From Street Begger to UFC Main Event Fighter - Roger Huerta
Sports Illustrated Magazine recently interviewed UFC Fighter Roger Huerta before his upcoming main event fight against Clay Guida at Ultimate Fight Night. Roger has a heart warming story of the struggles he faced growing up. From having a drug addicted father, to being a child street beggar, to being unwanted by partners, Huerta has his fair share of life struggles. Sport Illustrated does an excellent job stepping us through the life of Roger Huerta, working its way into how he got involved in mma:
“Huerta had entered some amateur matches and then, on a lark, fought in a professional no-holds-barred bout at a ballroom in Medina, Minn. This was precisely the kind of illogical thrill-seeking that appeals to college freshmen. But in addition to winning the fight, he had experienced a surge of adrenaline he’d never felt before. Mixed martial arts-a marriage of the “striking” of boxing and kickboxing with the “ground game” of jujitsu and wrestling-fed something in him. “During the fight,” he recalls, “I was thinking to myself that this was totally for me.”
The article is an excellent read and can be found at Sports Illustrated Online.
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May 14th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
[…] late, but whatever… it’s still funny, Roger Huerta Chokes his mother out… Sports Illustrated displays a sweet gallery of athletes and their mothers for […]