Raul Rosas Jr. Covered the greatest gap of his career from the atmosphere.
“El Nino Problema” has a special place in the history books and becomes the youngest hunter to ever sign at the UFC at the age of 17 in 2022. Rosas has since broken more records, in particular winning his promotion debut at the age of 18.
Raul Rosas Jr. is currently 4-1 in the UFC and runs on a three-fighter win racing on the way to his return to UFC Mexico City, where he takes on 25 veteran Vince Morales this Saturday.
Rosas, 20, should not worry too much about the experience of experience after what happened in his last fight in September.
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The opponent of Raul Rosas Jr had 26 more fights than he did
A month before his birthday, a 19-year-old Raul Rosas Jr. Equestrian against China's Aoriqileng in the first fight from the atmosphere at UFC 306.
12 years his oldest, Aoriqileng (25-11) had 3 times the experience on Rosas and saw countless rounds about 24 fights that went the distance.
Rosas had only been to the judges' decision twice, but the young gun would not prevent him from dominating Aoriqileng on the ground.
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What we saw from Rosas was a more patient approach than his earlier fights. He did not immediately shot a Takedown as he did in the only loss against Christian Rodriguez. Instead, Rosas founded his strikes before he pulled in the mat for two minutes.
It was the world of Rosas on site and endangered submission attempts on the back of Aoriqileng.
The second round came much closer and took place on the feet before Rosas insured an early Takedown on Aoriqileng in the final round. Rosas closed the 31-year-old after he got up again.
Rosas Jr. Aoriqileng held the rest of the round and got his hand lifted by a unanimous decision, the first to do this from the high-end location.
“It feels great to make history at the age of 19,” said Rosas Jr. To Joe Rogan in his interview after the fight.
“Still the first and the youngest …”
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