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Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Tai Tuivasa

UFC 9-6-0 vs. 8-11-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-6-0
UFC record
8-11-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
38
AgeΔ 5 yrs
33
6'2"
HeightΔ 0"
6'2"
78"
ReachΔ 3"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
20.6
Layoff (months)Δ 19.6 mo
1
LWWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Tai Tuivasa carries real power — 0.75 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Heavyweight norm.
Jairzinho Rozenstruik carries real power — 0.74 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Heavyweight norm.
Jairzinho Rozenstruik rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.90 Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jairzinho Rozenstruik

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 106
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.38 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.5 wins over .500

Tai Tuivasa

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 810
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.85 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4933.48/min · norm 3.28
Sig. strikes landed
5223.25/min · norm 3.28
3732.63/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
7014.36/min · norm 3.19
48.5%norm 47.5%
Striking accuracy
48.4%norm 47.5%
52.4%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
43.7%norm 52.5%
70.74/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
80.75/15 · norm 0.29

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Jairzinho Rozenstruik

Distance 91.1% (norm 79.2%) · Clinch 5.5% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 3.3% (norm 9.3%)

Tai Tuivasa

Distance 78.7% (norm 79.2%) · Clinch 17.1% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 4.3% (norm 9.3%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Jairzinho Rozenstruik

Head 77.1% (norm 79.2%) · Body 9.2% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 13.8% (norm 7.6%)

Tai Tuivasa

Head 73.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 11.5% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 15.5% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Rozenstruik L/AAccHeavyweight med Tuivasa L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 428 / 926 46.2% 40.1% 359 / 848 42.3% 40.1%
In the clinch 39 / 56 69.6% 70.4% 129 / 184 70.1% 70.4%
On the ground 26 / 34 76.5% 70.2% 34 / 46 73.9% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 298 / 783 38.1% 39.0% 307 / 787 39.0% 39.0%
To the body 74 / 93 79.6% 77.0% 95 / 124 76.6% 77.0%
To the legs 121 / 140 86.4% 87.8% 120 / 167 71.9% 87.8%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Rozenstruik L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Tuivasa L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 318 / 717 44.4% 40.7% 513 / 996 51.5% 40.7%
In the clinch 17 / 22 too few to rate 70.6% 67 / 88 76.1% 70.6%
On the ground 38 / 45 84.4% 72.2% 121 / 161 75.2% 72.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 188 / 534 35.2% 39.3% 499 / 993 50.3% 39.3%
To the body 78 / 112 69.6% 75.1% 121 / 156 77.6% 75.1%
To the legs 107 / 138 77.5% 84.4% 81 / 96 84.4% 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.90
Takedowns landed
111.1% acc · 0.09/15 · norm 0.90
3472.3% def · norm 63.2%
Takedowns stopped
2756.3% def · norm 63.2%
0:430.5% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
25:0515.6% of cage time · norm 17.2%
36:143:49 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control lower is better
40:513:48 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.16

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Tuivasa has more cage time on record.