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.

This was Jairzinho Rozenstruik's 1st fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018.

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 5 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 25 more professional rounds, 42 to Kovalev's 17.

Rozenstruik vs Kovalev form

Rozenstruik had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Sergei Pavlovich at UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov on 1st February 2025 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Previous to that, he had won against Tai Tuivasa at UFC 305 on 17th August 2024 by split decision in their 3 round contest at RAC Arena, Perth, Western Australia.

Going into that contest, he had beaten 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.

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

He had defeated Chris Daukaus at UFC 282 on 10th December 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Rozenstruik's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 1 month and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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