This is the UFC on ESPN 7 live blog for Alistair Overeem vs Jairzinho Rozenstruik, a heavyweight bout at Saturday’s event at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C.
Overeem, a one-time UFC title challenger who is coming off of back-to-back knockout victories, faces Rozenstruik, an unbeaten fighter who is 3-0 in the UFC with all of those wins coming by way of knockout, in the main event.
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Round 1: The heavyweights trade leg kicks after Rozenstruik rebuffs Overeem’s glove touch. Another hard leg kick from the greener UFC fighter. Overeem grabs for a leg, telegraphing his gameplan. A punch forces him to reconsider. Overeem sticks a left straight and covers up as Rozenstruik looks for a counter.
Cat and mouse game early. Overeem looking to distract his foe to set up a takedown. He fakes into the clinch and gets an outside trip to land in side control. He advances to half-guard and starts to punch from the top. Rozenstruik trying to scoot away, but you can tell he’s not the most comfortable from his back, and Overeem isn’t going anywhere.
Rozenstruik gets some space and gets to his hands and knees. He tries to spin, but Overeem is on him and maintains top position. Side mount for Overeem, who begins to throw lateral elbows. The round ends with “The Reem” on top.
