Roger Huerta to fight Kenny Florian at UFC 87
According to MMAWeekly both fighters’ camps have confirmed that the fight between Kenny Florian and
Roger Huerta will take place at UFC 87 on August 9th, Minneapolis Minnesota.
Kenny Florian is coming out of a win against Joe Lauzon at UFC Fight Night 13. He knows if he wants to get a shot at the lightweight title again beating Huerta would be a jump in the right direction.
“It’s kind of rare when you get two guys who are positively number one and number two in the division that are actually going to fight to be the number one contender to fight for that belt later on,” Florian told MMAWeekly.com. “I think it will be great for both of our careers, and it’s the biggest fight you can put together in our division.”
Huerta currently 20-1-1 MMA, 6-0 UFC will enter this fight with 16 straight victories. Huerta has currently had nine months away from fighting to recover from his five fights in 2007.
No doubt the winner of this fight will face the victor at UFC 84 (B.J. Penn or Sean Sherk) for the lightweight title.