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[Texasboyballin]

"The UFC is definitely the five-hundred-pound gorilla because they’ve been around longer,” says Schultz. “But the IFL is right there with all of the other organizations. Look at me for instance. I’ve beat some top guys like Roger Huerta.”

Schultz handed Huerta what remains to be his only loss with a first-round submission in June 2004.

“You don’t hear about this because the guys in the UFC say he’s ‘undefeated in the UFC.’ But I beat him,” says Schultz.

But first things first, Schultz will be defending his title against John Gunderson on February 29 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. Schultz is focussed but confident that he will be coming out on top.
“Gunderson is very well-rounded,” says Schultz. “He’s a solid fighter. But I’m better than him at everything. My standup is better. My takedowns are better. My top game is better. He’s probably training on is back a lot, assuming I’m going to take him down.”

“I’m going to go wherever the fight takes me. Against Horodecki, we definitely wanted to get him on his back as quickly as possible. But like I said, I’m better than Gunderson everywhere so I’m not going to force anything.”

Assuming he gets past Gunderson, what’s down the road for Schultz?

“I just want to keep on fighting and keep on winning. The IFL has been very good to me and I’ll continue to be loyal to them. I want to fight the best lightweights. List the top five lightweights in the world and I’ll fight down the list from five to one,” says Schultz.
“And if Huerta wants a chance to get that blemish off his record, all he has to do is give me a call.”


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Five Ounces of Pain | Exclusive: IFL Champ Ryan Schultz Talks Gunderson, Horodecki, and Huerta

[paintstik]

I think he may find that Huerta is a different fighter 4 years later.

[Texasboyballin]

Originally Posted by paintstik

I think he may find that Huerta is a different fighter 4 years later.

^^
Co-Sign, Huerta has steped his A game up alot since fighting Schultz. Schultz needs 2 put his money were his mouth is & come 2 the UFC & c how different Huerta is. Bet it won't be the same story like it was 4yrs Ago.

[notrightn0w]

Originally Posted by paintstik

I think he may find that Huerta is a different fighter 4 years later.

Pretty much

[paintstik]

Schultz is a pretty decent fighter from what i've seen, but what i've seen is him in the IFL. If he thinks the level of fighters he's been facing is somehow equal to even one Clay Guida than he's crazy.

[ArMnHC]

he may sound like a fool, but i dont think so. Ryan knows Huerta is a poster boy over in the UFC, and is just trying to draw attention to himself anyway he can...and eventhough it was 4 years ago, being Huerta's onbly defeat is a big deal either way. with that said, the fight would be different today.

[BigBanda]

Huerta was only like 20 years old when he lost that fight. It was one of his first and he was very green still. Huerta still has not reached his full potential even 4 years later. This is kind of like Tito saying he already beat Wanderlei Silva back before Silva even had joined Chutebox.

[valheruking]

Nothing wrong with bringing up a past victory to hype yourself, thats what the fight business is all about, but as you guys said, if he's using that win as a kind of measuring stick as to how he'd do in the present UFC lw division then he needs to rethink things.

[Bigshanks666]

This is kind of a different subject but schultz' KO of horodecki was fuckin brutal. I love that shit lol.

[singinkangaroooo]

first off let me say that i have not seen Schultz fight so i am going off of hear-say right now... but it has been proven that Huerta has a problem with better wrestlers.. now he has won those fights against said wrestlers.. but during both the Evans fight and the Guida fight he lost at least one round in a complete one-sided round... granted for his credit he did something in a later round that would spark the TKO or RNC so props to him...

but if Schultz is as good a wrestler as he says than Huerta might have a problem with him regardless if it has been 4 years or not... now Roger has dynamite in his hands so there is always that catalyst chance.. but i guess in order to give it any serious analysis id have to see Schultz fight.. just wanted to point out that Rogers main problem has been with wrestlers...

imo if you put him in there against Edgar he would get embarassed for 3 rds... i think the best test in my mind would be poster boy vs poster boy in Griffin vs Huerta... makes most sense