UFC bantamweight Raul Rosas Jr, the UFC’s youngest-ever signee and now the youngest fighter to claim a victory in the promotion, is not short on confidence. He recently appeared on The MMA Hour after securing a brutal first-round victory at UFC 282, where he declared that he is ready to take on the 135-pound champ, Aljamain Sterling.
“I don’t know what the plan is, but I hope they’re trying to fast track me because I’m ready. Like I said, if they offer me a fight for the UFC belt right now, I can not only go out there and win, but I can also finish whoever has the belt, which right now is Aljamain Sterling.
Raul Rosas Jr Confident He Can Take UFC Belt Right Now
That’s why my pro career, that’s what I’m saying, I didn’t take it slowly. I fought months back to back so I could be here. But if I knew that I wasn’t on the level, if I didn’t have nothing to offer to the table, I would have fought every four months, that way I could improve.
The reason I’m fighting so actively — including the Dana White Contender Series not that long ago — I decided to make my UFC debut already because I’m ready for it all. If I knew I wasn’t on that level and I couldn’t hang with these fools — I’m not even looking at anybody, all I see is gold. If I know that I can’t be champion, I would slow down a little bit, but I know I can be champion right now if I was to fight for the belt right now. This is why I’m taking my career so quick, because I know I have everything to win that belt right now.”
Rosas Jr acknowledged that he’ll need to string together a few more wins before the UFC grants him a title opportunity, but that he’s ready to respond to the call when it comes.
“Yes. I’m not saying stuff just to say it. Everything I say is true and people don’t believe in me, but I believe in myself and I’m just going out there and proving it.
[A title fight is] probably not going to happen [next] because people don’t know if I can really do that, but I know I can, so I’m just being active and I’m going to finish everybody in an impressive way so I can really show everybody that I’m ready to go for that title.”
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