Jairzinho Rozenstruik born 17 March is a Surinamese professional mixed martial artist and former kickboxer. Rozenstruik currently holds the record for second fastest knockout in the heavyweight division against Allen Crowder at UFC Fight Night Rozenstruik was born and raised in Paramaribo. His parents were football fans and named him after the Brazilian star Jairzinho.
After he competed in kickboxing, he transitioned to mixed martial arts in At the age of seventeen, Rozenstruik started training in a gym called Rens Project. There he started to take kickboxing lessons and soon he was discovered by Michael Babb, a coach from the Vos Gym in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Rozenstruik started his combat sports career in kickboxing. He won a total of 76 matches with 64 of them by knockout out of 85 he competed in. In April , after five years of focusing on his kickboxing career, Rozenstruik won an MMA match versus Engelbert Berbin during a regional promotion in Aruba. Moraes 2. The Korean Zombie. He won the fight via knockout in round one. Rozenstruik has two daughters. In August , Rozenstruik was arrested and detained by the Dutch police on suspicion of smuggling drugs along with seven other Surinamese in the Netherlands.
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