NFL
By: Julio Olmo
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has assembled a titanic tilt between Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Cyril Gane for the upcoming UFC Vegas 20 mixed martial arts (MMA) event on February 27, scheduled for the APEX Center in Las Vegas, streaming exclusively on ESPN.
Rozenstruik (11-1) jumped out to 10 straight wins in his mixed martial arts (MMA) career, culminating in consecutive knockout victories over longtime veterans Andrei Arlovski and Alistair Overeem.
Unfortunately, his march to the 265-pound title would be halted by the fists of top contender Francis Ngannou, but “Bigi Boy” got right back into the win column with a second-round finish against ex-heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos.
As for Gane (7-0), he’s also coming off a second-round stoppage over “Cigano” after winning his first three fights under the UFC banner.
“Bon Gamin” is currently undefeated in his combat sports career with finishes over Raphael Pessoa and Don’Tale Mayes, to name a few.
No question, a victory over Rozenstruik puts Gane one or two wins away from a heavyweight title shot, depending on how this scenario plays out.
The winner of that massive tilt will move on to defend the 265-pound strap against former light heavyweight kingpin Jon Jones.
“Bones” vacated the 205-pound title earlier this year after announcing his long-awaited move to the heavyweight division.
My Pound-For-Pound Rankings UFC Men and Women’s Rankings:
Men: Women:
Jon Jones 1. Amanda Nunez
Kamaru Usmand 2. Valentina Shevchenko
Israel Adesanya 3. Weili Zhang
Stipe Miocic 4. Rose Namajunas
Alexander Volkanovski 5. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
Dustin Poirier 6. Jessica Andrade
Max Holloway 7. Germaine de Randamie
Justin Gaethje 8. Tatiana Suarez
Deiveson Figueiredo 9. Holly Holm
Petr Yan 10. Katlyn Chookagian
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