Articles tagged with: Roger Huerta
As expected, Bellator lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez will face UFC veteran Roger Huerta in an non-title superfight which headlines Bellator 33 on October 21 at Philadelphia’s Liacouras Center.
Read More »With season two tournament winner Pat Curran sidelined by an undisclosed injury, UFC veteran and tourney semifinalist Roger Huerta will fight lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez in a non-title main event at Bellator 33 on October 21 in Philadelphia.
Read More »UFC veteran and current Bellator lightweight Roger Huerta beat down a man during a weekend street fight in Austin, Texas after the man sucker punched a woman during a scuffle.
Read More »Pat Curran advanced to the finals of Bellator’s lightweight tournament with an upset victory over tourney favorite Roger Huerta at Thursday’s Bellator 17 event in Boston.
Curran earned a unanimous decision over Huerta to move on to the 155-pound finals, where he’ll meet submission expert Toby Imada, who advanced to the finals for the second straight season with a second-round armbar of Carey Vanier on Thursday.
Read More »Bellator lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez and UFC veteran Josh Neer successfully made weight on Wednesday for their non-title “super fight,” which headlines Thursday’s Bellator 17 event in Boston.
Lightweight semifinalists Roger Huerta, Pat Curran, Toby Imada, and Carey Vanier also made weight for their matchups at the Fox Sports Net-televised event.
Read More »The semifinal matchups for Bellator’s season two lightweight tournament are now set, as Roger Huerta will face Pat Curran and Toby Imada will meet Carey Vanier on May 6 in Boston at Bellator 17, which is headlined by a non-title ‘super fight’ between lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez and UFC veteran Josh Neer.
Read More »Lightweight Roger Huerta will return to action in the semifinals of Bellator’s lightweight tournament, which the promotion today announced will take place at Bellator 17 on May 6 in Boston.
Matchups for the 155-pound tourney are scheduled to be announced at a Wednesday press conference at Boston’s Wang Theatre, which also hosts the Fox Sports Net-televised event.
Read More »Lightweight UFC veteran Roger Huerta successfully made his Bellator debut at Thursday’s Bellator 13 in Hollywood, Florida, submitting Chad Hinton with a third-round kneebar to advance to the semifinals of the promotion’s season two 155-pound tournament.
In other main card action, Carey Vanier also advanced to the lightweight semis, while featherweights George Karakhanyan and Joe Warren earned wins to move onto the second round of the 145-pound tourney.
Read More »HOLLYWOOD, Florida – MMAFrenzy.com’s Tom Hill was on scene at Wednesday’s weigh-ins for tonight’s Bellator 13 event in Hollywood, Florida and snapped photos of the event’s main card fighters as they hit the scale, including headliners Roger Huerta and Chad Hinton.
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Read More »Ahead of Thursday’s anticipated debut of Bellator’s second season, UFC veteran Roger Huerta, main event opponent Chad Hinton, and the rest of the Bellator 13 fight card hit the scale on Wednesday at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida to weigh-in for their bouts.
Both Huerta and Hinton successfully weighed in at 155.25 pounds for the headliner with the rest of the main card also making weight.
Read More »Bellator today announced the opening round matchups for it’s season two lightweight tournamet, with Roger Huerta vs. Chad Hinton and Janne Tulirinta vs. Carey Vanier scheduled for April 8, Pat Curran vs. Mike Ricci slated for April 15, and Toby Imada vs. Ferrid Kheder set for April 22.
Read More »Bellator today officially announced that it has signed lightweight UFC veteran Roger Huerta, who will compete in the promotion’s upcoming 155-pound tournament and debut at Bellator’s season two premiere on April 8 in Hollywood, Florida.
Read More »Bellator will make a “major announcement” tomorrow, Monday March 15, at a press conference that will stream live on Bellator.com at 3pm ET, with the upstart promotion expected to announce the signing of lightweight UFC veteran Roger Huerta, who will compete in it’s upcoming, season two 155-pound tournament.
Read More »Approximately 10% of the UFC has been sold to Sheik Tahnoon, the son of the former UAE president and founder of the Abu Dhabi Combat Club, Strikeforce is in talks with free-agent lightweight Roger Huerta and heavyweight Josh Barnett and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson received three years probation for his July 2008 hit-and-run.
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Read More »Lightweight Roger Huerta, who finished out his UFC contract last Wednesday at UFC Fight Night 19 with a loss to Gray Maynard, says he’s again focused on fighting following back-to-back losses and is willing to return to the UFC.
“I can’t go out with two losses in a row. I don’t think I’m going to call it quits anytime soon. I’m still open to acting. Hopefully we get something going with that, but I’m not going to prioritize (acting) now. I’ll still prioritize fighting. If the UFC wants me back, I’d be willing to go back.”
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