Raul
Rosas Jr. doesn’t want to keep fighting after he achieves all
his goals.
Rosas Jr. is the youngest ever fighter to enter the
Ultimate Fighting Championship. The 21-year-old recently
revealed that, like most modern mixed martial arts stars, he
eventually wants to be a two-division champion. If “El Nino
Problema” can win a second title and defend it a couple of times by
25, he will consider retirement.
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Rosas Jr. clarified that he will continue past that age if he
doesn’t accomplish all his goals by then. However, if he becomes a
two-division champion, Rosas Jr. doesn’t want to keep fighting
hungry opponents who want what he has already achieved.
“If I accomplish all my accomplishments by 25, like if I’m already
able to try to challenge for the second belt on the second division
and defend it a couple of times, if I still haven’t done that, then
I’m gonna keep going,” Rosas Jr. told Dominick
Cruz. “But if I’ve done what I wanted to do, I don’t wanna keep
just fighting. I don’t wanna get into it with another hungry guy
that wants something that I’ve already had.”
Rosas Jr. (11-2) earned his UFC contract on the Contender Series in
2022, a month before he turned 18. After a first-round submission
win in his UFC debut later that year, Rosas Jr. suffered his lone
professional loss against Christian
Rodriguez. Rosas Jr. has since racked up four consecutive wins
over battle-tested veterans, showing significant improvement. The
bantamweight prospect is now scheduled to face his biggest step-up
in competition in Rob Font (22-9)
at
UFC 326 on March 7 in Las Vegas.