Returning himself to the winner’s enclosure, Suriname kickboxing expertise, Jairzinho Rozenstruik handed Dagestan-born contender, Shamil Gaziev his first skilled loss of their UFC Vegas 87 important occasion conflict tonight — forcing a fourth spherical nook’s stoppage TKO win — with the Bahrain newcomer showing to sign his intentions of lacking a fifth and remaining spherical begin.
Rozenstruik, the present quantity twelve ranked heavyweight contender, made his return to the Apex facility tonight the place he has beforehand headlined for the promotion — delivering his first victory since a blsitering 23-second KO win over Chris Daukaus.
As for Gaziev, the previous Courageous CF contender made his Octagon debut late final yr with a knockout win over Martin Buday, following a profitable outing on Dana White’s Contender Sequence.
And fast-tracked to a important occasion struggle in simply his sophomore outing below the group’s banner, Gaziev struggled early with the timing and quick palms of skilled striker, Jairzinho Rozenstruik, who additionally managed to defend quite a few laborious takedown makes an attempt from the Russian-born contender.
Turning up the warmth within the fourth body, Jairzinho Rozenstruik nearly pressured the problem towards a clearly pissed off Gaziev — forcing the latter towards the fence earlier than the buzzer with a fierce and frenzied placing mixture.
And forward of the slated begin of a fifth and remaining spherical, Gaziev argued together with his nook in his native language, showing lower than concerned about competing additional tonight.
With referee, Marc Goddard ordering translations from his chief cornerman, Gaziev allegedly claimed he was struggling together with his imaginative and prescient, with the official waving off the struggle after instructing the Octagon-side doctor to examine on the unbeaten former — leading to a TKO win for placing veteran, Rozenstruik.
