Rozenstruik vs Sakai

Who won Rozenstruik vs Sakai?

Jairzinho Rozenstruik beat Augusto Sakai by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of UFC Vegas 28, on Saturday 5th June 2021 in the United States.

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 Sakai stats

Jairzinho Rozenstruik stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Augusto Sakai made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, 11 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Jairzinho Rozenstruik's 14th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019. Augusto Sakai marked his 9th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2018.

Jairzinho Rozenstruik's UFC record stood at 9-5-0, while Augusto Sakai's came in at 5-4-0.

The stats suggested Rozenstruik had an advantage in power over Sakai, with a 91% knock out percentage over Sakai's 73%.

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

Jairzinho Rozenstruik was the older man by 3 years, at 36 years old.

Rozenstruik had a height advantage of 1 inch over Sakai. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Rozenstruik was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 7 months later than Sakai, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 15 less professional rounds, 39 to Sakai's 54.

Rozenstruik vs Sakai form

Jairzinho Rozenstruik had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Chris Daukaus at UFC 282 on 10th December 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

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

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

Before that, he had beaten Augusto Sakai at UFC Vegas 28 on 5th June 2021 by knockout in the 1st round.

He had defeated Junior dos Santos at UFC 252 on 15th August 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Rozenstruik's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

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