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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.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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