Pals on not, Raul Rosas Jr. supposed to place Ricky Turcios away of their unique reserving again in February. Now combating on Saturday, Rosas has somewhat extra motivation to get that performed.
Rosas Jr. (8-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) and Turcios (12-3 MMA, 2-1 UFC) conflict on the principle card of UFC on ESPN 57, which takes place at KFC Yum! Heart in Louisville, Ky. That is the third date they’ve been scheduled to fulfill, as they had been initially scheduled to struggle on Feb. 24 after which every week later at one other UFC Struggle Evening occasion after the unique date fell by.
Rosas Jr. withdrew from their first date minutes earlier than the struggle as he fell in poor health. Then, within the following reserving, Rosas Jr. had a scheduling battle that didn’t enable him to compete. Turcios wasn’t proud of Rosas Jr. not combating in February and initially criticized him, saying Rosas Jr. was “unprofessional” and “disrespected the Bushido code.”
Turcios could have modified his tune since, however his unique feedback haven’t sat nicely with “El Niño Problema.”
“It does change it somewhat as a result of now I’m going to exit, and we’ll see if he comes out clear this time,” Rosas Jr. advised MMA Junkie. “He had posted he had come out clear within the final struggle, so we’ll see if he can say the identical issues he was saying after the final struggle that we didn’t struggle. However yeah, he’s somewhat bizarre, for positive. He comes and tells me it’s all respect, however then goes on the market and says these sort of issues on-line, so we’ll see if he can again it up.
“If I actually disrespected his code, we’ll see if he does one thing about it on Saturday evening.”
Though it’s been just some months, the 19-year-old Rosas Jr. believes he’s advanced tremendously since that first reserving. He plans on exhibiting that development by stopping Turcios.
“I believe he’s going to have a tough time both method the struggle goes,” Rosas Jr. stated. “He’s a sturdy fighter. He has loads of coronary heart, and he’s going to maintain coming after I put a beating on him. He’s going to maintain coming, so I’m prepared for that. I’m prepared for a battle, however I’m going to place him out whether or not it’s Spherical 1, 2 or 3. I’m fairly positive I’m going to place him out.”
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