Surinamese combined martial artist Jairzinho Rozenstruik goes up towards heavyweight Shamil Gaziev of Bahrain in the principle occasion of UFC Battle Evening 238 aka UFC Vegas 87. MMA occasion airs dwell from UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Sunday, March 3 (AEDT).
No. 12 Rozenstruik (13-5) is seeking to return to successful methods. In his earlier bout final Could, the 35-year-old was submitted by Jailton Almeida within the first spherical.
Unbeaten Gaziev (12-0) is coming off the win by TKO within the second spherical towards Martin Buday final December. In September 2023, the 33-year-old Dana White’s Contender Collection alum submitted Greg Velasco within the first spherical and earned his UFC contract.
In line with MMA Junkie, the beforehand introduced bout has been confirmed as the principle occasion. The information was first reported by freelance journalist Marcel Dorff at Eurosport NL through a submit on X.
Amongst different bouts featured on the cardboard, Sydney’s Tyson Pedro and Vitor Petrino of Brazil sq. off at mild heavyweight. As properly, Steve Erceg of Perth, WA and Matt Schnell of the U.S. conflict at flyweight.
The present UFC Vegas 87 lineup appears to be like as the next:
Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Shamil Gaziev, heavyweight
Alex Perez vs. Muhammad Mokaev, flyweight
Vinicius Oliveira vs. Yanis Ghemmouri, featherweight
Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady vs. Loik Radzhabov, light-weight
Eryk Anders vs. Jamie Pickett, middleweight
Joel Alvarez vs. Ludovit Klein, light-weight
Aiemann Zahabi vs. Javid Basharat, bantamweight
Josefine Lindgren Knutsson vs. Julia Polastri, ladies’s strawweight
Mohammad Yahya vs. Brendon Marotte, light-weight
Vitor Petrino vs. Tyson Pedro, mild heavyweight
Matt Schnell vs. Steve Erceg, flyweight
Christian Leroy Duncan vs. Claudio Ribeiro, middleweight
