By priyanka
December 11,2022
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According to ESPN Stats & Information research, at 18 years and 63 days old, Rosas became the youngest fighter to compete in the UFC when he faced Jay Perrin. The previous record was held by Dan Lauzon, who was 18 years and 198 days old at UFC 64 on Oct. 14, 2006
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LAS VEGAS — Raul Rosas Jr. is just 18 years old, the youngest winner in UFC history. But he's clearly learned quickly. After submitting Jay Perrin at 2:44 of the first with a rear naked choke, Rosas took the microphone at T-Mobile Arena and did what so many of his much older peers have done over the years
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Raul Rosas Jr. lived up to the hype in his UFC debut. With a quick finish of Jay Perrin at UFC 282, 18-year-old Rosas (7-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) became the youngest fighter to win a UFC fight when he cinched in a rear-naked choke on Perrin (10-7 MMA, 0-3 UFC) at the 2:44 mark of Round 1.
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Clovis, New Mexico Rosas was born November 2004, in the small town of Clovis, New Mexico, which has a population of fewer than 40,000. Rosas' parents, Raul Rosas and Oyuki Rios, initially immigrated to the United States from Iztapalapa, one of the most dangerous and impoverished neighbourhoods in Mexico City.
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21 and 34 The State Athletic Commission states that the minimum age to fight in the UFC is 18 years old, with no upper age limit. MMA Fighters must be between the ages of 21 and 34 and be allowed to legally live and work in the United States to compete in The Ultimate Fighter Championship.
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. Jones became the youngest champion in UFC history with his title victory over Maurício Rua at age 23.
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I started training when I was four, just for fun, but then I saw my dad fighting for the first time around that age and I started to take it seriously.
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