alistair Overeem, Jon Olav Einemo, Marloes Coenen and others.

* UFC lightweight contender Gray Maynard will talk about his recent injury and when he expects to return to action.

* And MMA Fighting’s Ben Fowlkes will stop by to preview UFC 130 and look at other news making headlines in MMA.

Of course, we’ll be taking your calls. Give us a shout at: 212-254-0193 or 212-254-0237.

*** You can now stream the show live on your iPhone or iPad by clicking here.

Watch the show live below beginning at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT. Subscribe to The MMA Hour on iTunes: audio feed here; video feed here. Download previous episodes here. Listen to the show via Stitcher here.

 

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Pat Curran Drops to Featherweight, Gets Spot in Bellator Tourney

Filed under: Bellator, NewsAfter making plenty of noise and turning more than a few heads in Bellator’s lightweight division, Pat Curran will now set his sights on the featherweight class.

Bellator officials Friday announced Curran, its Season 2 light…

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After making plenty of noise and turning more than a few heads in Bellator’s lightweight division, Pat Curran will now set his sights on the featherweight class.

Bellator officials Friday announced Curran, its Season 2 lightweight tournament champion, will cut to 145 pounds with a placement in the promotion’s upcoming featherweight tournament, part of its “Summer Series” slate of events.

Curran’s featherweight debut with the promotion will come at Bellator 46 on June 25 in Hollywood, Fla., which will serve as the opening round of the featherweight tourney. The semifinals are slated for Bellator 47 and the tournament finals for Bellator 48 – setting up the next challenger for Bellator featherweight champion Joe Warren.

Eddie Alvarez Forces Doctor Stoppage of Roger Huerta at Bellator 33

Filed under: Bellator, NewsEddie Alvarez was quick to remind people he hadn’t yet lost on American soil, and he wasn’t about to start in his hometown of Philadelphia.

Thursday in a non-title superfight against Roger Huerta at Bellator 33, the Bellato…

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Roger HuertaEddie Alvarez was quick to remind people he hadn’t yet lost on American soil, and he wasn’t about to start in his hometown of Philadelphia.

Thursday in a non-title superfight against Roger Huerta at Bellator 33, the Bellator lightweight champion held true to that promise. Alvarez was seldom challenged by Huerta through two rounds, winning by TKO after the cageside doctor stopped the fight before the third round.

Roger Huerta Meets Eddie Alvarez at Bellator 33 in Philadelphia

Filed under: Bellator, NewsBellator Season 2 lightweight tournament winner Pat Curran has pulled out of his Season 3 fight against champion Eddie Alvarez with an injury and will be replaced by Roger Huerta at Bellator 33.

MMA Junkie reported the news …

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Bellator Season 2 lightweight tournament winner Pat Curran has pulled out of his Season 3 fight against champion Eddie Alvarez with an injury and will be replaced by Roger Huerta at Bellator 33.

MMA Junkie reported the news on Thursday and MMA Fighting has confirmed with Curran that he is out and with sources close to Alvarez’s camp that he and Huerta have agreed to the bout, which will not be a title fight.

MMA Fighting has also learned that the fight will take place on Oct. 21 in Philadelphia, not Kansas City as previously reported. Bellator’s official website does not list a city or venue for the show. [Eds. Note: Bellator confirmed the fight during its Thursday night event broadcast.]