Florian, Huerta All But Signed for Minneapolis

“There is nothing signed as of yet,” Ron Weinberg, agent for Fighters.com’s ninth-ranked lightweight “KenFlo” Kenny Florian (9-3), text messaged me Wednesday night in response to request for confirmation that Florian will fight “El Matador” Roger Huerta (20-1-1) in Minneapolis 9 August.

However, in a coy, non-committal explanation, Weinberg explained, “Kenny wants to fight Roger.  Kenny is also eager to fight again soon.  So, August 9th would seem logical.”

Sources had informed Fighters.com that Huerta was in fact training with UFC Welterweight Champion “Rush” Georges St. Pierre (16-2) in Montréal with a 9 August Florian fight in mind.

Thursday, in an interview with Arianny Celeste at MMA Rated, Huerta confirmed he’s training in Montréal with “Rush”.

“It’s possible,” Huerta commented on a fight with “KenFlo”.  “What better than to fight in August, in Minneapolis, Minnesota?  It’s where I live.”

Though Huerta seemed to shy away from confirming the fight, he ended the interview claiming, “I’ll be ready to fight Kenny in August.”

Florian issued the challenge to Huerta after his second-round TKO of “J-Lau” Joe Lauzon (16-4) in Denver at the beginning of April.

Huerta had planned to take a long break after a rear naked choke submission of “The Carpenter” Clay Guida (23-9) in Las Vegas last December.