Raul
Rosas Jr. recently elaborated on his UFC
306 bonus request, which faced widespread criticism.
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Rosas took on veteran Qileng Aori
in the first preliminary fight at UFC 306 on Sept 14 at the Sphere
in Las Vegas. The 19-year-old went on to earn a unanimous decision
over Aori in what was seen as a lukewarm affair.
However, fans were surprised to see Rosas ask for a bonus for his
performance in his post-fight Octagon interview. “El Nino Problema”
has since explained his bizarre call for a bonus at UFC 306. To
begin with, Rosas admits that he called for a bonus in heat of the
moment out of habit, having earned “Performance of the Night”
bonuses for all three of his previous
UFC wins.
While Rosas admits that he didn’t deserve a bonus for his win over
“Mongolian Murderer,” the Mexican prospect had some reasoning to
justify getting one. Rosas takes the credit for attracting fans
early on in the card.
“It was just the heat of the moment,” Rosas recently told MMAFighting.com. “Since I’m used to getting
finishes and asking for it after, it just came out. But either way,
my argument to say that I would deserve, don’t get me wrong, there
was a unanimous decision so obviously I’m okay with not getting it
because I should have got a finish. But if I would have got it, my
argument would be the people showed up because of me. The event was
packed because of me. I’m saying they were there early because I
was on the prelims. I’m not trying to be cocky, but a lot of people
tune in to watch me fight. With them putting me on the first fight
on the prelims, I made a lot of people show up and tune in on their
TV’s right away. That would have been my argument for the [$50,000]
but obviously I agreed, I didn’t do enough to get those
[$50,000].”
Rosas is currently 4-1 in the UFC with three finishes and a
unanimous decision loss against Christian
Rodriguez.