When Jairzinho Rozenstruik-Ciryl Gane was booked, it guaranteed movement near the top of the Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight division.
The two new-breed contenders will collide in the five-round UFC Fight Night 186 headliner this Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, as they jockey for position in a relatively short line that has formed behind reigning heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic. Rozenstruik last appeared on Aug. 15, when he rebounded from his first pro defeat with a second-round technical knockout of Junior dos Santos at UFC 252.