When bantamweight Raul Rosas Jr. fought on Dana White’s Contender Sequence in September 2022, he was 17-years outdated. He defeated Mando Gutierrez and earned a contract to battle within the huge present.
Rosas Jr. made his octagon debut three months later, after turning 18, at UFC 282. He submitted Jay Perrin within the first spherical and remained an undefeated fighter. That may change in his subsequent battle. In April 2023, at UFC 287, Rosas suffered his first profession defeat dropping by way of unanimous resolution towards Christian Rodriguez.
He rebounded from the loss with back-to-back finishes, together with a second-round submission win over Ricky Turcios at UFC Louisville final weekend. Again on a win streak, the Mexican teenager needs to etch his identify within the document books.
Rosas aspires to be the youngest fighter to be topped UFC champion. Present heavyweight titleholder Jon Jones holds the document for being the youngest champion in UFC historical past. At 19, Rosas believes that document is realistically inside his grasps.
“I believe it (the document) has all the time been there. I did take that loss, and it did set me again slightly bit however I knew I used to be going to be again,” Rosas stated throughout an look on The MMA Hour.
“It relies upon,” Rosas answered when requested how outdated he expects to be when he will get a UFC title shot. “Let me see. If I get one other battle this 12 months, I am considering if I win, if I do not get at High 15 subsequent, I believe profitable the subsequent battle will get me a High 15 after which preventing like three fights within the High 15. So, I believe two or three years it should take me.”
In three years, Rosas Jr. will likely be 22-years outdated. Jones was 23 years, 242 days outdated when he completed Mauricio “Shogun” Rua with strikes within the UFC 128 major occasion in March 2011 on the Prudential Heart in Newark, New Jersey.
