Austin police investigating Roger Huerta fight, manager says legal help offered by Steven Marrocco on Aug 05, 2010 at 8:00 pm ET The police department in Austin, Texas, is investigating a video circulating the Internet of a man alleged to be Roger Huerta beating up a man who punched a woman in the head outside a nightclub. Veneza E. Aguinaga, a Senior Police Officer in the public information office of the Austin Police Department, today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that no charges or arrests have been made after she initially said the APD had no information on the incident. Jeff Clark, Huerta's manager, said it is definitely his client who's shown in the video and that several parties have stepped up to provide legal help in the event of any legal trouble that may arise. "There's a lot of people that look at it and are like, 'Wow, I'm happy that happened; that guy was a douchebag for punching that girl,'" Clark said. According to his manager, Huerta was in Austin to visit his mother after a fight with Jorge Masvidal fell through for the upcoming Bellator 24 event. Huerta was exiting a nightclub in the city when he witnessed the man knock the woman to the ground. What happened next was seen by thousands of people around the world. Huerta confronted the man and appeared to be on the verge of throwing blows when a swarm of people – and some shaky camerawork – took viewers' eyes away from the impending action. However, seconds later a person alleged to be Huerta administers a brutal stomp to a downed man, and a crowd circles in on him as someone claims a UFC fighter just beat up the guy who punched the woman. Clark, who is currently in Hawaii to corner one of his clients, said he and Huerta have not been contacted by Austin police, and it's unclear what consequences the incident will carry. "I've told him it's a very high possibility if the guy wants to file something against Roger he obviously is going to get himself in trouble because he outright punched that girl, so it's kind of a weird thing," Clark said. "If the guy goes after Roger, he's putting himself in the same predicament. "So I can see him civilly doing it, thinking, 'Oh, the UFC fighters make millions, so I'm going to go after Roger.' That's a possibility." On the popular front, though, the fight has attracted almost universally positive feedback. "I'm getting a bunch of fan mail for him," Clark said. "Girls who have been in bad situations (are writing), 'That was awesome.' They love it. I think it's going to shake out good because ... I think people wish they could do that, if they had the ability to scare a 240-pound man." Of course, Huerta did a lot more than just scare the man if it was indeed him that did the stomping. Clark said he couldn't comment on the brutal blow until he saw a clear video. Regardless, Huerta told TMZ.com that the man threatened him and he believes he was 100 percent in the right about his actions. "I got the better of him and I left," Huerta said. "If that was my mom, if that was my sister, my spouse, (or) anyone, I would've wanted someone to step in and do something about it." Calls to Austin's District Attorney spokesperson were not returned.
Can this also be noted for future discussions regarding fighters in street fights. People think boxers will just throw punches. Similarly they think a MMA won't headbutt you because he doesn't train like that. Huerta doesn't train (at least anymore) in stomping people in the head but when he was in a street fighter, the street fighter came out of him.
I think people are thinking about this too hard. Its a fight. Its that simple. If im fighting some dude on road im going to do whatever it takes to make sure he isnt standing anymore. If that means stomping on him, turning his head into a football or biting the **** out of his face thats what your going to do. I dont understand why people assume fighters will revert to type as though there are rules. Its a fight. And fighters do what they do best. Fight!
Exactly. You don't think about going 5 rounds, breaking an opponent down, not hitting behind the head etc. You hit hard, fast and you don't stop until he's out or people break it up.
what a mongtard you are. if you look closely Huerta is like "what the ****?" to the guy!! his body language and facial expression proves that. the ****er deserved what he got. Not only did he KO a woman, but he did it from behind, you wouldn't even punch a man from behind, unless you are like that ***** in the video - a ****ing coward.
im not the type to put women on pedestals and say that you can't hit them no matter what. just sayin.
Me neither. The double standard is absurd, I agree, but this is clearly one of the times where you're like, "What the ****?!" That ***** deserves every punch he got...and probably more.
i've always loved huerta. great fights he puts on. if anyone deserved a whooping it was that dude. any news on if the guy was ****ed up from the beating?
Wow. You guys are hilarious. A) The chick didn't get knocked out. B) The big guy was probably drunk off his butt C) Huerta didn't stomp the guy some other clown did How do so many people watch a vid and get so much so wrong...
A) Oh, well then I guess it's ok then B) Again, as long as he was drunk, he has a license to punch any broad he feels like.
This story is simple. You never hit a woman unless your life is in imminent danger meaning that the female in question is either coming at you with a meat cleaver or your attacker happens to be Serena Williams. Outside of those bounds, you're a total ***** from top to bottom if you hit a girl less than half your size. Especially if you're a football player like Bobino. Speaking of football players vs. MMA fighters. If football players want to fight, pick on someone your own size. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuERSRNKZXM[/ame]
To be honest...I don't really like any football player ever against Bas Rutten. That guy will **** your world up quick.