Jairzinho Rozenstruik meets Shamil Gaziev in the heavyweight main event of a matinee UFC Fight Night on Saturday afternoon in Las Vegas. The fights at UFC Apex are on ESPN+, with the 4 p.m. ET main card preceded by prelims at 1:30 p.m.
Rozenstruik (13-5) has struggled since starting his career 10-0, dropping three of his last four fights. Most recently, he lost to top-10 heavyweight Jailton Almeida by first-round submission in May.
Gaziev (12-0) made his UFC debut in December, scoring a second-round TKO of Martin Buday. The 34-year-old from Dagestan has had finishes in all but one of his fights.
This fight card originally was to be the UFC's debut in Saudi Arabia, but that debut was postponed to June and this card was shifted to Las Vegas.
How to watch the fights
Watch the fights on ESPN+: Get ESPN+ here.
There's also FightCenter, which offers live updates for every UFC card.
Saturday's UFC fight card
ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET
Heavyweight: Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Shamil Gaziev
Light heavyweight: Vitor Petrino vs. Tyson Pedro
Men's flyweight: Alex Perez vs. Muhammad Mokaev
Men's bantamweight: Umar Nurmagomedov vs. Bekzat Almakhan
Men's flyweight: Matt Schnell vs. Steve Erceg
ESPN+, 1:30 p.m. ET
Middleweight: Eryk Anders vs. Jamie Pickett
Men's bantamweight: Vinicius Oliveira vs. Bernardo Sopaj
Men's bantamweight: Aiemann Zahabi vs. Javid Basharat
Middleweight: Christian Leroy Duncan vs. Claudio Ribeiro
Lightweight: Ludovit Klein vs. AJ Cunningham
Lightweight: Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady vs. Loik Radzhabov
Ian Parker's betting tip
Rozenstruik is an excellent striker. But, even with 12 UFC fights on his résumé, Rozenstruik hasn't improved at all when the fight goes to the ground. In his last fight, it only took minutes for Jailton Almeida to take him down and submit him. It's hard to imagine the same thing doesn't happen here against Gaziev.
For Parker's suggested bets on the main event and other fights on Saturday's card, check out the ESPN+ expert picks and best bets article (link below). It also features analysis by Xtreme Couture MMA coach Eric Nicksick as well as ESPN's other betting expert, Reed Kuhn.
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