UFC Vegas 28 (Main Event): Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs Augusto Sakai Preview and Prediction

UFC Vegas 28 (Main Event): Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs Augusto Sakai Preview and Prediction

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The UFC will be returning live to action after a gap of one week as the two Heavyweight giants will collapse with each other in the main event of UFC Vegas 28. The number 6th ranked Heavyweight fighter Jairzinho Rozenstruik will face the number 9th ranked UFC Heavyweight fighter, Augusto Sakai. Here is the Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs Augusto Sakai Preview and Prediction.

UFC Vegas 28: Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs Augusto Sakai Preview

Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Augusto Sakai
Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Augusto Sakai

Jairzinho Rozenstruik is one of the heaviest hitters in the UFC Heavyweight division. He made his UFC debut against Junior Albini on UFC Fight Night: Assuncao vs Moraes 2 in February 2019. Rozenstruik quickly rises up in the rankings and won four consecutive fights.

Riding these wins he challenged the number one UFC Heavyweight contender, Francis Ngannou on UFC 249. But the result of this fight didn’t go in his favor and he faced a first-round TKO loss in this fight. This was the first loss of Rozenstruik’s MMA career.

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Following this loss, he secured a victory against the former champion Junior Dos Santos but in his last fight against Ciryl Gane, he faced one more loss. The recent up and downs have slowed down Rozenstruik’s chances for the title shot. But with a win in this fight, he’ll look forward to becoming a title contender once again.

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Augusto Sakai is the fame of Dana White contender series Brazil 1. He defeated Marcos Conrado in this fight and got the UFC contract. After this, he defeated many of the UFC Heavyweight fighters and won four consecutive fights in the division.

But in his last fight against Alistair Overeem, he faced a fifth-round TKO that applied a break to his rapid rise in the division. Although, Sakai learned a lot from his loss against Overeem and he’ll come back in this fight with full force to reach the top of the division once again.

UFC Vegas 28: Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs Augusto Sakai Prediction

The ‘Bigi Boy’ Jairzinho Rozenstruik is the crowd favorite in this fight with betting odds of -100 in his favor against Augusto Sakai who’ll be coming in this fight as an underdog with betting odds of +120 in his favor.

These two Heavyweights will serve as a perfect main event after a week of waiting for the fans and it will be interesting to see how this fight goes on when the Octagon door is locked.

Predicted Result: Jairzinho Rozenstruik def Augusto Sakai

Also Read: Augusto Sakai thinks the loss against Alistair Overeem was a big learning lesson and now he is better than ever.