It would be accurate to say that Jairzinho Rozenstruik knows how to make an entrance.
Virtually unknown beyond the hardcore MMA and kickboxing fanbase when 2019 began, the 6-foot-4 heavyweight signed with the UFC, and in the space of two fights lasting a combined six minutes and three seconds, he’s fighting former world champion Andrei Arlovski on one of the biggest cards of the year in Madison Square Garden.
Not bad for the “Bigi Boy.”
“2019 was my breakthrough year,” said Rozenstruik. “At the end of last year, I was that ‘Bigi Boy’ from the suburbs of Paramaribo with a nice kickboxing record and few MMA matches.