The decision for Roger Huerta to leave MMA to pursue acting was all but set in stone before what was rumored to be his final showing in the octagon against Gray Maynard. It seems the loss may have re-ignited the fire to fight within Huerta, as he spoke with MMAWeekly and revealed that he had a change of heart after the outcome of the fight was announced.

"Going into this fight, I was going in there thinking, this is my last fight, that I was going to give it my best, and I was going to go out with a bang, and pursue other things in my life. After the fight, I was not pleased with the results, meaning, I wasn’t pleased with the decision that was made that I had lost. I wasn’t pleased with 30-27, which I just don’t see that happening at all. It was going to go 29-28 for him or for me. That’s given me a bitter taste, in that there’s no way that he won all three rounds, or that he just ran through me and did whatever he wanted to me. That’s not what happened. I feel that he’s probably going to be the next number one contender, and the last two guys that I’ve lost to have been the number one contenders, like Kenny (Florian). He beat me decisively; I wasn’t really focused for Kenny. But Gray, I just can’t really swallow that." "This fight has given me hunger for fighting again. I had kind of lost that. I was getting burnt out with it. After this fight, I was like, man, we were so close, and being with Dave, and seeing how much attention we put to this, and how close we were to getting this victory, is really what’s given me back this fighting fire again. "  

I'm sure I don't stand alone when I say that I would much rather see Huerta in the cage versus the silver screen.  Later on in the interview, Huerta mentions that he is unsure of his status with the UFC, but he believes he is still on good terms with them, but would be open to competing in DREAM or Strikeforce should there be issues with UFC management. Full article:  MMAWeekly.com

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