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UFC DC Weigh-In Results & Video Live Stream: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik

Tomorrow (Sat. December 7, 2019) UFC on ESPN 7 (UFC DC) takes place from the Capital One Arena in Washington D.C. In the main event of the night, Alistair Overeem meets Jairzinho Rozenstruik in an interesting heavyweight main event. The co-main event sees women’s strawweight competitors Cynthia Calvillo and Marina Rodriguez face off. Stefan Struve […]

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Tomorrow (Sat. December 7, 2019) UFC on ESPN 7 (UFC DC) takes place from the Capital One Arena in Washington D.C. In the main event of the night, Alistair Overeem meets Jairzinho Rozenstruik in an interesting heavyweight main event.

The co-main event sees women’s strawweight competitors Cynthia Calvillo and Marina Rodriguez face off. Stefan Struve will also end his retirement to return against Ben Rothwell. The UFC has compiled an excellent card for fight fans to enjoy tomorrow night. Before the action gets underway, the Las Vegas-based mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion held their official weigh-ins this morning.

Check out the UFC DC weigh-ins results below. You can watch along live as well, courtesy of MMA Fighting.

UFC DC Weigh-In Results

Main Card (ESPN, 9 p.m. ET)

  • Alistair Overeem vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik
  • Marina Rodriguez (115.5) vs. Cynthia Calvillo
  • Stefan Struve (265.3) vs. Ben Rothwell
  • Aspen Ladd vs. Yana Kunitskaya (135.1)
  • Cody Stamann (135.2) vs. Song Yadong (135.2)
  • Rob Font (135.1) vs. Ricky Simon

Preliminaries (ESPN, 7 p.m. ET)

  • Thiago Alves (171) vs. Tim Means
  • Jacob Kilburn (145.3) vs. Billy Quarantillo (145.2)
  • Bryce Mitchell (145.2) vs. Matt Sayles
  • Joe Solecki vs. Matt Wiman (155.3)

Early Prelims (ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)

  • Virna Jandiroba (115) vs. Mallory Martin (115.5)
  • Makhmud Muradov (185.3) vs. Trevor Smith (185.5)

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Jairzinho Rozenstruik Steps In To Face Alistair Overeem In UFC DC Headliner

Fresh off his knockout win at UFC 244, Jairzinho Rozenstruik will have a quick layoff as he steps in to face Alistair Overeem next month. Overeem was initially scheduled to headline UFC DC in a heavyweight bout against Walt Harris on December 7. However, the latter would pull out amid the search for his missing […]

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Fresh off his knockout win at UFC 244, Jairzinho Rozenstruik will have a quick layoff as he steps in to face Alistair Overeem next month.

Overeem was initially scheduled to headline UFC DC in a heavyweight bout against Walt Harris on December 7. However, the latter would pull out amid the search for his missing stepdaughter.

Rozenstruik will now be Overeem’s new opponent according to UFC president Dana White, per ESPN:

“Jairzinho Rozenstruik will replace Walt Harris against Alistair Overeem on Dec. 7 in Washington DC, per UFC president Dana White,” Okamoto tweeted. “Rozenstruik, of course, is just 48 hours removed from knocking out Andrei Arlovski at UFC 244.”

Rozenstruik, of course, competed this past weekend at UFC 244 where he knocked out former champion Andrei Arlovski in under a minute. It followed his stunning nine-second knockout of Allen Crowder earlier this year as “Bigi Boi” is unbeaten with a 9-0 record.

The Surinamese heavyweight is currently ranked No. 14 in the UFC rankings and a win over Overeem — currently ranked No. 6 — could see him skip a number of contenders on his way up the ladder.

What do you think of the new UFC DC main event? Who takes it?

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Stefan Struve Unretires And Gets UFC DC Opponent

UFC heavyweight Stefan Struve’s retirement didn’t last long as he is set to return to the Octagon at the promotion’s return to Washington D.C. Struve ended a three-fight losing skid with a submission victory over Marcos Rogerio de Lima at UFC Prague earlier this year. “Skyscraper” would announce his retirement following the fight as he […]

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UFC heavyweight Stefan Struve’s retirement didn’t last long as he is set to return to the Octagon at the promotion’s return to Washington D.C.

Struve ended a three-fight losing skid with a submission victory over Marcos Rogerio de Lima at UFC Prague earlier this year. “Skyscraper” would announce his retirement following the fight as he felt it was time to put his gloves aside.

“I wanted to end on a good note,” the 31-year-old said at the time. “A whole life with lots of opportunity outside of fighting, which I can fully focus on right now. I’m just going to be successful with something else.”

However, as is the case for some, it’s hard to leave the fight game. And Struve seems to be one of them as he is now set to collide with Ben Rothwell. The promotion announced the fight on Tuesday:

UFC D.C. takes place December 7 and will be the promotion’s first event there since Dominick Cruz headlined against Demetrious Johnson back in October 2011.

There is no main event set for now, but other bouts announced include a strawweight contest between Claudia Gadelha and Cynthia Calvillo and a bantamweight clash between Aspen Ladd and Yana Kunitskaya.

It’s early days, but what do you think of the card so far? Is Struve making the right decision by unretiring?

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