35 year old Chris Curtis ‘salty as f***’ after 18 year old Raul Rosas takes UFC 287 main card spot from veteran

UFC middleweight Chris Curtis is not happy with UFC 287: Pereira vs Adesanya 2 bout order after losing main card spot.

35 year old Chris Curtis ‘salty as f***’ after 18 year old Raul Rosas takes UFC 287 main card spot from veteran

Chris Curtis reacts to losing main card spot to Raul Rosas Jr. (Image Courtesy - Bloody Elbow/MMA Mania)

As UFC releases the bout order for the much-anticipated PPV of 2023, Chris Curtis is ‘salty’ for not being on the main card of the event. UFC middleweight goes off on being snubbed on one of the best cards of the year.

Chris Curtis, fan-favorite UFC middleweight will take on former title contender Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 287. The fight is set to take place at Miami-Dade Arena in Florida on April 8. While fans are eagerly looking forward to watching this fight, Curtis goes off on the promotion for not putting him on the main card of the fight.

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In one of his recent tweets, Chris Curtis went off on losing the main card spot to teen sensation, Raul Rosas Jr. “Not gonna lie, that bout order is completely f***ed. One of the best cards of the year and I get bounced from the main card for a child?” wrote Curtis.

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“Have take on whoever and gone 4-1 to get ranked and I get bounced for a kid with one fight? Yeah I’m salty as f***,” continued Curtis. The middleweight is coming off a huge knockout win against Joaquin Buckley in his last fight. The 18-year-old Raul Rosas Jr, on the other hand, is coming off a historical win against Jay Perrin.

Related: Twitter erupts as 18-year-old Raul Rosas Jr. makes history by becoming youngest fighter to win in UFC

Upcoming pay-per-view UFC 287 is stacked with amazing fights

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UFC 287: Pereira vs Adesanya 2

UFC has yet again put together an amazing fight card for the fight fans. The upcoming UFC 287 PPV event will be taking place on April 9th at the Miami-Dade Arena in Miami, Florida. The PPV will be headlined by the much-anticipated rematch between Alex Pereira and Israel Adesanya for the middleweight title.

In the co-main event is Florida’s own, ‘Gamebred’ Jorge Masvidal making a return to the octagon against a former title contender, Gilbert Burns. That is not all, the fans will also witness a strike fest between bantamweights, Rob Font and Adrian Yanez.

The fan-favorite Kevin Holland will fight again at welterweight against the entertaining Santiago Ponzinibbio. The PPV card will be opened by the teenage prospect, Raul Rosas Jr. against Christian Rodriguez. Chris Curtis, Kelvin Gastelum, Gerald Meerschaert, Michael Chiesa, Li Jingliang, Michelle Waterson, Chris Barnett, and Chase Sherman, are other stars that will be on the UFC 287 prelims and early prelims.

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