Rozenstruik vs Overeem

Who won Rozenstruik vs Overeem?

Jairzinho Rozenstruik beat Alistair Overeem by knockout in the 5th round during the main event of UFC on ESPN 7, on Saturday 7th December 2019 at Capital One Arena in Washington D.C..

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 Overeem stats

Jairzinho Rozenstruik stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 9 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Alistair Overeem made his way to the cage with a record of 45 wins, 17 losses and 0 draws, 23 of those wins coming by knock out and 17 by submission.

Jairzinho Rozenstruik's UFC record stood at 8-5-0, while Alistair Overeem's came in at 12-8-0.

The stats suggested Rozenstruik had a massive power advantage over Overeem, boasting a 89% knock out percentage over Overeem's 51%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Overeem had a massive advantage over Rozenstruik, boasting a 38% submission rate over Rozenstruik's 0%.

Jairzinho Rozenstruik was the younger man by 7 years, at 36 years old.

Overeem had 2-inch reach advantage.

Rozenstruik was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 53 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 12 years and 7 months later than Overeem, whose first professional fight was in 1999. He had fought 69 less professional rounds, 36 to Overeem's 105.

Rozenstruik vs Overeem form

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Aleksei Oleinik at UFC on ESPN+ 7 on 20th April 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Yubileyny Sports Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Previous to that, he had beaten Sergei Pavlovich at UFC Fight Night 141 on 24th November 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Cadillac Arena, Beijing, China.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Francis NGannou at UFC 218 on 2nd December 2017 by knockout in the 1st round at Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, United States.

Before that, he had defeated Fabricio Werdum at UFC 213 on 8th July 2017 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Mark Hunt at UFC 209 on 4th March 2017 by knockout in the 3rd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

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Overeem's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 1 month and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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