Rozenstruik vs Kovalev

Who won Rozenstruik vs Kovalev?

Jairzinho Rozenstruik beat Andrey Kovalev by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN 10, on Sunday 6th May 2018 at Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Jairzinho Rozenstruik.

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).

Rozenstruik vs Kovalev stats

Jairzinho Rozenstruik stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 4 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Andrey Kovalev made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 9 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out.

Jairzinho Rozenstruik's Rizin record stood at 1-0-0, while Andrey Kovalev's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Rozenstruik had a large advantage in power over Kovalev, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Kovalev's 78%.

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

Jairzinho Rozenstruik was the older man by 6 years, at 36 years old.

Rozenstruik had a height advantage of 1 inch over Kovalev.

Rozenstruik was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 3 years and 1 month earlier than Kovalev, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 19 more professional rounds, 36 to Kovalev's 17.

Rozenstruik vs Kovalev form

Jairzinho Rozenstruik had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Shamil Gaziev at UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev on 2nd March 2024 by knockout in the 4th round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Jailton Almeida at UFC Fight Night – Rozenstruik vs. Almeida on 13th May 2023 by submission in the 1st round at Spectrum Center, Charlotte.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Chris Daukaus at UFC 282 on 10th December 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been beaten by Alexander Volkov at UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik on 4th June 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been defeated by Curtis Blaydes at UFC 266 on 4th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

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Rozenstruik's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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