Tuivasa vs Rozenstruik

Who won Tuivasa vs Rozenstruik?

Jairzinho Rozenstruik beat Tai Tuivasa by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 305, on Saturday 17th August 2024 at RAC Arena in Perth.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 29-28, 30-27 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).

Tuivasa vs Rozenstruik stats

Tai Tuivasa stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Jairzinho Rozenstruik made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Tai Tuivasa's 16th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017. Jairzinho Rozenstruik marked his 15th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.

Tai Tuivasa's UFC record stood at 8-8-0, while Jairzinho Rozenstruik's came in at 9-6-0.

The stats suggested that Tuivasa and Rozenstruik have similar power, both with a 93% knock out percentage.

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

Tai Tuivasa was the younger man by 5 years, at 32 years old.

Rozenstruik had a height advantage of 2 inches over Tuivasa. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Tuivasa's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Rozenstruik's, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 1 month later than Rozenstruik, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 7 less professional rounds, 35 to Rozenstruik's 42.

Tuivasa vs Rozenstruik form

Tai Tuivasa had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Marcin Tybura at UFC Fight Night: Tuivasa vs. Tybura on 16th March 2024 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Alexander Volkov at UFC 293 on 9th September 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, Australia.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Sergei Pavlovich at UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland on 3rd December 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Amway Center, Orlando, United States.

Before that, he had lost to Ciryl Gane at UFC Fight Night Paris on 3rd September 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

He had won against Derrick Lewis at UFC 271 on 12th February 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Rozenstruik had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had beaten Augusto Sakai at UFC Vegas 28 on 5th June 2021 by knockout in the 1st round in the United States.

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

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Francis NGannou at UFC 249 on 9th May 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Before that, he was victorious against Alistair Overeem at UFC on ESPN 7 on 7th December 2019 by knockout in the 5th round at Capital One Arena, Washington D.C..

He had won against Andrey Kovalev at RIZIN 10 on 6th May 2018 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Tai Tuivasa had been fighting more than Jairzinho Rozenstruik.

Going to this contest, Tai Tuivasa had last fought 1 year and 14 days ago, while Jairzinho Rozenstruik's last outing had been 3 years, 9 months and 25 days ago.

Tuivasa's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

Rozenstruik's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 10 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What time did Tuivasa vs Rozenstruik start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 2:40 AM UTC , which was 10:40 PM EST or 7:40 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 3:40 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Tuivasa vs Rozenstruik?

Tai Tuivasa was a 2/1 (+200) underdog going into the contest, while Jairzinho Rozenstruik made his way into the ring at 2/5 (-250) with oddsmakers.