Raul Rosas Jr. was fast-tracked to the UFC.
He made his promotional debut after just six professional fights, and oh by the way, he just turned 18 six months ago.
His age is why UFC bantamweight contender Sean O’Malley believes the UFC did him no favors by throwing him into the fire before he was ready, evidenced by Rosas Jr.’s first pro loss against Christian Rodriguez at UFC 287 on Saturday.
“I called that; I said I think Christian Rodriguez is going to be too much,” O’Malley said on his “Timbo Sugar Show” podcast. “(He) trains at a good [expletive] gym. Doesn’t mean Raul Rosas Jr. is done, but I mean, where do you go from here? Maybe you don’t even sign him at that age – you let him fight for two, three years, rack up some more wins. … But the UFC, that’s the risk they’re willing to take. ‘Hey, we’re going to have a potential star.’ He still can be. I don’t know.”
