Rozenstruik vs Gaziev

Who won Rozenstruik vs Gaziev?

Jairzinho Rozenstruik beat Shamil Gaziev by knockout in the 4th round during the main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 2nd March 2024 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Rozenstruik vs Gaziev stats

Jairzinho Rozenstruik stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Shamil Gaziev made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 12 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Jairzinho Rozenstruik's UFC record stood at 8-5-0, while Shamil Gaziev's came in at 1-1-0.

The stats suggested Rozenstruik had a large advantage in power over Gaziev, boasting a 92% knock out percentage over Gaziev's 67%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Gaziev had a large advantage over Rozenstruik, boasting a 25% submission rate over Rozenstruik's 0%.

Jairzinho Rozenstruik was the older man by 2 years, at 36 years old.

Rozenstruik was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 8 years and 4 months earlier than Gaziev, whose first professional fight was in 2020. He had fought 15 more professional rounds, 36 to Gaziev's 21.

Rozenstruik vs Gaziev form

Rozenstruik had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges 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 lost to 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

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.

Gaziev's last 2 fights had come over a period of 10 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.5 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Rozenstruik vs Gaziev?

Jairzinho Rozenstruik was a 17/10 (+170) underdog going into the contest, while Shamil Gaziev made his way into the ring at 12/25 (-210) with oddsmakers.