Sherdog.com Preview: Raze MMA Fight Night
Feature bouts
Apr 29, 2006
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.
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 Blackburn’s 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). It’s 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).
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.
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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 Blackburn’s 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). It’s 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).
