Raul Rosas Jr. vs. Ricky Turcios scrapped from UFC Mexico City just before walkouts

Raul Rosas Jr. will not get the chance to fight in front of an adoring crowd at UFC Mexico City.

The highly-touted bantamweight prospect suffered an illness that left him unable to compete, and his fight with Ricky Turcios was scrapped just before the two were scheduled to walk to the octagon. The news was announced during the UFC Mexico City broadcast.

UFC play-by-play man Brendan Fitzgerald also announced that there is a chance Rosas vs. Turcios is rescheduled for the UFC Vegas 87 card next Saturday night, March 2, at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, but nothing has been finalized yet. It will likely depend on how quickly Rosas bounces back from the illness that prevented him from competing on Saturday.

It’s an unfortunate turn of events for Rosas, who talked about his excitement to perform in front of friends and family as the UFC landed in Mexico City for the first time in nearly five years.

Now he’ll have to wait and see if he can get healthy enough to compete next week or perhaps push his next fight back to a later date.

So far in his early UFC career, the now 19-year-old fighter has posted a 2-1 record through three fights, including victories over Jay Perrin and Terrence Mitchell. He’ll obviously hope to add Turcios to that list when they finally fight, but it won’t be at UFC Mexico City.