The climb to the top is never easy and Mitch Raposo has dealt with his fair share of obstacles as he aims to make a name for himself in the UFC’s Flyweight division
the Fall River native heads to Miami with one goal in mind—a dominate performance that gets his hand raised
Raposo has his neighbor to thank for his start in martial arts
When he discovered his neighbor training mixed martial arts
he quickly joined in and hasn’t stopped since
Training out of Regiment Training Center in Fall River
Raposo has nabbed a few titles and proved to be a problem on the local scene
His first test of adversity came during Season 29 of The Ultimate Fighter in 2021
then again during Dana White’s Contender Series
At 22 years old, those two losses stung, but Raposo got back on the horse and his faith in God carried him to his next opportunity- a four-fight deal with the UFC
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In his first official UFC outing at UFC 302
Raposo came up short after 3 hard-fought rounds
The Flyweight prospect believes with each loss comes a lesson and he plans on changing the tide with his next performance
Splitting his training between Regiment Training Center in Fall River
Tyson Chartier's New England Cartel in Haverhill
and Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas with the highly respected Eric Nicksick
Raposo has left no stone unturned for this fight camp
“It means everything to me to step into my sophomore fight with the UFC and show them what I can do on a full camp against a vet,” he said
“I have dreamt for these opportunities since I was a kid and I will not let this one slip away from me.”
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At 22 years old, those two losses stung, but Raposo got back on the horse and his faith in God carried him to his next opportunity- a four-fight deal with the UFC
READ MORE: Fall River's Yorgan De Castro Dominates in Bare Knuckle Debut
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Mitch Raposo can now call himself a UFC fighter
On less than two weeks notice, Raposo (9-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) will step in opposite Andre Lima (8-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) at UFC 302
which takes place June 1 at Prudential Center in Newark
Raposo replaces Nyamjargal Tumendemberel (8-0 MMA
who withdrew from the fight due to visa issues
Two people with knowledge of the matchup recently informed MMA Junkie of the booking but asked to remain anonymous as the promotion has yet to make an official announcement
Raposo, 25, is "The Ultimate Fighter 29" alumnus who also appeared on Dana White's Contender Series in 2021
Raposo dropped his DWCS bout to Jake Hadley by unanimous decision
but regained momentum once he revisited the regional scene with four wins
and two title clinches for CES MMA and Cage Titans
but also advocated Severino should get a second chance
For more on the cards, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 302.
and Dighton-Rehoboth's Eliana Raposo certainly was on Tuesday
The senior tossed a complete game giving up three runs on four hits and a walk while striking out 16 as the No
19 Tantasqua 6-3 at home in the Round of 16 of the Division III softball tournament
"I felt like I was on today," Raposo said. "Yesterday was a little rocky and today I felt much better and felt more comfortable out there."
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After going down 2-0 to the Warriors in the top of the first
D-R plated four in the bottom half of the inning to take the lead and never looked back
adding another run in the third and a final run in the sixth
Tantasqua scored in the top of the seventh to bring themselves back within three
but that's as close as they'd come as Raposo and the Falcons squashed their comeback to seal the win
"Today was a solid effort by everyone," D-R coach Katie Holmes said. "We came out hard in that first inning and we came back from a deficit
which is something we’ve talked about like not just giving up when we’re down
so to come back hard like we did was really good for us and then to just keep adding on to it I think was really good."
"She was really on (with her) pitching today," Holmes said. "Yesterday she struggled a little bit against Auburn and then I think she took a second and was able to reset and came in and did what she had to do."
that's what she's come to expect with the senior captain
"She does what she needs to do," Holmes said. "It doesn’t matter what her day was like yesterday or what it will be tomorrow
she knows she got to come in and play and do what she needs to do today and that’s what she did."
The Warriors came out ready to play as Elise Geneway singled and then came home two batters later as Katelyn Schneider hit a deep ball that rolled to the far corner of right field for an inside the park home run to give the visitors the early 2-0 advantage
The Falcons struck right back in the bottom half of the inning as Caleigh Cloonan walked and Lucy Latour singled to put runners on base and Maddie Kelley capitalized as she hit a double to left field to bring in Cloonan while Haleigh Kelley hit a single back to Schneider in the circle
driving in Latour while a throwing error by Schneider allowed Maddie Kelley to come home to take the lead and sent Haleigh Kelley to second
Fia Brown drove in Haleigh Kelley the next at bat on a single as D-R batted around the order and left the inning up 4-2
"I think we’ve instilled the idea of resilience in these girls and you can see it in the way they practice and the way they play," Holmes said. "Their mindset is just because we’re down in the first inning doesn’t mean it’s going to define our game."
striking out six straight batters and five of the next nine after that
"If I end up getting a couple (strikeouts) in a row
I’m locked in and I just keep going with what’s working and sometimes it ends up turning into a streak," Raposo said
"I never realize it when it happens but I realize after that I just locked in and was in the zone."
In between she also added onto the Falcons lead as she launched a ball deep into the left center gap of the fenceless field for a solo inside the park home run to go up 5-2
"That one felt good," Raposo said. "I barreled it up and it just felt so good coming off the bat and I saw it go in the gap and I was like ‘ok
"I don’t know if I’d call that an inside the park home run
that was over any fence in any park," Holmes said
Tantasqua wasn't willing to go down without a fight as Taylor Bronner led off the fifth inning with a single to shallow left
advancing to second by beating the throw on a fielders choice by Allie Blair
The Warriors nearly had a breakout hit as Alexis Taudel hit a ball up the middle that was knocked down quickly by Haleigh Kelley at short
who nabbed the ball and jumped on second to get Blair for the second out of the inning
with a fly out to center by Mallory Perri getting the hosts out of danger."
"That was huge because that was the second out of the inning and it basically let us feel more comfortable knowing that we had two outs
it was just get the force out at first and do whatever we can to stop that girl from scoring and it worked out well for us
D-R added onto their lead in the bottom of the sixth as a Corine Braga leadoff single was turned into a run by a Cloonan line drive to shallow left to make it 6-2
Tantasqua got one back in the top of the seventh as with two outs
but a flyout to short by Bronner marked the end of the line for the Warriors as the Falcons sealed their spot in the Division III Elite Eight
"They’re ranked sixth and we’re ranked three and I think once you get to a certain point
it doesn’t matter what you’re ranking is
we’ve won games to get here and I tell the girls every day ‘they won a game to get here
it’s a blank slate.' You’ve got to come in
you’ve got to give it your all and you’ve got to work hard
You can’t take anything for granted and you can’t look at a number in front of a team and say we should beat them
That’s not how it works and you can’t take anything for granted
You’ve got to come in and work your butt off and we did that today and hopefully we can do that again Friday."
but she feels it's one that her and her teammates are up for
"We’ve got to play like we know how and play our best game to beat them because doing my research I know that they’re a good team
but I think that if we play our best game and play like we know how then there’s nothing stopping us," Raposo said
Cloonan, Maddie Kelley and Haleigh Kelley all went one-for-three with a run and an RBI
Latour went one-for-four with a run while Braga went one-for-two with a run and Brown went one-for-three with an RBI
going all six innings giving up six runs on eight hits and three walks while striking out eight.
Geneway led the way at the plate for Tantasqua as she went two-for-four with a run and an RBI while Schneider went two-for-three with a home run
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Amelie Morgan (Great Britain) isn’t the only University of Utah gymnast with aspirations to qualify for and compete at the Paris Olympics this summer
Future Red Rock Clara Raposo — a 2025 Utah signee — is also attempting to qualify for the Games
Sunday night marked the first major meet of the year — Elite Canada — when it comes to making the Canadian Olympic team (Canada has already qualified as a team for the Paris Games
Competing in one of two groups of senior-level gymnasts
Raposo finished second in the all-around competition behind Cassie Lee
one of the gymnasts who represented Canada at the World Championships last fall
Raposo scored a 50.600 in the all-around
1.250 points behind Lee and 0.400 points ahead of third-place finisher Maddison Hajjar
Raposo also beat out former Alabama gymnastics standout Shallon Olsen
future Minnesota Golden Gopher Ava Stewart
Clara Raposo - Day 1 Elite Canada pic.twitter.com/Sdy5l9LNA7
As far as individual event performances go
Raposo didn’t win an event title but was second on three events — balance beam
Raposo also scored a 10.750 on floor exercise
Raposo will compete again Tuesday, the final day of Elite Canada, and Utah head coach Carly Dockendorf will be in attendance
She is flying to British Columbia after Utah’s Presidents Day meet against rival UCLA in Los Angeles
No. 4 Utah vs. No. 8 UCLAMonday, 3:30 p.m. MSTPauley Pavilion, Los AngelesTV: ESPN2Stream: WatchESPN
gymnasts will be separated between the apparatuses according to the qualifying process based on Day 1 results
They will be seeded according to the number of athletes in the session
A random draw will determine the order of competition within a group on each apparatus
Canadian all-around and apparatus rankings will be determined according to the combined results of the two days of competition
The results of Elite Canada may be used in the process for selection of athletes for the national team and assignment to international competitions in 2024
No. 4 Utah vs. No. 8 UCLAMonday, 3:30 p.m. MSTPauley Pavilion, Los AngelesTV: ESPN2Stream: WatchESPN
Clara Raposo - Day 1 Elite Canada pic.twitter.com/Sdy5l9LNA7
When news broke on Jan
Stephen Newell said he couldn’t believe that the friend he had known since high school was involved in the drug deal on Baxter Drive that resulted in the shooting of Min Seok “Michael” Cho
“It was totally out of left field when I heard,” Newell said
“I had no clue that he was involved in that kind of stuff
So it was a total shock and definitely not something that I would have pegged him for.”
who has been friends with Raposo since the second grade
said he didn’t realize Raposo had been present at Cho’s shooting until he was arrested on Jan
“I have never been in more shock,” said the Queens University student
and I kept reading the charges over and over again because it said he was charged with felony murder.”
But Valenzuela said he would never believe that Raposo shot Cho
Raposo has been charged with felony murder
tampering with evidence and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute
“He’s an all-around great person that just got involved in a bad situation with a drug that at least half of college students have done or do regularly,” Valenzuela said
“Students shouldn’t judge him by this one event
although it was a serious and tragic one.”
a senior journalism major from Lawrenceville
often played basketball at the Ramsey Student Center with Raposo
He said he spoke with Raposo on the phone the morning of the incident
“I had just called him real quick because we had made a plan with some other guys that we were going to meet up with that day,” Newell said
After calling and texting Raposo multiple times
and he was “saying stuff that didn’t really make sense.”
Don’t hit me up again.’ Which was a weird thing to say,” Newell said
but obviously it wasn’t until the story broke that I found out why all that was happening.”
According to a previous Red & Black article
Raposo told police after the incident he dropped Cho off at Athens Regional Medical Center
threw Cho’s gun into the river and returned to his residence where he changed his clothes
which is why he disposed of Michael Cho’s gun in the river,” he said
I don’t think he would think his clothes would be significant evidence
If he were trying to hide his bloody clothes
he wouldn’t have disposed of them in the dumpster right next to his place.”
who graduated from high school with Raposo and lived with him last semester
said he had no clue what may have led to the shooting
and I could definitely see it in his face that something serious happened,” said the junior public relations major from Johns Creek
It’s not something he’s going to be able to delete out of his memory.”
Malik said Raposo’s friends and family at home are offering support
“Us as a community back in Gwinnett and Peachtree Ridge
we all collectively have moral support for him
“We’re trying to gather a whole bunch of character references for him
along with Athens residents Cormaine Goss and Andre Ruff
who were also allegedly involved in the shooting
New information has been released in the ongoing investigation of Min Seok "Michael" Cho's murder
was killed during a drug deal on Baxter Drive Jan
Sarah* never imagined selling marijuana to help make ends meet would grow into a year-long business
a University of Georgia student charged with felony murder of Min Seok "Michael" Cho
did not receive bond at his hearing Thursday morning
captain of the Clarke County Sheriff's Office
From a senior University of Georgia student’s murder to a fraternity president’s arrest this semester
students and their Second Amendment rights prompt further discussion
An indictment was filed April 14 against former University of Georgia student Lucas Raposo
according to documents obtained by The Red & Black
the man who allegedly fatally shot Min Seok "Michael" Cho
a student the the University of Georgia during a drug deal in January
on felony murder counts for the death of anot…
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the twin brothers are right next to each other
it's fitting that the pair of record breakers led the Vikings' program to its high-water mark with a 13-5 record and a trip to the
For setting new standards for Voorhees lacrosse
ending their high school careers with a seven-win turnaround and providing an unparalleled double threat
Anthony and Zack Raposo are The Express-Times 2012 Boys Lacrosse Co-Players of the Year
They are the second representatives from Voorhees to earn the award
Anthony Raposo tallied 48 goals and 23 assists (71 points) this spring; Zack
contributed 36 goals and 30 assists for 66 points
Anthony Raposo's career marks of 214 points and 142 goals are school records
followed by Zack's totals of 185 points and 112 goals
Both brothers surpassed the previous highs of 183 points and 104 goals set by Mark Rolfe (1986-1988)
The Vikings' 13 victories match the program's most wins in a season
Two of those games stand out above the rest for the Raposos: triumphs over rival
the twins each notched a pair of goals and the Vikings held North Hunterdon scoreless in the second half en route to a
result over the Lions with Anthony Raposo recording the game-winner in overtime to punch a ticket to the H/W/S Tournament final
The victories completed a dominant year in boys sports for Voorhees over its rival
which was something that drew plenty of congratulations in the hallways of the Lebanon Township school
Voorhees' success this spring comes after a 2011 campaign in which the team stumbled to a 6-10 record
the breaks went the opposite way for the Vikes
Voorhees was 4-0 in contests decided by one goal
Anthony Raposo credits the team's preseason conditioning program for being able to pull out the closely contested games
Zack Raposo noted the squad's relationships were also an asset
who have been playing lacrosse together since elementary school
indicated there isn't a focus on bragging rights between them; instead
there's a collaborative effort to improve
That teamwork will continue at the next level as the brothers plan to play at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken
former coach Jason Carlstrom and Tri-County Lacrosse founder Bob Turco as major contributors to their development
Cullen said the Raposos lead by example for the most part but also know when to be vocal
have the on-field chemistry someone would expect from brothers who have been playing together for about a decade
Anthony Raposo said he likes to build that familiarity with all his teammates
Lacrosse isn't something the brothers from Tewksbury Township share alone -- it's a family passion
They have two brothers: Dylan is a sophomore on the team and Logan is playing on the middle school level
a Group 2 NJILCA All-State selection at Somerville High School
who is on the girls lacrosse team at the University of Pennsylvania
From practices after school to mini stick games with their parents
the Raposos have been strengthening each other for more than 11 years
That partnership is set to continue for four more years
which is great news for the twins and terrible news for their opponents
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Vancouver Whitecaps midfielder Ryan Raposo is one of the rare rookies who has already made an impact on the MLS level only two weeks into the season
after following a path that is as unlikely as it is inspirational
From being labeled undersized throughout his childhood to a devastating injury that nearly derailed his career prior to college
Raposo has overcome more than his fair share of obstacles just to get to MLS
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Mitch Raposo never lost sight of a childhood dream
the Massachusetts native is still pursuing the career of being a professional athlete
Baseball and hockey are the sports he used to compete in against his two older brothers
but then he found mixed martial arts at 12 years old
The 22-year-old is currently living out his fantasy in reality
but then there was a sport with weight classes and fighting
I could be the best at fighting and be considered a professional athlete,” Raposo said
“It was everything to me right off the start
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Raposo is used to being told he has what it takes to reach the highest level in MMA
friends and family have told him this since he first started training
A lot has occurred since he first hit the mat for a jiu-jitsu class. Raposo changed gyms, linked up with Tyson Chartier and is now a part of the New England Cartel with UFC notables Rob Font and Calvin Kattar
He most recently earned a unanimous decision victory against Matt Almy at CES 61 this past October
Between his time as an amateur and professional fighter
He is considered one of the top bantamweights in New England
joining other prospects like Johnny Campbell
People are not only telling him he belongs at the next level
but Raposo is making a case all on his own
“For some reason it just stuck in my head and through all the years of middle school and high school
that never got away from me,” Raposo said
“It’s tough too because I saw with my own eyes a lot of people that I knew
There is no better time to be a flyweight according to Raposo
With contenders in the UFC like Brandon Royval
the recent back-and-forth draw between Brandon Moreno and current UFC champion Deiveson Figueiredo
Raposo is even fond of the flyweight talent on the regional scene
Raposo was set to make his 125-debut against Almy
but then Almy asked for a 130-pound catchweight about three weeks before their bout
Flyweight is familiar territory as he fought all six of his amateur bouts at 125 pounds
He even captured the flyweight straps for AMMO Fight League and Cage Titans
He is open to flipping between flyweight and bantamweight
but 125 pounds is where he’d like to be right now
These guys are kind of inspiring me to get after it
To knock someone out who outweighs me by 25 pounds
it just makes all the sense in the world.”
Raposo plans to continue down the road of being a professional athlete come February or March of 2021
He is unsure where his next fight will come
Raposo is also waiting on the auditioning process for “The Ultimate Fighter” season 29
which will feature bantamweights and middleweights
The show is currently postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
He is taking a one fight at a time approach at 22 years old
I’m going to be world champion,” Raposo said