Vince
Morales recently opened up on his loss against Raul Rosas
Jr.
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Morales and Rosas Jr. met in a bantamweight clash at UFC
Mexico last weekend. Morales threatened some submissions but
was mostly outwrestled by “El Nino Problema” en route to a
unanimous decision loss.
Morales believes he could have done better and that the altitude
had a part to play in that. While Morales thinks the altitude
affected Rosas Jr. as well, he admits that the 20-year-old did
enough to get the win. “Vandetta” also realises that he is now at a
crossroads in his career in the
UFC and remains unsure of his future. Morales plans to work on
his “mental block” in close fights.
“So about last night, I’m upset… Didn’t do enough. I’m OK though,”
Morales said on social media. “No real damage, nose opened up
again. But day in a life. He did what he needed to do. I think we
were both feeling the altitude a little bit or something. I just
remember feeling heavy and slow… Could have been better still. I
trained good, I got acclimated just fine… I don’t know what the
UFC’s gonna do with me… I clearly got some mental block or
something on winning a close fight. I’ll get to work on that.”
While he has paid his dues on the regional circuit, Morales has now
dropped three straight unanimous decisions during his second UFC
stint. Meanwhile, Rosas Jr. is now 5-1 in the UFC.