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Report – Jairzinho Rozenstruik, Ciryl Gane Agree To Meet At Mar. 13 UFC Event

Fresh from a pair of high-profile knockout victories over former undisputed UFC heavyweight champion, Junior ‘Cigano’ dos Santos, top-ten heavyweight contenders, Jairzinho ‘Bigi Boy’ Rozenstruik and Ciryl ‘Bon Gamin’ Gane have agreed to tangle next. Gane had previously suggested a pairing with Rozenstruik for his next Octagon outing. Targeted to feature beneath a welterweight main event […]

Targeted to feature beneath a welterweight main event of surging contenders, Leon ‘Rocky’ Edwards and Khamzat ‘Borz’ Chimav, heavyweight finishers, Rozenstruik and Gane would meet at the UFC’s Fight Night event on March 13 — with a location or venue still yet to be nailed down for the showcase.

Per a report from French outlet, La Sueur, both Rozenstruik and Gane have verbally agreed to meet at the March 13 event, as the pair look to inch closer toward the top of the heavyweight division with a win.

Fresh off a rebound win over dos Santos at UFC 252 in August, Suriname striker, Rozenstruik managed to stop the Brazilian veteran in the second-round via strikes.

Bettering Rozenstruik’s effort against dos Santos in quicker fashion, Factory X mainstay, Gane nabbed his most high-profile victory to date in his seven-fight undefeated career. Stunning the American Top Team mainstay at the fence, the French uber-prospect then laned a right elbow just behind the ear, and despite complaints from dos Santos that the strike was illegal, Gane picked up a second frame knockout.

Sitting at 11-1 as a professional since his bow back in 2012, Rozenstruik has managed five wins and a sole loss during his Octagon stint so far. Recovering from a knockout loss to one-time title chaser and number-one contender, Francis Ngannou back in May at UFC 249, Rozenstruik saw a winning run which included stoppages of Alistair Overeem, Andrei Arlovski, Allen Crowder, and Junior Albini snapped.

One of the most exciting talents to emerge within the promotion’s heavyweight ranks in recent years, 30-year-old La Roche-sur-Yon native, Gane is undefeated from his first four promotional walks. Ahead of the biggest test of his still-young career against Rozenstruik, Gane has bested Raphael Pessoa, Don’Tale Mayes, and Canadian contender, Tanner Boser prior to his win over dos Santos.

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UFC heavyweight prospect Ciryl Gane is not one to call out anyone in particular. That said, he thinks Jairzinho Rozenstruik makes sense for him as his next opponent. Gane is coming off the biggest win of his career after a second-round TKO finish over former champion Junior dos Santos at UFC 256 earlier this month. […]

UFC heavyweight prospect Ciryl Gane is not one to call out anyone in particular. That said, he thinks Jairzinho Rozenstruik makes sense for him as his next opponent.

Gane is coming off the biggest win of his career after a second-round TKO finish over former champion Junior dos Santos at UFC 256 earlier this month.

As a result, the Frenchman climbed up to No. 7 in the heavyweight rankings and with not a lot of fighters above him in addition to the fights that are already booked, Gane feels he should be fighting Rozenstruik next.

“This makes sense,” Gane told MMA Junkie. “He is not booked, so we tried to do it for January if I’m not mistaken, but with Christmas he needs time, so we’ll see. I don’t know when exactly, but I think it’s gonna be that guy.

“There aren’t that many people above me. There are fights already booked and Rozenstruik isn’t, so I think it’s probably with this guy. But if you ask me who I want – anyone. I’m on my way, so let’s go.”

Rozenstruik last competed in August at UFC 252 when he also finished Dos Santos via TKO.

With Francis Ngannou set to face current champion Stipe Miocic next, Alistair Overeem meeting Alexander Volkov in February and a fight between Curtis Blaydes and Derrick Lewis expected to be rebooked, that leaves Rozenstruik as the only one available for Gane to fight.

He certainly has a point that it makes sense.

But even if it doesn’t happen, Gane is happy to fight anyone else — preferably in March — as he is very close to the top of the heavyweight ladder.

“I’m really close to the top, and I feel good,” Gane added. “I’m on my way, and I’m confident. So yes, I want to fight and maybe in March because I think for Abu Dhabi it’s a little bit hard to book me, so maybe in March.

“I’m ready. I’m on my way, and I want to fight because I’m really close (to the top).”

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Former UFC Heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos has continued to question the legality of his loss to Ciryl Gane at UFC 256.

Speaking to MMAFighting, Dos Santos shared a long thorough interview where he shared his thoughts on the fight itself and the stoppage that ended the bout in the first.

“The way things happened in the end of the fight gets me reflecting a lot, I can’t quite accept it. Not just the way it was, but mainly because of people in the business have said about that. Not that I couldn’t get knocked out, none of that. Quite the opposite, I’ve always accepted my defeats with humbleness,” Dos Santos said to MMA Fighting.

The former Heavyweight champion continued recognizing that in the heavyweight division it is “where the hand lands and the person goes down,” although he remains frustrated at “MMA Specialists” who continue to call the finishing elbow a legal blow.

During the fight, Gane appeared to stagger Dos Santos with a strike that saw him aggressively pursue Dos Santos to the cage. Once against the cage, Gane landed a massive elbow that was enough to see the ref call the fight. Immediately after the stoppage, Dos Santos protested the blow stating that it was to the back of the head. Upon viewing of the replay, both the commission and commentary team pointed out that due to the shot connecting the ear it would be counted as a legal strike and so the finish would still stand.

Another defense for the stoppage was that Dos Santos had turned his head shortly before the blow causing it to hit the back of his head, however, Dos Santos disputes this claim stating that he had already been in the position for some time before the blow was landed.

With this being Dos Santos’s fourth consecutive knockout loss in the last 18 months the former champion appears concerned with his position in the company stating that while he has five fights remaining on his contract “that doesn’t mean anything.”

“Our contract with the UFC can end whenever they want. I think they have the intention to let many fighters go now. I don’t know how it will go. I think that’s on them.” Dos Santos shared with MMA Fighting.

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