If
Jairzinho
Rozenstruik wants to keep his place in line, he will have to do
so at the expense of one of the
Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight division’s hottest
commodities.
“Bigi Boy” will face the surging
Jailton
Almeida in the
UFC on ABC 4 headliner this Saturday at the Spectrum Center in
Charlotte, North Carolina. Rozenstruik has lost four of his past
seven bouts. The
American Top Team rep last appeared on Dec. 10, when he punched
out
Chris
Daukaus a mere 23 seconds into their UFC 282 pairing. Almeida,
meanwhile, enters the cage on the strength of a 13-fight winning
streak. The 2021
Dana White’s Contender Series graduate last competed at UFC
283, where he put away
Shamil
Abdurakhimov with punches in the second round of their Jan. 21
encounter.
As Rozenstruik and Almeida close in on their forthcoming showdown
in The Queen City, a look at some of the numbers that have
accompanied them to this point:
35: Years of age for Rozenstruik, who was born on March 17, 1988 in
Paramaribo, Suriname.
12: Rozenstruik wins by knockout or technical knockout, accounting
for 92% of his career total (13). His list of UFC victims: Daukaus,
Augusto
Sakai,
Junior dos
Santos,
Alistair
Overeem,
Andrei
Arlovski,
Allen
Crowder and
Junior
Albini. Rozenstruik owns one other win by decision (8%).
150,000: Dollars in post-fight bonuses banked by Rozenstruik across
his 11 appearances in the UFC. He has been awarded “Performance of
the Night” on three different occasions.
6: Countries in which Rozenstruik has suited up as a mixed martial
artist. He has gone 6-4 in the United States, 2-0 in Russia, 2-0 in
Suriname, 1-0 in Aruba, 1-0 in Japan and 1-0 in Brazil.
81: Combined victories between the four opponents—
Alexander
Volkov,
Curtis
Blaydes,
Ciryl Gane
and
Francis
Ngannou—who have beaten Rozenstruik. They sport a cumulative
.736 winning percentage at 81-19.
31: Years of age for Almeida, who was born in Salvador, Brazil, on
June 28, 1991.
11: Almeida victories by submission, accounting for 61% of his
career total (18). His methods of choice: nine rear-naked chokes
and two arm-triangle chokes. Almeida holds seven other victories by
knockout or technical knockout (39%).
49: Seconds needed for Almeida to dismiss
Leonardo
Alves with a rear-naked choke under the Conquista Kombat
Championship banner on Nov. 17, 2012. More than a decade later, it
remains his fastest finish to date.
108: Significant strikes by which Almeida has outlanded his
opposition inside the Octagon. He has connected with 110 such
strikes while absorbing only two in return. Almeida also carries a
9-0 advantage in completed takedowns.
.714: Cumulative winning percentage between the four
opponents—Abdurakhimov,
Anton
Turkalj,
Parker
Porter and
Danilo
Marques—Almeida has defeated as a member of the UFC roster.
They boast a combined record of 55-22.