Rozenstruik vs Santos

Who won Rozenstruik vs Santos?

Jairzinho Rozenstruik beat Junior dos Santos by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC 252, on Saturday 15th August 2020 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

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 Santos stats

Jairzinho Rozenstruik stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Junior dos Santos made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 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 Junior dos Santos' came in at 15-8-0.

The stats suggested Rozenstruik had an advantage in power over Santos, with a 90% knock out percentage over Santos' 71%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Santos had a slight advantage over Rozenstruik, with a 5% submission rate over Rozenstruik's 0%.

Jairzinho Rozenstruik was the younger man by 4 years, at 37 years old.

Rozenstruik had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Rozenstruik was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 17 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 5 years and 10 months later than Santos, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 23 less professional rounds, 42 to Santos' 65.

Rozenstruik vs Santos form

Jairzinho Rozenstruik had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against 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.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Chris Daukaus at UFC 282 on 10th December 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, 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.

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.

Santos had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Curtis Blaydes at UFC on ESPN+ 24 on 25th January 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at PNC Arena, Raleigh, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Francis NGannou at UFC on ESPN 3 on 29th June 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Target Center, Minneapolis.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Derrick Lewis at UFC on ESPN+ 4 on 9th March 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita.

Before that, he was victorious against Tai Tuivasa at UFC Fight Night 142 on 1st December 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Adelaide Entertainment Center, Adelaide, South Australia.

He had won against Blagoy Ivanov at UFC Fight Night 133 on 14th July 2018 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at CenturyLink Arena, Boise, United States.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Jairzinho Rozenstruik had been fighting more than Junior dos Santos.

Going to this contest, Jairzinho Rozenstruik had last fought 1 year, 3 months and 18 days ago, while Junior dos Santos' last outing had been 5 years, 4 months and 26 days ago.

Rozenstruik's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 9 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Santos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 11 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 21 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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