UFC has released Jessie Rosas roughly two weeks after signing him, and without the 23-year-old ever setting foot in the Octagon.
Roster-tracking account UFC Roster Watch logged Rosas as removed from the promotion’s active list on Wednesday, Aug. 12. UFC has not commented publicly on the move.
Rosas never fought a round for the company. He was pulled from his Aug. 8 debut against Miles Johns at UFC Vegas 120 hours before the early weigh-ins, after a UFC physician refused to clear a wound on his forehead.
The Doctor’s Call His Camp Still Disputes
The Rosas family said the mark was mat burn from a glove scratch, and that two outside doctors had already signed off. The UFC’s physician overruled them.
“Doctor says it’s herpes, which he’s wrong,” Raul Rosas Jr. wrote on his Instagram story, adding that nothing his family did was going to change the physician’s mind.
Jessie addressed it himself the same day, saying he was “forced to pull out due to a glove scratch on the forehead” and apologizing to fans who wanted to see him compete. Their father struck a softer tone, framing the decision as UFC prioritizing athlete safety.
Johns stayed on the UFC Vegas 120 card, moving up to 145 pounds to face short-notice replacement Gianni Vazquez. He survived a knockdown and finished Vazquez by TKO at 3:09 of the first round, snapping a three-fight skid.
Not The First Late Scratch
The cut lands harder because of what preceded it. Rosas withdrew from a Fury FC 102 main event against John Yannis minutes before showtime, handing matchmakers a second data point on a fighter they had barely met.
He signed with the promotion in late July on roughly 10 days’ notice for the Johns booking, arriving on a three-fight win streak with an 8-1 record, four submission wins and two knockouts.
Raul Rosas Jr. remains the family’s UFC presence, sitting inside the bantamweight rankings after a decision win over Rob Font in March. AG Fight has reported he is expected to meet Raoni Barcelos on Sept. 26, though UFC has not confirmed that booking.
Jessie has time. He is 23, he has never lost inside the Octagon because he has never been in it, and a short regional run is the obvious road back. Rebuilding trust with matchmakers is the harder part.
