Marc Goddard overhears comment, calls main event

One-half of the UFC Fight Night 238 most important occasion apparently had an eye fixed situation between rounds, and referee Marc Goddard sensed one thing was up.

A dialog ensued, clouded by a language barrier, however Goddard maneuvered by way of it and waved off the battle between the fourth and fifth rounds to present Jairzinho Rozenstruik (14-5 MMA, 8-5 UFC) a TKO win over the favored Shamil Gaziev (12-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC).

In line with the printed, Gaziev indicated he was having bother seeing, although the reason for that situation isn’t fully clear.

Following a robust begin, Gaziev ate an incredible quantity of jabs all through the 20 minutes that induced notable harm and bleeding from his nostril. Gaziev continued to press the motion regardless of his lack of success.

However Rozenstruik grew stronger because the battle progressed. Simply previous to the stoppage, Rozenstruik had his finest flurry of the battle as he upped the ante in an assault on Gaziev.

This battle has been stopped on the finish of the 4th spherical

Gaziev cannot proceed, @JairRozenstruik wins by way of TKO #UFCVegas87 pic.twitter.com/PbVZP4Cvnc

— UFC (@ufc) March 2, 2024

Suriname’s Rozenstruik, 35, will get again within the win column and strikes to 2-1 in his most up-to-date three outings.

Going into the battle, Gaziev was a relative unknown with just one UFC look, a TKO win over Martin Buday, beneath his belt.

The heavyweight bout happened on the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

Up-to-the-minute UFC Combat Evening 238 outcomes embrace:

• Jairzinho Rozenstruik def. Shamil Gaziev by way of TKO (damage) – Spherical 4, 5:00
• Vitor Petrino def. Tyson Pedro via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
• Muhammad Mokaev def. Alex Perez via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• Umar Nurmagomedov def. Bekzat Almakhan via unanimous decision (30-25, 30-26, 30-26)
• Stephen Erceg def. Matt Schnell via knockout (punch) – Round 2, 0:26
• Eryk Anders def. Jamie Pickett via unanimous decision (29-27, 29-28, 29-28)
• Vinicius Oliveira def. Bernardo Sopaj via knockout (flying knee) – Round 3, 4:41
• Aiemann Zahabi def. Javid Basharat via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• Christian Duncan def. Claudio Ribeiro via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 1:57
• Ludovit Klein def. A.J. Cunningham via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 4:36
• Loik Radzhabov def. Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady via knockout (punches) – Round 3, 0:49

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