Midnight Mania! UFC champion Aljamain Sterling beefs with teenage wunderkind Raul Rosas Jr: ‘Completely disrespectful’

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Raul Rosas Jr. is already creating some notoriety.

Again in September, the highest prospect secured his spot on the UFC roster, successful a unanimous determination on “Contenders Sequence” just some weeks shy of his 18th birthday. Rosas Jr. remains to be in highschool, however that didn’t cease him from making an announcement in his UFC debut at UFC 282, rapidly submitting Jay Perrin to score a performance bonus.

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Rosas Jr. has massive objectives, and he’s already talked about his confidence in difficult Bantamweight kingpin Aljamain Sterling. Clearly, Rosas Jr. nonetheless has a protracted option to go earlier than he’s breaking into the rankings of a talent-rich division like Bantamweight, not to mention difficult for the belt.

Confidence isn’t a foul factor in fight sports activities, and now, Rosas Jr. has discovered himself on Sterling’s radar. “Aljo” isn’t impressed, nevertheless, revealing a previous run-in on the mats soured him on the younger expertise.

“I need to grapple him once more,” Sterling mentioned (through BJPenn.com). “I grappled him twice, the second time I went and did a drill they usually did this ‘King of the Mat’. I advised him I used to be taking it straightforward for the day, simply making an attempt to get a sweat in and never go loopy. He was making an attempt to go my guard, and began performing like a DJ on my head. I form of like, chuckled, and thought, ‘Okay, this dude’s being somewhat little bit of a prick proper now.’”

He continued, “Like I barely know this child. Then I look over to the fitting, and there’s his dad with the f*cking digital camera recording. Like oh, it is a f*cking present and inform proper now, you’re simply recording s*it and don’t say something. Like cool, you guys have champions come right here and also you’re utterly disrespectful. That’s only a s*itty persona. You’d suppose somebody would’ve taught him some etiquette. Like, going into gyms and stuff and figuring out with different individuals however I suppose not.”

“Didn’t ask [to record], nothing… It was bizarre.”

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The information beneath seemingly means little or no to most readers, however right here’s the anecdote of the week: I first heard of Benito Lopez shortly after shifting out to Workforce Alpha Male, someplace round 2015. He choked out a group mate in lower than a minute, after which perhaps a yr later, he joined TAM full time. He grew to become a major coaching accomplice, and I received to look at him run by way of the regional scene firsthand. I watched a number of of his closing regional fights reside, together with a exceptional eight-second bounce knee knockout, and he quickly earned a shot on “Contenders Sequence. Again earlier than actually each winner snagged a contract, he earned his in a thriller.

Sadly, accidents plagued his UFC profession. I’ve skilled with plenty of individuals over time, however Lopez exemplified the “unassuming with lethal instincts” kind higher than anybody I’ve ever met. He’s by no means been an unbelievable pure athlete — Benito is infamous for vomiting at observe — however he has a way of timing and knack for creating collisions that stands out even among the many greatest.

I’ve no insider information on what’s subsequent for him, however better of luck to Oroville’s “Golden Boy.”

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