{"id":41411,"date":"2026-11-02T00:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T00:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Raul-Rosas-Jr-steps-up-to-face-Colby-Covington-after-Dillon-Danis-Pullout-203450"},"modified":"2026-11-02T00:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T00:00:08","slug":"raul-rosas-jr-steps-up-to-face-colby-covington-after-dillon-danis-pullout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/raul-rosas-jr-steps-up-to-face-colby-covington-after-dillon-danis-pullout\/","title":{"rendered":"Raul Rosas Jr. steps up to face Colby Covington after Dillon Danis Pullout"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/raul-rosas-jr-steps-up-to-face-colby-covington-after-dillon-danis-pullout.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Raul-Rosas-Jr-339419\">Raul<br \/>\nRosas Jr.<\/a> has accepted a short-notice grappling matchup against<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Colby-Covington-57269\">Colby<br \/>\nCovington<\/a> after <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Dillon-Danis-247811\">Dillon<br \/>\nDanis<\/a> withdrew.<\/p>\n<p>Danis was scheduled to face Covington in a submission-only match on<br \/>\nNov. 3 at Pala Pellicone in Rome. However, Hype FC CEO Armand<br \/>\nMartirosian announced at Sunday\u2019s press conference that Danis had<br \/>\npulled out. \u201cEl Nino Problema\u201d stepped in to face the former<br \/>\ninterim <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> welterweight titleholder.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Colby Covington and Raul Rosas Jr. set to clash at Hype FC<br \/>\nahead of their RAF matches<\/h2>\n<p>Rosas, who was attending the press conference, volunteered when<br \/>\nMartirosian called for a replacement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s do it, f*ck it\u2026 Chiwiwis!\u201d Rosas Jr. said at the<br \/>\npresser.<\/p>\n<p>Covington competed at welterweight in the UFC, while Rosas is a<br \/>\nbantamweight. Covington last fought in December 2024, losing to<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Joaquin-Buckley-175481\">Joaquin<br \/>\nBuckley<\/a>, and has since notified the promotion of his retirement<br \/>\nfrom mixed martial arts. Rosas has won six straight and is coming<br \/>\noff a fifth-round technical knockout victory over <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Raoni-Barcelos-94587\">Raoni<br \/>\nBarcelos<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Both are scheduled to compete in Real American Freestyle wrestling<br \/>\nmatches this month. Covington faces <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Khamzat-Chimaev-280021\">Khamzat<br \/>\nChimaev<\/a> at RAF Abu Dhabi on Nov. 14, while Rosas takes on<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Clay-Guida-8184\">Clay<br \/>\nGuida<\/a> at RAF 15 on Nov. 28.<\/p>\n<p><center readability=\"1.0829268292683\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"4.3317073170732\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Dillon-Danis-247811\">Dillon<br \/>\nDanis<\/a> pulled out of his grappling match vs <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Colby-Covington-57269\">Colby<br \/>\nCovington<\/a> at Hype FC in Rome Colby will face <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Raul-Rosas-Jr-339419\">Raul Rosas<br \/>\nJr.<\/a> instead https:\/\/t.co\/s9J6F2owrB<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChampRDS\/status\/2116935613995946246?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><br \/>\nNovember 1, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raul Rosas Jr. has accepted a short-notice grappling matchup against Colby Covington after Dillon Danis withdrew. Danis was scheduled to face Covington in a submission-only match on Nov. 3 at Pala Pellicone in Rome. However, Hype FC CEO Armand Martirosian announced at Sunday\u2019s press conference that Danis had pulled out. \u201cEl Nino Problema\u201d stepped in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41412,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}