Following a rare weekend off, the UFC is back at its Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday with a heavyweight contest between Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Augusto Sakai.
If we re being honest, this UFC Fight Night offers a redo of sorts for Rozenstruik (11-2) and Sakai (15-2-1), as they are both coming off disappointing results in a UFC main event. Each of them had an opportunity to take a massive step forward in the division in his last fight and each came up well short.
The UFC Apex plays host to a Fight Night card headlined by heavyweights eager to climb the rankings. Jairzinho Rozenstruik looks to rebound from losses in two of his past three fights, including one to current champ Francis Ngannou, while Augusto Sakai returns to action after suffering the first loss of his UFC career in September.
Get the lowdown on the the main card action of this weekend’s UFC card, topped by KO artist Jairzinho Rozenstruik looking to get on track against the durable Augusto Sakai.
X-Factor! Some UFC Vegas 28 main card predictions
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This weekend (Sat., June 5, 2021), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will return to UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, for UFC Vegas 28. Let’s be honest, if not for the rare weekend absent of a UFC event a few days back, fight fans may have turned their noses at Saturday’s offering. It’s far from the best card to take place inside UFC Apex, but nevertheless, there are still fun and interesting fights . if you search for them.
Let’s take a closer look at some main card donnybrooks:
A 24-hour reign: How Gregory Rodrigues landed deal for short-notice UFC debut one day after winning LFA belt
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Gregory Rodrigues couldn’t have foreseen the wild ride that’s led him to the UFC.
Rodrigues, who on Saturday steps in to replace Maki Pitolo against Dusko Todorovic at UFC Vegas 28, signed a deal with the promotion 24 hours after capturing the LFA middleweight title on May 21, and just a few months after coming close to retiring from the sport.
“I never imagined this, not even in my best dreams,” Rodrigues said in an interview with MMA Fighting after his LFA 108 knockout over Josh Fremd. “The fight was over and I was like, ‘I’ll celebrate.’ And now I’m a former champion [laughs]. I held the title for a few hours, and got the news that I was in the UFC the next day.”
Preview and predictions for UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai, which features a heavyweight clash between Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Augusto Sakai.