Top 15 Heavyweight Talks Growing Pains, Inconsistent Results As He Readies To Face Shamil Gaziev In Saturday’s Main Event
Representation matters and Jairzinho Rozenstruik strives to be an example for MMA hopefuls from his home nation of Suriname as he continues to compete under the bright lights of the UFC.
“In the future, I want to do a gym back home,” said Rozenstruik, who competes against Shamil Gaziev in the main event of this weekend’s return to the UFC APEX in Las Vegas. “I try to inspire fighters back home all the time.”
The first athlete from the small South American nation to compete inside the Octagon, the 35-year-old heavyweight admitted that he feels both pride and pressure being someone for the next generation to follow and aspire to emulate in mixed martial arts, the same way he did with another vaunted combat sports finisher.