Result · UFC
Rosas taps Covington with a rear-naked choke in 43 seconds
Rosas took the submission-only main event on short notice in Rome, and the match was scheduled for 10 minutes.
UFC · Bantamweight
Raul Rosas Jr.
13–1–0
3 KO · 6 SUB · 4 DEC
- Height
- 5′9″175 cm
- Reach
- 67″170 cm
- Weight
- 135 lb61 kg
- Age
- 22
- Born
- October 8, 2004
- From
- Santa Rosa, California
- Style
- Freestyle
- Team
- Rosas Brothers MMA
- Streak
- 6wins
- UFC
- 7–1
- Last
- Raoni BarcelosWin · September 26, 2026
Raul Rosas Jr. fights at bantamweight in the UFC.
Clovis, New Mexico is his birthplace. He fights out of Santa Rosa and trains at Rosas Brothers MMA, and the pro debut was a rear-naked choke of Eduardo Velazquez at 1:01 of the first round on November 26, 2021.
He has two older brothers and an older sister, and all three are professional fighters. The nickname is El Niño Problema, he holds NAGA belts in grappling, he went 6-0 as an amateur, and four fight-night bonuses came in eight UFC appearances.
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Fights
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raoni Barcelos | Win | TKO (strikes) | 5 | 1:38 | UFC Fight Night: Rosas Jr. vs. Barcelos | |
| Rob Font | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC 326: Holloway vs. Oliveira 2 | |
| Vince Morales | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Erceg | |
| Aoriqileng | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC 306: O'Malley vs. Dvalishvili | |
| Ricky Turcios | Win | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 2:22 | UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Imavov | |
| Terrence Mitchell | Win | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:54 | UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Shevchenko 2 | |
| Christian Rodriguez | Loss | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2 | |
| Jay Perrin | Win | Submission (face crank) | 1 | 2:44 | UFC 282: Błachowicz vs. Ankalaev | |
| Mando Gutierrez | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | Dana White's Contender Series 2022: Week 9 | |
| Andres Portocarrero | Win | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:11 | UWC Mexico 35 | |
| Jose Penaloza | Win | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 2:35 | UWC Mexico 34 | |
| Francisco Villanueva | Win | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 2:07 | UWC Mexico 33 | |
| Joel Pena | Win | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 0:54 | UWC Mexico 32 | |
| Eduardo Velazquez | Win | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 1:01 | UWC Mexico 30 |