UFC Vegas 87 Results And Recap: Jairzinho Rozenstruik Makes Shamil Gaziev Quit In Heavyweight Headliner

Add as a preferred source on Google

UFC Vegas 87 Results And Recap: Jairzinho Rozenstruik makes Shamil Gaziev quit in heavyweight headliner, while Vitor Petrino dominates Tyson Pedro in the light heavyweight co-main event on Saturday (March 2) night. Check out the final results on myKhel.com.

Las Vegas, March 3: Jairzinho Rozenstruik forced Shamil Gaziev quit in the heavyweight main event of UFC Vegas 87: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev at the UFC Apex Facility in Las Vegas on Saturday (March 2).

The 11-fight card saw 6 fights, including the main event, end in stoppage, while five fights went the distance. All the 6 stoppage wins were either knockouts (KO) or technical knockouts (TKO).

Vinicius Oliveira claimed a double bonus as his bantamweight meeting with Benardo Sopaj bagged the fight of the night award in UFC Vegas 87, also known as UFC Fight Night 238, where Oliveira also bagged performance of the night bonus along with another fighter for stoppage wins.

Apart from Oliveira and Sopaj, Steve Erceg also took home an extra USD50K for his second-round stoppage win on the main card. Here is the recap for the UFC on ESPN+ 96 event:

UFC Vegas 87 Recap

No. 12 ranked heavyweight "Bigi Boy" Rozenstruik and undefeated Gaziev showed a range of action to open the fight, from a tactical kickboxing affair to Gaziev's grappling success off a takedown.

In the second, Rozenstruik landed jabs and staved off the grappling, but the clinch of Gaziev was in play. Rozenstruik relied on experience, cardio, and massive striking output in the third round, making Gaziev quit in his corner in his first professional loss.

After the win, Rozenstruik said, ""It was amazing. The time I had to work on a lot of things, you saw it today. Even though I wanted to knock him out, I didn't rush. I had patience...

"We spent time working on specific things, and this was a piece of it. My corner gave me the right instruction: stick to the jab, keep moving forward, and eventually he gave up. Anyone who's out there, come and get it."

In the co-main event, light heavyweights Vitor Petrino and Tyson Pedro showed great respect for the others' power, producing a tense, low-output affair that lasted all three rounds.

Petrino came out more aggressively in the third, attacking on the feet before securing a takedown and out-hustling Pedro to win a unanimous decision and remain undefeated.

Also on the main card, Muhammad Mokaev outworked Alex Perez for a decision win in a flyweight bout after Umar Nurmagomedov did the same against Bekzat Almakhan in a bantamweight bout.

In the main card opener, Ecreg connected a strong left hook to earn a second-round stoppage win over Matt Schnell in a flyweight bout moments after Eryk Anders dominated Jamie Pickett for the decision win in a middleweight bout that closed the preliminary card.

Also on the prelims, Aiemann Zahabi defeated Javid Basharat in a bantamweight bout, while Loik Radzhabov, Ludovit Klein, Christian Leroy and double bonus-earner Oliveira claimed stoppage wins. Here is a look at the final results of UFC Fight Night 238:

UFC Vegas 87 Results

• Heavyweight Bout: Jairzinho Rozenstruik defeats Shamil Gaziev by TKO (referee stoppage) at 5:00 of Round 4
• Light Heavyweight Bout: Vitor Petrino defeats Tyson Pedro by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
• Flyweight Bout: Muhammad Mokaev defeats Alex Perez by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• Bantamweight Bout: Umar Nurmagomedov defeats Bekzat Almakhan by unanimous decision (30-25, 30-26, 30-26)
• Flyweight Bout: Steve Erceg defeats Matt Schnell by KO (left hook) at 0:26 of Round 2
• Middleweight Bout: Eryk Anders defeats Jamie Pickett by unanimous decision (29-27, 29-28, 29-28)
• Bantamweight Bout: Vinicius Oliveira defeats Benardo Sopaj by KO (flying knee) at 4:41 of Round 3
• Bantamweight Bout: Aiemann Zahabi defeats Javid Basharat by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• Middleweight Bout: Christian Leroy Duncan defeats Claudio Ribeiro by TKO (elbows) at 1:57 of Round 2
• Lightweight Bout: Ludovit Klein defeats AJ Cunningham by TKO (strikes) at 4:36 of Round 1
• Lightweight Bout: Loik Radzhabov defeats Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady by KO (strikes) at 0:49 of Round 3