{"id":161,"date":"2022-09-20T22:00:31","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T21:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/?p=161"},"modified":"2022-09-22T22:08:24","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T21:08:24","slug":"%f0%9d%97%ac%f0%9d%97%bc%f0%9d%98%82%f0%9d%97%bb%f0%9d%97%b4%f0%9d%97%b2%f0%9d%98%80%f0%9d%98%81-%f0%9d%97%b2%f0%9d%98%83%f0%9d%97%b2%f0%9d%97%bf-%f0%9d%97%a8%f0%9d%97%99%f0%9d%97%96-%f0%9d%97%ae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/%f0%9d%97%ac%f0%9d%97%bc%f0%9d%98%82%f0%9d%97%bb%f0%9d%97%b4%f0%9d%97%b2%f0%9d%98%80%f0%9d%98%81-%f0%9d%97%b2%f0%9d%98%83%f0%9d%97%b2%f0%9d%97%bf-%f0%9d%97%a8%f0%9d%97%99%f0%9d%97%96-%f0%9d%97%ae\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud835\uddec\ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf4\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude00\ud835\ude01 \ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude03\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddff \ud835\udde8\ud835\uddd9\ud835\uddd6 \ud835\uddee\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf2 in UFC history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This week\u2019s edition of\u00a0<em>Dana White<\/em><em>\u2019s Contender Series\u00a0<\/em>saw 17-year old Raul Rosas Jr. awarded with a\u00a0UFC\u00a0contract. If he makes his debut in the near future, he\u2019ll become the youngest fighter in UFC history.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The new youngest fighter in UFC history! Welcome to the roster Raul Rosas Jr. \ud83d\udc4f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DWCS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DWCS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tORtYkCdv9\">pic.twitter.com\/tORtYkCdv9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UFC (@ufc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc\/status\/1572408949156237314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Over the years, a number of fighters have debuted in the UFC at a young age, with some going onto huge success and others not so much.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Which way will Raul Rosas Jr. go? Only time will tell, but at just 17 years old, it\u2019s clear he\u2019s got plenty of time to make an impact in the UFC. If nothing else, he\u2019s got big footsteps to follow in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here are the five youngest fighters in UFC history.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-162 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/FdMIae1XEAE9FNg.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/FdMIae1XEAE9FNg.png 640w, https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/FdMIae1XEAE9FNg-266x300.png 266w, https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/FdMIae1XEAE9FNg-150x169.png 150w, https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/FdMIae1XEAE9FNg-300x338.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"JLqJ4b ChMk0b\"><span class=\"Q4iAWc\">Note that the youngest fighter in the UFC was American Chase Hooper, who was 19 years old in 2019.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"JLqJ4b ChMk0b\"><span class=\"Q4iAWc\">In the history of mixed martial arts, it was unheard of for a 17-year-old to fight professionally in the UFC.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"JLqJ4b ChMk0b\"><span class=\"Q4iAWc\">However, the exception is with Rosas who is very familiar with the sport.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is noted that he hit adult fighters for as long as physically possible. His achievement changed the unwritten rule in Mexico about what &#8220;kids&#8221; could achieve in MMA.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThen the other amateurs fought when I was 16. Then I made my career debut when I was 17.\u201d \u201cI fight guys who are in their 30s. The oldest fighter I fought is 33 or 34 years old, and the youngest is 25 or 26 years old.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rosas and his team had to go through many obstacles to obtain verbal approval from government officials. They must apply for a special license with the consent of the sponsor and their parents. \u201cThe committee approved it. I signed all the documents. All I have to do is document.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">My friend signed it. This is the only thing I have to do.\u201d Rosas has so far set a 5-0 record since turning professional. All the victories he got made the doubts about him to duel in the UFC faded. Rosas insists that those who doubt her are those who do not realize that she is not like the typical 17-year-old. \u201cI don&#8217;t think these guys know much about fighting. They just saw a 17-year-old.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI am different from (others) 17-year-olds. When they&#8217;re at parties, when they&#8217;re on summer vacation, I&#8217;m at the game, and I work hard.&#8221; \u201cSince childhood, I know what I want. I know what I want and I have to get it. For skeptics, I don&#8217;t really care. They can say whatever they want.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s edition of\u00a0Dana White\u2019s Contender Series\u00a0saw 17-year old Raul Rosas Jr. awarded with a\u00a0UFC\u00a0contract. If he makes his debut in the near future, he\u2019ll become the youngest fighter in UFC history. The new youngest fighter in UFC history! Welcome to the roster Raul Rosas Jr. \ud83d\udc4f #DWCS pic.twitter.com\/tORtYkCdv9 &mdash; UFC (@ufc) September 21, 2022 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-161","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ufc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions\/165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}