Blaydes vs Rozenstruik

Who won Blaydes vs Rozenstruik?

Curtis Blaydes beat Jairzinho Rozenstruik by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 266, on Saturday 25th September 2021 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 30-27, 30-27 in favor of the winner Curtis Blaydes.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Blaydes vs Rozenstruik stats

Curtis Blaydes stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Jairzinho Rozenstruik made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out.

Curtis Blaydes' UFC record stood at 13-4-0, while Jairzinho Rozenstruik's came in at 8-5-0.

The stats suggested Rozenstruik had an advantage in power over Blaydes, with a 91% knock out percentage over Blaydes' 71%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Blaydes and Rozenstruik would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Curtis Blaydes was the younger man by 3 years, at 33 years old.

Blaydes had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Blaydes was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 2 years later than Rozenstruik, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 14 more professional rounds, 50 to Rozenstruik's 36.

Blaydes vs Rozenstruik form

Blaydes had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Derrick Lewis at UFC Vegas 19 on 20th February 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Alexander Volkov at UFC Vegas 3 on 20th June 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Junior dos Santos at UFC on ESPN+ 24 on 25th January 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at PNC Arena, Raleigh.

Before that, he had defeated Shamil Abdurakhimov at UFC 242 on 7th September 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at du Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

He was victorious against Justin Willis at UFC on ESPN+ 6 on 23rd March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, United States.

Rozenstruik had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Augusto Sakai at UFC Vegas 28 on 5th June 2021 by knockout in the 1st round in the United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Junior dos Santos at UFC 252 on 15th August 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Francis NGannou at UFC 249 on 9th May 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Before that, he had defeated Alistair Overeem at UFC on ESPN 7 on 7th December 2019 by knockout in the 5th round at Capital One Arena, Washington D.C..

He was victorious against Andrey Kovalev at RIZIN 10 on 6th May 2018 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Curtis Blaydes had been fighting more than Jairzinho Rozenstruik.

Going to this contest, Curtis Blaydes had last fought 3 years, 5 months and 4 days ago, while Jairzinho Rozenstruik's last outing had been 3 years, 1 month and 19 days ago.

Blaydes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Rozenstruik's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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