Raul Rosas Jr submits Colby Covington in 43 seconds in grappling bout
Raul Rosas Jr needed 43 seconds to submit Colby Covington in a grappling bout in Rome on Tuesday. The 22-year-old Mexican took the fight at late notice in place of Dillon Danis and locked in the rear-naked choke inside the first minute.
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A juventude venceu a experiência. Na última terça-feira (3), em Roma, foram necessários 43 segundos para o mexicano Raul Rosas Jr finalizar o americano Colby Covington em um duelo de grappling.
O peso-galo (61 kg) do UFC aceitou a luta de última hora, no lugar de Dillon Danis, e surpreendeu o veterano wrestler com um mata-leão rápido.
O confronto foi no evento ‘Hype Fighting’, sob regras de ‘submission only’ — só a finalização dava a vitória. Mesmo diante de um adversário maior e mais experiente, Rosas não deu chance: conseguiu a queda logo no início, tomou as costas e forçou Covington a bater em desistência ainda no primeiro minuto.
“É uma sensação ótima. Estou feliz por estar de volta contra uma lenda como Colby Covington. Poder fazer isso na frente de Conor McGregor, que é uma lenda, foi incrível”, declarou Rosas, citando o astro irlandês presente na plateia.
O triunfo coroa um bom momento da promessa latina: nas últimas seis lutas no UFC, venceu todas, incluindo confrontos com os veteranos Rob Font e Raoni Barcelos. O retrospecto levou o mexicano de 22 anos ao top 10 dos galos nos dois rankings da organização — o da mídia e o feito por IA.
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