Years from now, when history judges his storied career, let nobody ever say that Roger Huerta lacked audacity or didn’t dare to be great.
Back in March of this year, when the 34-year-old “Matador” (24-10-1, 1 N/C) signed to fight Benson Henderson at Bellator 196 on April 6, it marked his return to North American MMA after a half-decade of training and competing in Asia. The conditions of that return were daunting, to say the least. On three and a half weeks’ notice, Huerta would fight one of the 10 greatest lightweights ever, who had already been training to fight on that date and would have the benefit of a full camp.