Junior Dos Santos vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik – Preview & Matchup Analysis

UFC 252: Stipe vs. Cormier 3 is scheduled to take place on Saturday, August 15, 2020, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. In one of the matchups on the fight card, Junior “Cigano” Santos will take on Jairzinho “Bigi Boy” Rozenstruik in the Heavyweight Bout. You can view the full UFC 252 card.

In this post, we will break down Junior Dos Santos vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats and more below ⤵

The 40-year-old, Junior Dos Santos is coming in with a 21-7-0 record. Santos will be fighting for the first time since a loss via KO/TKO against Curtis Blaydes at UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Dos Santos in January.

Rozenstruik, meanwhile, is coming off a KO/TKO loss against Francis Ngannou on January 25, 2020 at UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje and holds a 10-1-0 record.

Junior Dos Santos has an orthodox fighting stance with a 77″ reach. The 36-year-old, Jairzinho Rozenstruik is an orthodox fighter with a 78″ reach. An orthodox fighter stands with their left side forward and jabs with their left hand, the southpaw fighter is the opposite, southpaw stands with their right side forward and jabs with their right hand. In most cases, orthodox fighters are right-handed, if you are left-handed, then you fight southpaw.

Junior Dos Santos:
→ Santos’s striking accuracy is 48%.
→ Santos lands 4.66 significant strikes per minute.
→ Santos’s takedown accuracy is 55%.
→ Santos’s takedown average is 0.33 per 15 minutes.
→ Santos’s takedown defense is 81%.

Santos comes in with 48% striking accuracy, typically landing about 4.66 significant strikes every minute. On the other side, Rozenstruik fires at 48% accuracy, landing about 3.84 significant strikes per minute. Junior Dos Santos also has a 55% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 0.33 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Rozenstruik’s 0.00 takedowns and 75% takedown accuracy.

Jairzinho Rozenstruik:
→ Rozenstruik’s striking accuracy is 48%.
→ Rozenstruik lands 3.84 significant strikes per minute.
→ Rozenstruik’s takedown accuracy is 0%.
→ Rozenstruik’s takedown average is 0.00 per 15 minutes.
→ Rozenstruik’s takedown defense is 75%.

Jairzinho spent on average 6:22 minutes in the Octagon and Junior has an average fight time of 10:59 minutes.

This looks like an exciting matchup, at least on paper. UFC 252 is live in , who do you think will win, Junior or Jairzinho? Sound off in the comments.

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