| UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | June 5, 2021 | |||
| Venue | UFC Apex | |||
| City | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | |||
| Attendance | None (behind closed doors)[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai (also known asUFC Fight Night 189,UFC on ESPN+ 47 andUFC Vegas 28) was amixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship that took place on June 5, 2021UFC Apex facility inEnterprise, Nevada, part of theLas Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.[2]
A heavyweight bout betweenJairzinho Rozenstruik andAugusto Sakai served as the event's headliner.[3]
A women’s strawweight bout betweenAmanda Ribas and formerInvicta FC Strawweight ChampionAngela Hill was originally expected to take place atUFC on ESPN: Rodriguez vs. Waterson, but it was postponed due to Ribastesting positive for COVID-19.[4] They were then expected to meet at this event.[5] Two weeks later, the pairing was scrapped once again as Ribas was still suffering from lingeringCOVID-19 symptoms.[6]
Alessio Di Chirico was expected to faceRoman Dolidze in a middleweight bout at the event.[7] However, Di Chirico pulled out of the contest in mid-May due to an injury.[8] He was replaced byLaureano Staropoli.[9]
A middleweight bout betweenDuško Todorović andMaki Pitolo was expected to take place at this event.[10] However, Pitolo pulled out due to an injury.[11][6] Todorović faced promotional newcomerGregory Rodrigues instead.[12]
Nate Landwehr andMakwan Amirkhani were expected to meet in a featherweight contest.[13] Due to an injury, Landwehr pulled out of the bout and was replaced promotional newcomer by Kamuela Kirk.[6][14]
Maryna Moroz andManon Fiorot were expected to meet in the women's flyweight division.[15] However, Moroz withdrew from the event due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced by newcomerTabatha Ricci.[16]
A middleweight bout betweenTom Breese andAntônio Arroyo was expected to open the main card, but it was cancelled just before taking place as Breese was dealing with undisclosed medical issues.[17][18]
| Main card (ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Jairzinho Rozenstruik | def. | Augusto Sakai | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:59 | |
| Heavyweight | Marcin Tybura | def. | Walt Harris | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:06 | |
| Middleweight | Roman Dolidze | def. | Laureano Staropoli | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Santiago Ponzinibbio | def. | Miguel Baeza | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Gregory Rodrigues | def. | Duško Todorović | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women’s Flyweight | Montana De La Rosa | def. | Ariane Lipski | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:27 | |
| Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Ilir Latifi | def. | Tanner Boser | Decision (split) (29–28, 27–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Muslim Salikhov | def. | Francisco Trinaldo | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Kamuela Kirk | def. | Makwan Amirkhani | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Alan Patrick | vs. | Mason Jones | No Contest (accidental eye poke) | 2 | 2:14 | [a] |
| Women’s Flyweight | Manon Fiorot | def. | Tabatha Ricci | TKO (punches) | 2 | 3:00 | |
| Featherweight | Sean Woodson | def. | Youssef Zalal | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Claudio Puelles | def. | Jordan Leavitt | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[20]
