Tonight’s UFC Noche main card featured a fun bantamweight bout between Raul Rosas Jr. and Terrence Mithchell.
Rosas Jr. entered the contest looking to bounce back after suffering his first career loss last time out. The young prospect dropped a unanimous decision at UFC 287 to Christian Rodriguez. Prior to that, Rosas Jr. had a squeeky clean 7-0 record, including a first-round submission over Jay Perrin on his promotional debut.
On the other hand, Mitchell is looking to rebound as well from a UFC debut loss to Cameron Saaiman. Saaiman stopped the 33-year-old within the first-round at UFC 290. Before that, Mitchell had attained three-straight wins on the Alaksa regional scene.
Tonight’s contest between Raul Rosas. Jr. and Terrence Mitchell was a one-sided beatdown in favour of the Mexican-born Rosas Jr. In-front of a loud-and-rowdy Mexican crowd, Rosas Jr. came forward like possessed bull and send Mitchell to the canvas early. From there, it marked the beginning of the end. Rosas Jr. landed some heavy ground-and-pound, which forced the referee to step in.
Rosas Jr. took the opportunity to greet a heavily attended Mexican crowd and cut an excellent promo. At 18-year-old, he may have just banked himself another debut as requested post-fight. Will he get the bonus? Let us know in the comments before the night closes out.
Official result: Raul Rosas. Jr. def. Terrence Mitchell via KO at 0:54 of round 1.
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