A key heavyweight bout is the latest addition to UFC 252.
Former UFC champion [autotag]Junior Dos Santos[/autotag] has been booked to take on top contender [autotag]Jairzinho Rozenstruik[/autotag] at UFC 252 on Aug. 15. A location for the event has yet to be announced. The news was first reported by Combate and later confirmed by MMA Junkie.
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Dos Santos is coming off defeats to Francis Ngannou and, most recently, Curtis Blaydes. His most recent victory came in March 2019, when he picked up a TKO over Derrick Lewis. Dos Santos (21-7 MMA, 15-6 UFC) is 3-2 in his most recent five UFC outings.
Rozenstruik (10-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) will also be looking to bounce back from defeat. Rozenstruik fought this past month at UFC 249 and suffered a knockout loss to Ngannou. It was his first defeat as a professional fighter. Prior to that, Rozenstruik was 4-0 in the UFC, including wins over Alistair Overeem and Andrei Arlovski.
UFC 252 is headlined by a trilogy heavyweight title bout between champion Stipe Miocic vs. ex-champ Daniel Cormier.
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