Pavlovich vs Rozenstruik

Who won Pavlovich vs Rozenstruik?

Sergei Pavlovich beat Jairzinho Rozenstruik by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 1st February 2025 at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 30-27, 30-27 in favor of the winner Sergei Pavlovich.

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).

Pavlovich vs Rozenstruik stats

Sergei Pavlovich stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Jairzinho Rozenstruik made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Sergei Pavlovich's 10th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018. Jairzinho Rozenstruik marked his 15th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.

Sergei Pavlovich's UFC record stood at 7-3-0, while Jairzinho Rozenstruik's came in at 9-6-0.

The stats suggested Rozenstruik had a slight advantage in power over Pavlovich, with a 87% knock out percentage over Pavlovich's 83%.

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

Sergei Pavlovich was the younger man by 4 years, at 33 years old.

Rozenstruik had a height advantage of 1 inch over Pavlovich. Despite this, he had a 6-inch reach advantage.

Pavlovich was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 2 years and 6 months later than Rozenstruik, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 8 less professional rounds, 34 to Rozenstruik's 42.

Pavlovich vs Rozenstruik form

Jairzinho Rozenstruik had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, 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, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, 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.

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

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Rozenstruik's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

What time did Pavlovich vs Rozenstruik start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 6:40 PM UTC , which was 1:40 PM EST or 10:40 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 6:40 PM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Pavlovich vs Rozenstruik?

Sergei Pavlovich was a 3/10 (-330) favourite going into the contest, while Jairzinho Rozenstruik made his way into the ring at 5/2 (+250) with oddsmakers.