Roger dodger

Roger Huerta appears to be out of Dana White’s doghouse. A couple of weeks ago I wrote about how I’d love to see Huerta vs Clay Guida II but that Huerta had pissed White off – Huerta has one fight left on his contract and refuses to renew because he wants to become an actor – and didn’t know when or who or if he’d fight again.

Well, maybe the Guida/Diego Sanchez brawl reminded the UFC prez of what an exciting fighter Huerta is as he’s locked the lightweight star to a showdown with Gray Maynard at the 19th edition of the UFC’s Fight Night series slated for September 16 in Oklahoma City.

Huerta is coming off a unanimous decision loss at the hands of Kenny Florian in August of 2008 while Maynard is 5-0 after beating Jim Miller at UFC 96. Thanks to Sherdog.com for the heads-up.