By TXMMA Staff
He’s not done yet but Huerta looking to life after fighting by building up program at Millennium Martial Arts
| photo: Paul Erickson
HOUSTON, TX, April 14, 2014 – Living the life of a martial artist should extend well past competition. Nobody can compete forever and yet martial arts should be a lifelong passion. For Angel Huerta, that’s exactly what it is and he’s setting himself up for a long term future by expanding out beyond just fighting.
Houston MMA fans should know Angel Huerta by now. He’s built up a 6-2 record fighting almost exclusively for the Legacy Fighting Championship. He’s built up a reputation as a feared striker stemming back from his days in the World Combat League and continuing on in his MMA career. He’s also known as one of the more popular fighters coming out of Houston in recent years.
Huerta has earned all those individual accolades but now he wants people to know him for another reason as well. He wants those around to know him as someone who helps develop champions through his program at Millennium Martial Arts.
“I started teaching 11 years ago at a community center and now we are here,” says Huerta.
Having just moved to a bigger location Angel is now placing a bigger emphasis on his MMA program to add to his traditional martial arts core. First they added kickboxing and submission grappling but now have advanced striking classes in addition to overall MMA training.
“We brought in (former Legacy FC welterweight champ) Jeff Rexroad to run the MMA classes here. The plan is to have everything we need to develop winners. With Jeff’s knowledge of MMA grappling and MMA and my diverse striking as well as MMA knowledge it’s a recipe for winning. We are on the same page as far as what athletes need to make them perform at a high level. There is going to be a system. We will be able to coach our competitors because we know what they know because everything is there for them. When someone wearing our logo shows up to compete it will be because we agree they are ready. I’m confident that we are building something special here at Millennium and I’d say we’ll have our 1st group of amateurs ready by June for their 1st fight.”
“The future has no limits. We are thankful and happy but not satisfied. Success is the only goal. I want our place to be the best. Not better or bigger than anyone else, just the best. It’s hard to describe it but my boxing coach told me once that he doesn’t want to be rich. He just wants to be respected. It’s the same here. If anyone out there wants to be a part of our team give us a shout!”