Rosas Jr. vs Morales

Who won Rosas Jr. vs Morales?

Raul Rosas Jr. beat Vince Morales by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 29th March 2025 at Arena CDMX in Mexico City.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Raul Rosas Jr..

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Rosas Jr. vs Morales stats

Raul Rosas Jr. stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Vince Morales made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

This was Raul Rosas Jr.'s 6th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022. Vince Morales marked his 11th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2018.

Raul Rosas Jr.'s UFC record stood at 5-1-0, while Vince Morales' came in at 3-8-0.

The stats suggested Morales had a large advantage in power over Rosas Jr., boasting a 44% knock out percentage over Rosas Jr.'s 20%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Rosas Jr. had a large advantage over Morales, boasting a 60% submission rate over Morales' 31%.

Raul Rosas Jr. was the younger man by 14 years, at 20 years old.

Rosas Jr. had a height advantage of 2 inches over Morales. Despite this, Morales had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Rosas Jr. was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 14 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2021, 6 years and 6 months later than Morales, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 40 less professional rounds, 22 to Morales' 62.

Rosas Jr. vs Morales form

Rosas Jr. had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Qileng Aori at UFC 306 on 14th September 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Sphere, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Ricky Turcios at UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Imavov on 8th June 2024 by submission in the 2nd round at KFC Yum! Center, Louisville.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Terrence Mitchell at UFC Fight Night – Grasso vs. Shevchenko 2 on 16th September 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had lost to Christian Rodriguez at UFC 287 on 8th April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Miami-Dade Arena, Miami.

He was victorious against Jay Perrin at UFC 282 on 10th December 2022 by submission in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Vince Morales had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been beaten by Elijah Smith at UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues on 15th February 2025 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Taylor Lapilus at UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint-Denis on 28th September 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Going into that contest, he had won against Yuki Motoya at RIZIN 45 on 31st December 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Before that, he had lost to Miles Johns at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak on 19th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

He had been beaten by Jonathan Martinez at UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira on 21st May 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Raul Rosas Jr. had been fighting more than Vince Morales.

Going to this contest, Raul Rosas Jr. had last fought 7 months and 17 days ago, while Vince Morales' last outing had been 2 months and 16 days ago.

Rosas Jr.'s last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 4 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Morales' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What time did Rosas Jr. vs Morales start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 11:40 PM UTC , which was 7:40 PM EST or 4:40 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 11:40 PM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Rosas Jr. vs Morales?

Raul Rosas Jr. was a 9/50 (-560) favourite going into the contest, while Vince Morales made his way into the ring at 4/1 (+400) with oddsmakers.