Joe Camacho (Pictures) vs. Roger Huerta (Pictures)
CAMACHO: Joe Camacho (Pictures) has trained at the Submission Factory with
Charlie Valencia (Pictures) and referees/fighters
Herb Dean (Pictures) and
Larry Landless (Pictures). Camacho is 5-8-2 as a pro and made his debut at the Empire One show in 1999 against TUF contract winner
Joe Stevenson (Pictures). He went on to win a bout in the first Gladiator Challenge event and lost his second bout in the GC to
Bao Quach (Pictures). He made his KOTC debut in August of 01 (a loss to
Tracy Hess) and returned to the GC where
Dave Hisquierdo (Pictures) submitted him.
With three consecutive losses Camacho desperately needs a win. He got one in the California Pankration Championships with a submission victory over
Fred Leavy (Pictures). He stopped
Matt Stansell (Pictures) with strikes in the KOTC but was submitted in his next bout by
John Delao (Pictures). He knocked out Team Oyama fighter and Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt
Juliano Prado and prepared for his rematch with
Joe Stevenson (Pictures).
The bout with Stevenson was one he wanted dearly, as it was an opportunity to take revenge for the first loss of his career. Stevenson was considered the next big thing at lightweight, too. But revenge was not taken as Stevenson sealed the win with a rear-choke in the second round.
Camacho battled undefeated Brazilian
Wander Braga (Pictures) and took the three-time tournament winner the distance, losing a decision. Joe stopped
Robert Emerson (Pictures) and then fought in DEEP, knocking out
Masaki Yagyu. In 2006 Camacho has fought
Mike Aina (Pictures) and S
Takahiro Kajita, with both bouts being declared a draw.
HUERTA: Roger Huerta (Pictures) is a student of former UFC middleweight champion
Dave Menne (Pictures). He is 13-1-1 (1 NC) as a pro and also went 5-0 as an amateur. The Texas Kid was an accomplished college wrestler and amateur boxer.
Huerta began fighting in 2003 at the Extreme Combat event in Minnesota and won a four-man tournament. He fought at Extreme Challenge 56, also in Minnesota, and fought to a draw with
Joe Jordan (Pictures). The Super Brawl 36 eight-man tournament was next and Huerta beat
Harris Sarmiento (Pictures) and
B.J. Penn (Pictures) student
Mike Aina (Pictures) before losing to Team Quest wrestler
Ryan Schultz (Pictures), his only loss.
He continued to fight in the Extreme Challenge and the XFO (stopping
Naoyuki Kotani (Pictures)) for the rest of 2004. In 05, Huerta made it to the finals of the Freestyle Fighting Championship 14 eight-man tournament, defeating
Steve Kinnison and
Kenny Jerrell before meeting
Melvin Guillard (Pictures).
Originally a decision had been given to Guillard but the commission later overturned the decision and declared a No Contest. Huerta defeated
Brad Blackburn (Pictures) in the IFC when Blackburns corner called it quits and returned to the FFC to beat
Matt Wiman (Pictures). He submitted
Lee King in the IFC and then stopped
Jorge Gurgel (Pictures) student
Dan Swift (Pictures) at Extreme Challenge 66 last February.
Alan Belcher (Pictures) vs. Buck Meredith (Pictures)
BELCHER: Team Voodoo fighter
Alan Belcher (Pictures) is 6-1-0 in MMA and trains with
JC Pennington (Pictures),
Sam Ortiz, Brock Kerry,
Kyle Bradley,
Kenny Stevens (Pictures),
John Cole (John Cole' class='LinkSilver'>Pictures) and
Carter Williams (Pictures). Its worth noting that Alan made it to the interview portion of the tryouts to appear on this season of
The Ultimate Fighter.
He began fighting MMA in 2004 at FFC 10 where he scored a TKO victory over
Tim Ellis (Pictures). A little more than a year later he lost a unanimous decision in a 25-minute battle with
Marvin Eastman (Pictures) at a WEF show. Earlier this year The Talent won an eight-man tournament in Oklahoma at the Extreme Fighting League 3 event. He stopped
Ron Fields in March in under a minute and then pounded
Marcus Sursa (Pictures) in the WEF on April 1.
MEREDITH: Team Quest wrestler
Buck Meredith (Pictures) is 3-1-0 in MMA as a pro and has an additional loss as an amateur to another Team Quest fighter,
Justin Nelson. Meredith began his MMA career in 2003 at King of the Cage 25 where he defeated
Harris Sarmiento (Pictures).
He suffered his only pro loss in Japan at a Pancrase event, where PRIDE veteran
Yuki Sasaki (Pictures) submitted him. Buck has won his last two bouts, both in the Sportfight promotion, against ATT West fighter
Paul Purcell (Pictures) (won by TKO) and
Alex Schoenauer (Pictures) (won by choke).