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The MMA Daily: 17-year-old Raul Rosas Jr. signs on for historic Contender Series bout

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The MMA Daily: 17-year-old Raul Rosas Jr. signs on for historic Contender Series bout
The chairs where the winners of Dana White Contender Series will sit (Photo by Amy Kaplan/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Raul Rosas Jr. is set to become the youngest contestant ever to compete on Dana White’s Contender Series.

On Tuesday the 17-year-old Rosas Jr. revealed via Instagram that he’d inked a contract to compete in the Contender Series. It was later confirmed by ESPN Deportes that the teen would star on the September 20th broadcast of the program.

Rosas Jr., who has competed solely on the Mexican regional scene to this point, has only left the first round once in his five-fight career and boasts four submission wins alongside a lone KO.

A special license will need to be obtained by the 5-0 prospect before he competes, as in the state of Nevada, fighters must be over the age of 18 in order to be licensed by the state athletic commission.

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The soapbox

Dom Cruz’ first public words since his loss:

Chael and Tito go back and forth:

Colby and Lil Wayne turn up:

No friends in the fight game:

Terrance McKinney on Paddy Pimblett:

Bryce Mitchell got jokes:

Herbert Burns is on the mend:

The morning view

Vicente Luque breaks down Khamzat vs Nate:

JHK catches up with Julian Erosa ahead of his upcoming UFC 279 bout:

UFC 278 Embedded kicks off:

Bisping reacts to the Marlon Vera KO of Dominick Cruz:

Done deals

This week

  • Dominick Reyes to fight Ryan Spann at UFC 281 on November 12th (per MMA Junkie)
  • Derek Brunson to fight Jack Hermansson at UFC event on December 3rd (per Ariel Helwani)
  • Mike Jackson to fight Pete Rodriguez at UFC event on October 15th (per MMA Junkie)
  • Tim Means to fight Max Griffin at UFC event on October 29th (per Farah Hannoun)
  • Charles Jourdain to fight Nathaniel Wood at UFC Paris on September 3rd (per Al Zullino)
  • Tresean Gore to fight Josh Fremd at UFC event on October 29th (per Mike Heck)

On this day in MMA…

On the 16th of August, 2014, ‘Smilin’ Sam Alvey made his UFC debut at UFC Fight Night 47 in Bangor, Maine in the United States.

In what may have been a form of cruel foreshadowing for the middleweight’s later UFC run, Alvey would come up short on the scorecards to Tom Watson after the full 15 minutes.

Alvey was recently let go from the promotion after a record breaking eight fight losing skid.

Tom Watson celebrates after defeating Sam Alvey on August 16, 2014 in Bangor, Maine. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

Chris Ferguson is a combat sports reporter hailing from the land down under in Australia. He runs short-format interviews with mixed martial arts prospects hailing from the Oceanic region, as well as a weekly newsletter on Substack, breaking down every debuting fighter on each coming weekend’s UFC card. Catch his hot takes on Twitter @CFerg_mma.

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