Alexander Volkov knew what he had to do against Jairzinho Rozenstruik not long after he began watching some of “Bigi Boy’s” older fights. Rozenstruik is one of the UFC heavyweight division’s biggest punchers, but his downfall is a less-than-stellar defense. Volkov’s plan was to push Rozenstruik against the cage and fire at him when he didn’t have space to move. As the Russian suspected, Rozenstruik left plenty of openings and Volkov took full advantage. A big straight right hand… Source link
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Everything that is great about heavyweight fighting and everything that is wrong with it was on display in the opening five minutes of the main event of UFC Vegas 28 on Saturday between Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Augusto Sakai. For more than four minutes at Apex, the two big men circled each other cautiously, their right hands cocked but rarely coming out of the holster. That was the bad part. But then, when Rozenstruik heard the clapper to signify 10 seconds were left in the round. He exploded… Source link
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