When a fighter is a complete package–skillful, marketable and a winner–its easy to forget the intangible that separates fighters from competitors–heart.
Roger Huerta had an endless supply, it seemed, in and out of the ring. But as FIGHT! contributor Mike Chiappetta excellently discovered at MMA Fanhouse, even the most resilient hearts wear thin under the reproof of others.
Huerta, known for his emotionally draining performances against Leonard Garcia and Clay Guida in 2007, was divided. He was the rags to riches story in the Octagon, however, at the top it feels like critics are trying to rip new clothes into rags. The split lead him to question his identity as a fighter and embrace it as a personality. Hollywood was calling, and even though Marilyn Monroe warned “Hollywood is a place where they’ll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul,” Huerta puckered up, believing the grass in Hollywood was greener than it was in Las Vegas.
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Huerta's super-talented, but he'll go the way of Tito if he's not careful.
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