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Marcin Tybura lukewarm about Jairzinho Rozenstruik’s callout after UFC Fight Night 239

Marcin Tybura responds to Jairzinho Rozenstruik’s callout after Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 239.

LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Marcin Tybura[/autotag] got called out by [autotag]Jairzinho Rozenstruik[/autotag] fresh off his return to the win column.

The veteran heavyweight picked up a submission win over Tai Tuivasa (15-7 MMA, 8-7 UFC) pm Saturday in the main event of UFC Fight Night 239 at the UFC Apex. The victory was a bounce back from his TKO loss to now-interim champion Tom Aspinall in July 2023. Just minutes after the win, Rozenstruik called out Tybura (25-8 MMA, 12-7 UFC) for a fight.

“I kind of feel like I’ve always been a fighter who doesn’t reject fights, so if the UFC (wants it),” Tybura said when asked about Rosenstruik’s callout at the UFC Fight Night 239 post-fight press conference. “I’m not exactly one to respond, but if the UFC wants to do it, I will agree. But I’d rather have someone higher ranked.”

Tybura and Rozenstruik do have some history. They were supposed to fight in January 2022, but their fight was moved to a few months later. Weeks before the matchup, though, Tybura withdrew from the fight due to injury.

Tybura thinks a fight with Rozenstruik would go very similar to his first-round submission of Tuivasa.

“The thing is that I owe it a little bit to Jairzinho because our fight was scheduled a year ago or so, and I had to reschedule it, and then I pulled out from the fight because I had some health issues. So that’s maybe the fight I will have to do.”

Tybura is open to fight Rozenstruik, but he’s really hoping to get someone higher ranked. He has no specific name in mind, but just wants someone ahead of him.

“I didn’t bring any name because I really just wanted to focus on this one and get back in the win column, so right now I don’t have anyone in my mind,” Tybura said. “But anyone in the top 10 would be great. Right now it’s more like a celebration, and that’s it.”

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Mick Maynard’s Shoes: What’s next for Jairzinho Rozenstruik after UFC Fight Night 238 win?

Jairzinho Rozenstruik named three realistic options for his next matchup after UFC Fight Night 238, but one stands out among the bunch.

[autotag]Jairzinho Rozenstruik[/autotag] brought some stability back to his career Saturday when he defeated Shamil Gaziev in the UFC Fight Night 238 main event.

After losing three of his past four coming in, Rozenstruik (14-5 MMA, 8-5 UFC) needed to get his hand raised to keep relevant in the heavyweight division. He did just that, beating Gaziev (12-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) by fourth-round referee stoppage TKO at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

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Following his win, Rozenstruik said Derrick Lewis, Tai Tuivasa or Serghei Spivac would all be realistic matchups for him next. But who should it be?

Watch the video above for thoughts and analysis on Rozenstruik’s future after UFC Fight Night 238.

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UFC Fight Night 238 post-event facts: Umar Nurmagomedov on the rise in bantamweight books

Check out all the facts from UFC Fight Night 238, which saw Jairzinho Rozenstruik, Muhammad Mokaev and Umar Nurmagomedov make noise.

The UFC opened its March schedule Saturday with UFC Fight Night 238, which took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The main event saw [autotag]Jairzinho Rozenstruik[/autotag] (14-5 MMA, 8-5 UFC) overcome a slow start to batter [autotag]Shamil Gaziev[/autotag] (12-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) in a referee TKO stoppage after the end of the fourth round, putting him back on the winning track.

For more on the numbers behind the card, which featured six finishes in 11 fights – and a couple of them unique – check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from UFC Fight Night 238.

Jairzinho Rozenstruik won’t make callout after UFC Fight Night 238, but admits obvious candidates

Following his UFC Fight Night 238 win, Jarizinho Rozenstruik sees only a few fresh matchups in the division.

LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Jairzinho Rozenstruik[/autotag] has maintained a consistent rule throughout his career: No call outs.

However, “Bigi Boy” isn’t going to ignore the obvious options, particularly not now. Following his UFC Fight Night 238 main event win Saturday over Shamil Gaziev, Rozenstruik (14-5 MMA, 8-5 UFC) only has a handful of fresh matchups in the upper echelon of the division.

“When I’d like to fight next would be close to July or August,” Rozenstruik told MMA Junkie and other reporters at a post-fight news conference at the UFC Apex. “Who I want to fight? You know what it is. I never say a name because then when that person doesn’t have time to fight, then you’re stuck out of the game. That’s why I never called someone out. There’s a couple of names I didn’t face yet. For example, Tai Tuivasa, Derrick (Lewis), Serghei Spivac, and someone else, Tom Aspinall. Name it. But I never call someone out because I don’t want to wait on their time. I want to be in shape, come back. Who’s available? Let’s get in.”

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Rozenstruik has fought ranked fighters since his third UFC appearance. He’s won and he’s lost. The mindset is always to take one step at a time and Saturday’s win moved him in the right direction. Regardless of what’s next, he’s happy with his win, a TKO after Gaziev (12-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) told his corner between the fourth and fifth rounds that he struggled to see.

“The fight expected it the way I expected it to go, except I didn’t think it would take that long,” Rozenstruik said. But he had a big, strong head. Eventually, we still got the job done. But it took longer than we thought (it would). … I noticed that in the third round I already kind of broke him. He was kind of giving up. He was late reacting to the jab. I was in there, sticking to the game plan. I was setting traps. He didn’t really go for it. I noticed that.”

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UFC Fight Night 238 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Program total passes $24 million

UFC Fight Night 238 fighters took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay, a program that continued after the UFC’s deal with Venum.

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 238 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $133,500.

The program, a comprehensive plan that includes outfitting requirements, media obligations and other items under the fighter code of conduct, replaces the previous payments made under the UFC Athlete Outfitting Policy.

UFC Fight Night 238 took place at the UFC Apex. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC Fight Night 238 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Jairzinho Rozenstruik[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Shamil Gaziev[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Vitor Petrino[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Tyson Pedro[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Muhammad Mokaev[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Alex Perez[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Umar Nurmagomedov[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Bekzat Almakhan[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Steve Erceg[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Matt Schnell[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Eryk Anders[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Jamie Pickett[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Vinicius Oliveira[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Bernardo Sopaj[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Aiemann Zahabi[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Javid Basharat[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Christian Leroy Duncan[/autotag]: $4,500
[autotag]Claudio Ribeiro[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Ludovit Klein[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]A.J. Cunningham[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Loik Radzhabov[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady[/autotag]: $4,000

Under the UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance program’s payout tiers, which appropriate the money generated by Venum’s multi-year sponsorship with the UFC, fighters are paid based on their total number of UFC bouts, as well as Zuffa-era WEC fights (January 2007 and later) and Zuffa-era Strikeforce bouts (April 2381 and later). Fighters with 1-3 bouts receive $4,000 per appearance; 4-5 bouts get $4,500; 6-10 bouts get $6,000; 11-15 bouts earn $11,000; 16-20 bouts pocket $16,000; and 21 bouts and more get $21,000. Additionally, champions earn $42,000 while title challengers get $32,000.

In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-30 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.

Full 2024 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $1,362,000
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $24,069,000

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UFC Fight Night 238 results: Jairzinho Rozenstruik gets TKO win after Marc Goddard hears Shamil Gaziev’s comment to corner

There was some confusion, but referee Marc Goddard remained in control as he called off the UFC Fight Night 238 main event.

One-half of the UFC Fight Night 238 main event apparently had an eye issue between rounds, and referee Marc Goddard sensed something was up.

A conversation ensued, clouded by a language barrier, but Goddard maneuvered through it and waved off the fight between the fourth and fifth rounds to give [autotag]Jairzinho Rozenstruik[/autotag] (14-5 MMA, 8-5 UFC) a TKO win over the favored [autotag]Shamil Gaziev[/autotag] (12-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC).

According to the broadcast, Gaziev indicated he was having trouble seeing, though the cause of that issue isn’t entirely clear.

Following a strong start, Gaziev ate a tremendous amount of jabs throughout the 20 minutes that caused notable damage and bleeding from his nose. Gaziev continued to press the action despite his lack of success.

But Rozenstruik grew stronger as the fight progressed. Just prior to the stoppage, Rozenstruik had his best flurry of the fight as he upped the ante in an attack on Gaziev.

Suriname’s Rozenstruik, 35, gets back in the win column and moves to 2-1 in his most recent three outings.

Going into the fight, Gaziev was a relative unknown with only one UFC appearance, a TKO win over Martin Buday, under his belt.

The heavyweight bout took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

Up-to-the-minute UFC Fight Night 238 results include:

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Social media reacts to Jairzinho Rozenstruik’s referee stoppage TKO of Shamil Gaziev at UFC Fight Night 238

The MMA community reacted to Jairzinho Rozenstruik’s underwhelming victory over Shamil Gaziev in the UFC Fight Night 238 main event.

[autotag]Jairzinho Rozenstruik[/autotag] once again found main event triumph on Saturday when he handed [autotag]Shamil Gaziev[/autotag] his first career setback at UFC Fight Night 238.

Rozenstruik (14-5 MMA, 8-5 UFC) proved he’s still a dangerous factor in the heavyweight division with a fourth-round referee stoppage TKO win over Gaziev (12-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) in Saturday’s headliner at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

Check below for the top X (formerly Twitter) reactions to Rozenstruik’s victory over Gaziev at UFC Fight Night 238.

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UFC Fight Night 238 video: Hear from each winner, guest fighters backstage

Check out what the UFC Fight Night 238 winners and guest fighters had to say backstage at Saturday’s event.

LAS VEGAS – UFC Fight Night 238 took place Saturday with 11 bouts on the lineup. We’ve got you covered with backstage winner interviews from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

You can hear from all the UFC Fight Night 238 winners by checking out their post-fight news conferences below.

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UFC Fight Night 238: Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Shamil Gaziev odds, picks and predictions

Analyzing Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 238 odds between Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Shamil Gaziev, with MMA picks and predictions.

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In a 5-round heavyweight bout in the main event, Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Shamil Gaziev meet Saturday at UFC Fight Night 238 — also known as UFC on ESPN+ 96 and UFC Vegas 87 — at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the UFC Fight Night 238: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev odds, and make our expert picks and predictions.

The prelims begin at 1 p.m. ET, and can be viewed on ESPN+, while the main card starts at 4 p.m. ET, also on ESPN+.

Records: Rozenstruik (13-5-0) | Gaziev (12-0-0)

The Suriname-born Rozenstruik is looking to bounce back after a 1st-round submission loss to Jailton Almeida last time out in the main event in mid-May. He has dropped 3 of the past 4 fights, and each of his previous 3 outings have not made it out of the 1st round. Rozenstruik has ended up going the distance just twice in 12 bouts since arriving at the UFC level.

Gaziev made his debut in grand fashion at UFC 296, dropping Martin Buday in the 2nd round in a KO/TKO win. He also had a submission victory in Round 1 against Greg Velasco in Dana White’s Contender Series: Season 7, Week 7.

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UFC Fight Night 238: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev odds

Provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 11:05 a.m. ET.

  • Fight result (2-way line): Rozenstruik +160 (bet $100 to win $160) | Gaziev -200 (bet $200 to win $100)
  • Over/Under: 1.5 rounds (Over +135 | Under -185)
  • Will the fight go the distance? (Yes +750 | No -2500)

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UFC Fight Night 238: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev picks and predictions

Fight result (2-way line or moneyline)

Gaziev (-200) is a 34-year-old who is getting a bit of a late start at the UFC level. But he was impressive against Buday last time out, and he is facing a struggling Rozenstruik (+160). The veteran has had his moments in the UFC, but Rozenstruik just can’t seem to stack wins anymore after a promising start to his career.

Still, you can’t risk 2 times your potential return. Instead, look to the method of victory, and back GAZIEV BY KO/TKO OR DQ (+125) at plus-money for a much better value.

Over/Under (O/U)

The fact Rozenstruik hasn’t made it out of the 1st round in the past 3 fights makes UNDER 1.5 ROUNDS (-185) quite attractive. It’s a little on the expensive side, but the higher price can be excused as part of a parlay.

No (-2500): Will the fight go the distance? should be ignored, and at that price, it shouldn’t really even need to be said. There is never a value playing such high odds.

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UFC Fight Night 238 video: Jairzinho Rozenstruik, Shamil Gaziev make weight in Las Vegas

The main event for the UFC’s return to its Las Vegas home base is official after the headliners made weight Friday.

LAS VEGAS – The main event for the UFC’s return to its Las Vegas home base is official after the headliners made weight Friday.

Ahead of UFC Fight Night 238 (ESPN+), which takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex, heavyweights [autotag]Jairzinho Rozenstruik[/autotag] (13-5 MMA, 7-5 UFC) and [autotag]Shamil Gaziev[/autotag] (12-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) stepped on the scale for what is for most heavyweights just a formality at the official weigh-ins. Gaziev was the first fighter to the scale; Rozenstruik happened to be the last, about 80 minutes later. But both hit their marks.

Check out the video from their trips to the scale above.

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