Roger Huerta To Strikeforce?

Strikeforce is building itself a nice lightweight roster if they sign Huerta. He would join Josh Thomson, Gilbert Melendez, KJ Noons, and (possibly) Shinya Aoki. That isn’t bad for a top end of the division.

I’d make Huerta the favorite over anyone on that list but Aoki at this point given that he has fought tougher competition in Maynard, Florian and Guida.

Roger Huerta is now officially a free agent. Following the final fight on his UFC deal Roger has entered into the period where he is able to negotiate with any promotion while the UFC retains the right to match any offer made. Sherdog.com was able to catch up with Roger Huerta and Jeff Clark of his management team and get a few statements out of them:

Obviously as Strikeforce tries to make a name for themselves a marketable and recognizable fighter like Huerta would be a very large boost to their roster. With the CBS exposure for Strikeforce it is hard to see many situations where the UFC doesn’t match any offer from Strikeforce to the lightweight.