Jairzinho Rozenstruik plans to reconnect with ‘my real power source’ in Suriname, return against a top heavyweight

Jairzinho Rozenstruik is getting again to his roots.

Just lately, Rozenstruik scored a fourth-round TKO over Shamil Gaziev in the principle occasion of UFC Vegas 87. Although Rozenstruik entered the bout because the betting underdog, “Bigi Boi” says he and his workforce had a exact sport plan to upend the beforehand undefeated Gaziev and that it labored to perfection.

“The work that we had and the sport plan that we had was precisely what we needed to perform,” Rozenstruik mentioned on The MMA Hour. “Going ahead, we type of knew from the third spherical, he doesn’t wish to struggle anymore.

“From a cardio standpoint, the injury he took within the earlier spherical. Within the third spherical, we already knew, OK, after the third spherical he was already complaining to his nook. So whereas we have been speaking, I used to be getting directions, we have been maintaining a tally of him so we knew the place to place the stress.”

Finally, Gaziev was unable to reply the bell for the fifth spherical, and Rozenstruik picked up his eight win contained in the octagon. It was a crucial victory for Rozenstruik, who had misplaced 5 of his earlier eight fights earlier than Saturday, who says that was simply step one in a course of which he believes will get him again to the shape he confirmed in his early UFC run when was near combating for a title.

“Proper now I’ve made plenty of adjustments in my employees and my self, personally,” Rozenstruik mentioned. “I really feel like after the Overeem struggle I used to be navigating away from my energy supply, which is Suriname. So proper now I’m taking a few steps again, return dwelling, recalibrate, reconnect with Suriname, get myself collectively, and this was a small piece of what I completed in my journey that I simply began a number of months in the past.”

The one present UFC fighter from Suriname, Rozenstruik lives in Florida and trains out of American High Workforce, and whereas he intends to proceed with ATT, Bigi Boi mentioned he’s taking a visit dwelling the place he can recharge and return to his greatest type.

“That’s my actual energy supply. Going again to Suriname, lay down within the river, get my energy,” Rozenstruik mentioned. “In Suriname we wish to be reconnect with tradition. Go into the river, lay grounding with the Earth, stuff like that. I really feel like I used to be shedding my energy, navigating my true self, which introduced me to this larger degree. I really feel like I want to realize that once more. … Take some relaxation, get away from all the things, go into the jungle, lay down within the river that’s one of many principal issues. Grounding and connecting with the Earth, that’s one of many principal issues I used to do. It brings me rest, it brings me all the things. It makes me relaxed in all the things, additionally in my private life. I haven’t performed it shortly and I really feel like my soul is asking for that.”

However regardless of being away from his energy supply and his middling report in recent times, it hasn’t been all dangerous for Rozenstruik. Over the previous 5 years, Bigi Boi headlined six UFC playing cards, greater than each present UFC champion apart from Jon Jones and Leon Edwards. That’s a fairly large accomplishment for a boy from Paramaribo, and one which Rozenstruik is happy with.

“I didn’t know that going into the struggle after which whereas I used to be at Combat Week media day, everyone began speaking about it so I paid a bit bit nearer consideration to that,” Rozenstruik mentioned relating to his headlining numbers. “However I’m blissful that the UFC sees the principle occasion caliber in me and so they know I can deliver the principle occasion motion. That’s a plus for me as an individual and likewise as a fighter.”

And people pluses will probably hold coming. Rozenstruik has headlined 5 of his previous seven bout and given the promotion’s want for headliners, there’s a very good likelihood his subsequent struggle may even be that, which might be greater than nice for Rozenstruik as he tries to mount a title run.

“For me, I don’t wish to name names,” Rozenstruik mentioned. “However everyone that ranks above me, particularly guys I haven’t fought but, make sense for me. For instance, I haven’t fought [Serghei] Spivac, Tom [Aspinall], Tai Tuivasa is an effective one. There are one or two extra up there I haven’t fought. Derrick [Lewis]. All these guys are good fighters and undoubtedly a principal occasion in that one can be superb.”