Roger El Matador Huerta (27-3-1-1NC) is looking to revamp his rankings in the lightweight division while in Bellator. In his debut with the promotion his first fight was against a strong fighter Chad Hinton, which he won by a slick technical submission (kneebar) in round three. That fight took place roughly a month ago and is set to keep moving on in the tournament, and he will half to get pass Pat Curran on Thursday in order to get a shot at current Bellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez.
Expect to see Huerta’s evolving striking to be showcased on Thursday, as he has spent a considerable amount of time in Thailand training in muay thai. Now a much more complete mixed martial artist, I look for Huerta to mix it up and stay toe to toe against Curran. Coming in as a wrestler, Huerta now has more confidence in his striking and doesn’t need to rely on his wrestling in the fight. Having followed his mma career since i was introduce to the sport he is that type of calibre fighter to love to mix it up with unorthodox striking combinations, explosive takedowns, and better yet has a chin to back it all up. Reasons as to why he has been an influence to my fight career. I should expect him to let his strikes go and try to keep attacking Curran whom would hope to take Huerta to the later rounds which El Matador isn’t a stranger to.
Pat Curran who surprisingly knocked out Mike Ricci at Bellator 14 to advance to the semi finals must be feeling on top of the world at this point. Pat is looking for making a name for himself against the well known Huerta. At age 22 Pat would need all of his 13 experience fights while fighting Huerta, who has twenty plus on his record.
One thing Pat should know and should be aware of is that Huerta is harder to put away than saying no thanks to a chubby girl at a bar. Even though Curran show KO prowless in his hand, he shouldn`t look to go into a slug-fest with the more experience Huerta. Curran is a younger fighter and a potential ranked lightweight and it will be interesting to see if Curran can handle the pace of The Killer as it could be too much at such a young career.
EL NINO DINAMITA PREDICTION- ROGER HUERTA 3 ROUND KO.
Article written by: Jeff M
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