Jairzinho Rozenstruik previews his UFC heavyweight bout with unbeaten Shamil Gaziev
Jairzinho Rozenstruik previews his UFC heavyweight bout with unbeaten Shamil Gaziev
Jairzinho Rozenstruik (13-5, fighting out of Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname) looks to climb the rankings with another knockout victory
No. 12 UFC heavyweight
12 wins by KO
Nine first round finishes
Second fastest finish in UFC heavyweight division history (0.09)
Jairzinho Rozenstruik (13-5, fighting out of Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname) looks to climb the rankings with another knockout victory
No. 12 UFC heavyweight
12 wins by KO
Nine first round finishes
Second fastest finish in UFC heavyweight division history (0.09)
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00:00 [AUDIO OUT]
00:04 Hold on.
00:06 All good?
00:08 Jairzinho, back for another main event.
00:11 And is this just getting kind of routine for you?
00:13 I mean, every time you fight, you're in a headliner now.
00:16 What's going on?
00:17 Nah.
00:18 I mean, I'm happy that the UFC see the main event
00:22 calibrating me.
00:23 And yeah, it's definitely a big opportunity.
00:28 I can't wait to go in there this Saturday and do my thing.
00:31 Yeah.
00:32 I wonder if that gives you some confidence.
00:33 I mean, I know you've had a couple setbacks along the way.
00:35 But to know that the UFC looks at you and they go,
00:37 that's the guy we can put in the main event
00:38 and know that we can rely on.
00:40 Does that give you some confidence
00:41 to know that they believe in you in that way,
00:43 to put you in these opportunities?
00:44 No, I definitely think they see that I'm
00:49 the guy you can put there and get the job done.
00:52 So I'm happy they recognize that.
00:53 So for me, it's now my--
00:57 the day is almost there for me to do my part.
00:59 Nice.
01:00 Eight months, I believe, since we've seen you last.
01:02 I think you were trying to fight in between there.
01:04 I guess-- what happened there?
01:06 What's this been like that you've had to sit out
01:09 and kind of wait?
01:10 It's like a mixed feeling.
01:13 I wanted some time off.
01:15 I wanted to fight earlier than this.
01:18 And then it take a little bit longer.
01:19 And then I had a fight.
01:20 And then that fight got canceled because the guy
01:22 got another opportunity.
01:24 And then this happened.
01:25 So I have peace with that.
01:28 I feel good.
01:29 I get a long time to prepare myself.
01:32 So here we are.
01:35 When you have those time away and you
01:36 have the time away from competition, how do you spend
01:38 it?
01:39 Is it relaxing?
01:40 Are you focusing on adding new skill sets?
01:43 What's been the focus during this time away?
01:45 Definitely relaxing and focusing on my skill set,
01:49 especially taking some wrestling and jiu-jitsu classes.
01:51 So it become a habit, second nature, and stuff like that.
01:56 Obviously, a seasoned striker that you are,
01:59 is it frustrating to have to go--
02:00 I got to spend all my days wrestling and grappling.
02:03 Is that annoying for you to have to do?
02:05 In the beginning, it feels like that.
02:07 But when you do it, after a while you're doing it,
02:10 you're going to start embracing it.
02:12 So I'm at that point.
02:13 Do you find joy in those training sessions?
02:15 Or do you hate them every time you go?
02:17 No, I find joy because I learn a lot of things
02:18 and a lot of tricks.
02:20 And when things work out, then you start
02:22 adding more time to it.
02:24 Maybe you start out, like we see you shoot a double leg off
02:26 the top to this--
02:27 Maybe, you never know.
02:29 All right, talk about the match-up.
02:31 Shamil, here you are.
02:32 You've been main eventing.
02:33 You've been at the top of the division.
02:34 This guy's second fight, and he's
02:36 in the main event against you.
02:37 What did you think when this was the match-up that
02:39 was given to you?
02:39 No, first of all, when the UFC selected a guy for main event,
02:44 then you know it's a big deal.
02:45 He has a perfect record.
02:48 He has given me his props, so you've got to take him serious.
02:51 12-0, it's not that he's not doing nothing.
02:54 So this weekend, he's going to get to the test.
02:58 And for me, it's like I want to win, and for him,
03:01 he want to win.
03:01 So it's going to be a big test for both of us.
03:04 I want to win, so I'll go in there
03:05 and get my hands raised after the fight.
03:06 I don't know how he's going to deal with that.
03:08 So, yeah.
03:09 He's got just one fight in the UFC,
03:11 so it's not like you probably have seen a lot of his footage.
03:14 Did you go out and seek--
03:15 are you the kind of person that you want to see old tape
03:18 and see what he's about, or do you not worry about that?
03:20 No, we always worry about that.
03:22 You study your fighter.
03:24 We are professionals, so you're definitely
03:26 going to take time to study, see what you're up against,
03:28 and that makes sense.
03:32 You might shoot a double leg.
03:33 Do you think he's going to stand with you?
03:34 Do you think he's going to be willing to stand and trade,
03:36 or do you think he's going to look in to take you down right
03:38 away?
03:38 I definitely think he's going to try to take me down,
03:40 but he also has decent hands, so I know he can strike.
03:43 So it's a chess match.
03:46 Very nice.
03:46 Last thing for me, a win here.
03:48 Like you said, you've had the time away.
03:49 You're still ranked in the division.
03:50 You've been in all these main events.
03:52 A win here, is there something that you want next?
03:54 I mean, are you looking at names or locations or dates?
03:57 Like, what do you see for yourself this year?
03:59 After this Saturday win, I'm looking for--
04:04 I'll take a couple of steps back,
04:05 because I feel like in my UFC career,
04:07 I made a couple of mistakes, a couple of missteps.
04:09 I navigated a little bit.
04:11 But we have my power, so I'm focusing on getting
04:14 all the puzzle pieces together.
04:15 I'm finding the puzzle pieces already,
04:17 so I already feel like I feel my real, real power again.
04:22 So I'm focusing on that, and then I'm
04:25 going to get back close to August, July, August.
04:29 And then, yeah.
04:32 Hey, Jorginho.
04:32 I just want your thoughts on the heavyweight division right now.
04:35 Obviously, it's in a weird position,
04:36 because Jon's waiting to fight Stipe.
04:39 Jon's hurt.
04:40 So he's not going to be until later.
04:42 Tom's the interim champion, but we
04:45 don't know if he's going to defend yet.
04:47 If you were the matchmaker right now,
04:50 who should Tom Aspinall fight?
04:53 Right now, who Tom should fight?
04:55 I don't know.
05:02 I think a fight with Cyril Galle makes sense.
05:05 A fight with Cyril Galle makes sense.
05:07 Yeah.
05:08 Cool.
05:08 Thank you.
05:09 [INAUDIBLE]
05:13 Awesome.
05:13 Thank you, sir.
05:14 All right.
05:15 Wow.
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