As we all know we are now just one week away from UFC 87: Seek and Destroy and one of the most anticipated fights of the year. Roger "El Matador" Huerta (20-1) vs Kenny "Ken Flo" Florian (9-3), with both fighters on top of their game this will prove to a very highly contested battle. I have been reading both of the fighters blogs on UFC.com and it appears both of them are taking this fight very serious and have prepared for every possible outcome. What really impressed me is the fact that both fighters have a ton of respect for each other. As you can see with Huerta's latest blog entry he is not taking this fight as a "Cake Walk" as previously advertised. Here is a quote from Huerta's blog as he talks about all the fighters he trained with in preparation for Florian.
Earlier this week, I was telling my friends Craig Cohen and Jeff Clark that I did everything that I could to prepare for this fight. I traveled to a different country when I went to Montreal, Canada to train with one of the greatest fighters, Georges St-Pierre, and his team up there. I went to New York to train with Phil Nurse, to Denver to train with Trevor Wittman, Nate Marquardt and a lot of other guys there, to LA with my strength and conditioning coach Justin Hagen, checked out New Mexico to train with those guys, and I took Donald Cerrone with me from Albuquerque to train with him; Leonard Garcia flew in, and I did everything I possibly could to prepare for this moment, August 9th. Everything. By the time I step in there, I’ve got a lot of confidence that I’ve done everything in my power to beat my opponent, Kenny Florian, a guy who’s well-versed in the game, very intelligent, and a threat to my career.
This just goes to show you how focused Huerta is now for his upcoming fight at UFC 87: Seek and Destroy. I still haven't decided who I think will win this fight it's a stalemate every time I play it out in my head. I love doing picks and getting fights like this right, but this is just one hell of a matchup Joe Silva really deserves props for. Both Florian and Huerta are on hot streaks right now and seem determined to get a fight with BJ Penn. After this fight we will see just how close the two are to his level.
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