Professionally known as Raul Rosas Jr., Raul Gilberto Rosas Rios Jr. is a Mexican-American professional mixed martial artist born in Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico, United States to Mexican parents. His fight name is El Niño Problema.
BIOGRAPHY
Rosas is two years younger than his brother Jessie Rosas, who made his professional MMA debut on June 24, 2022. Both of their parents Raul Rosas Sr. and Oyuki Rios are originally from Iztapalapa, Mexico City, Mexico.
Raul Sr. is a boxing coach. Rios is a housekeeper who does part-time jobs on the side.
Currently, Raul Jr. is signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which is based in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA. Here are 13 more things about him:
- He is a first-degree black belt in Brazilian jiujitsu.
- He suffers from Pallister W Syndrome, a rare genetic disease that leads to facial dysmorphism.
- He is 5’9″ tall and he fights in the bantamweight division.
- He holds a professional MMA record of 11 wins and 1 loss.
- In 2017, he and his family moved from Clovis to Santa Rosa, California, USA.
- On August 4, 2019, he defeated Lucas Afif, Stansliav Abramov, Jack Grundy and Alex Williams at the 2019 International Mixed Martial Arts Federation – World Mixed Martial Arts Association World Championships in Rome Italy.
- On January 25, 2020, he submitted Luke Pham in an amateur MMA fight.
- In 2021, he and his family moved from Santa Rosa to Las Vegas.
- On April 30, 2021, he submitted Donaldo Duran in an amateur MMA fight.
- On November 26, 2021, he made his professional MMA debut.
- On December 10, 2022, he made his UFC debut and became the youngest MMA fighter to win a UFC fight.
- In May 2023, he graduated from high school in Las Vegas.
- On October 8, 2024, he turned 20.
TIMELINE
From 2021 to 2025, Raul Jr. fought 12 professional MMA opponents. Here are the results:
2021
- On November 26, 2021, he submitted Eduardo Velazquez at “UWC Mexico 30” in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.
2022
- On March 25, 2022, he submitted Joel Pena at “UWC Mexico 32” in Tijuana.
- On April 29, 2022, he submitted Francisco Villanueva at “UWC Mexico 33” in Tijuana.
- On May 27, 2022, he submitted Jose Penaloza Romualdo at “UWC Mexico 34” in Tijuana.
- On June 24, 2022, he defeated Andres Portocarrero Pineda at “UWC Mexico 35” in Tijuana.
- On September 20, 2022, he defeated Mando Gutierrez via unanimous decision at “Dana White’s Contender Series 2022” Week 9 in Enterprise, Nevada.
- On December 10, 2022, he submitted Jay Perrin at “UFC 282” in Paradise, Nevada.
2023
- On April 8, 2023, he lost to Christian Rodriguez via unanimous decision at “UFC 287” in Miami, Florida, USA.
- On September 16, 2023, he defeated Terrence Mitchell via technical knockout at “UFC Fight Night 227” in Paradise.
2024
- On June 8, 2024, he submitted Ricky Turcios at “UFC on ESPN 57” in Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
- On September 14, 2024, he defeated Qileng Aori via unanimous decision at “UFC 306” in Las Vegas.
2025
- On March 29, 2025, he defeated Vince Morales via unanimous decision at “UFC on ESPN 64” in Mexico City, Mexico.
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