Francis Ngannou vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik – Preview & Matchup Analysis

UFC Fight Night 172: Ngannou vs. Rozenstruik is scheduled to take place on Saturday, March 28, 2020, in Columbus, Ohio, USA. In one of the matchups on the fight card, Francis “The Predator” Ngannou will take on Jairzinho “Bigi Boy” Rozenstruik in the Heavyweight bout. You can view the full UFC Fight Night 172 card.

In this post, we will break down Francis Ngannou vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats and more below ⤵

The 38-year-old, Francis Ngannou is coming in with a 14-3-0 record. Ngannou will be fighting for the first time since a win via KO/TKO against Junior Dos Santos at UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Dos Santos in June.

Rozenstruik, meanwhile, is coming off a KO/TKO win against Alistair Overeem on June 29, 2019 at UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik and holds a 10-0-0 record.

Francis Ngannou has an orthodox fighting stance with a 83″ reach. The 36-year-old, Jairzinho Rozenstruik is an orthodox fighter with a 78″ reach. An orthodox fighter stands with their left side forward and jabs with their left hand, the southpaw fighter is the opposite, southpaw stands with their right side forward and jabs with their right hand. In most cases, orthodox fighters are right-handed, if you are left-handed, then you fight southpaw.

Ngannou comes in with 37% striking accuracy, he typically lands about 2.15 significant strikes every minute. His opponent, Rozenstruik fires at 46% accuracy, landing about 3.72 significant strikes per minute. Francis Ngannou also has a 0% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 0.00 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Rozenstruik’s 0.00 takedowns and 75% takedown accuracy.

Jairzinho spent on average 7:52 minutes in the Octagon and Francis has an average fight time of 6:05 minutes.

This looks like an interesting matchup, at least on paper. UFC Fight Night 172 is live in , who do you think will win, Francis or Jairzinho? Sound off in the comments.

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