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.

This was Jairzinho Rozenstruik's 15th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019.

Jairzinho Rozenstruik's UFC record stood at 9-6-0, 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 8 years, at 37 years old.

Overeem had a 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 63 less professional rounds, 42 to Overeem's 105.

Rozenstruik vs Overeem form

Alistair Overeem had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Alexander Volkov at UFC Vegas 18 on 6th February 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Augusto Sakai at UFC Vegas 9 on 5th September 2020 by knockout in the 5th round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Walt Harris at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville on 16th May 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Before that, he had been beaten by Jairzinho Rozenstruik at UFC on ESPN 7 on 7th December 2019 by knockout in the 5th round at Capital One Arena, Washington D.C..

He had defeated Aleksei Oleinik at UFC on ESPN+ 7 on 20th April 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Yubileyny Sports Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia.

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Overeem's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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