Roger Huerta vs. Eddie Alvarez At Bellator 33

Bellator Fighting Championships announced that due to an injury to season 2 lightweight tournament winner Pat Curran, Roger Huerta will no be facing BFC lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez on October 21 in a non-title bout. This fight is what Bellator had envisioned when they spent the money to sign Huerta and is likely the most “promotable” fight they can make.

Some fans have already began to complain that they feel it was not fair that Huerta (who lost in the semi-finals to Curran) is getting the spot rather than Toby Imada (who lost in the finals to Curran). I’d like to take a moment to address those concerns.