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00:00Completely flip the narrative, and for Tai Tuivasa,
00:02we have seen him respond in kind before,
00:04after losing streaks, reel off five straight wins,
00:07and gotta get one here tonight to start the day.
00:09And there's an opportunity to get a big one for Tuivasa,
00:12but this is a big name for Jairzino Rosa Strike.
00:16I think the choice of opponents in the last fight
00:18spoke to what people may have thought
00:20Jairzino's career was supposed to be,
00:23but he showed that he's still viable,
00:24he's still valuable in this division.
00:27So Tai Tuivasa and Jairzino Rosa Strike
00:29both have major opportunities tonight.
00:32Let's see who takes advantage of it.
00:38All right, Jail, let's take a look at the chain,
00:40the official block chain of UFC.
00:43Tai Tuivasa, plus 200, the underdog tonight,
00:45he's 31, Jairzino Rosa Strike is 36.
00:48Both fighters six foot two inches tall.
00:52Both coming in near that 266 pound limit,
00:54three inches in reach for Serena's biggie boy.
00:58All right, now for the particulars back inside the box.
01:02Ladies and gentlemen, this fight is three rounds
01:06in the UFC heavyweight division.
01:10Introducing first, fighting out of the blue corner,
01:14a mixed martial artist holding professional record.
01:1614 wins, five losses.
01:19He stands six feet two inches tall,
01:21weighing in at 259 pounds,
01:25fighting at Emporio Morimoto Tsunami,
01:29Jairzino Biggie Boy Rosa Strike.
01:40And now, introducing his opponent,
01:43fighting out of the red corner, a street fighter,
01:47holding professional record, 15 wins,
01:50seven losses.
01:51He stands six feet two inches tall,
01:54weighing in at 265 pounds,
01:58fighting out of Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
02:04Presenting the never-so-great UFC heavyweight contender
02:09in the world, Tai Bam Bam Tuivasa!
02:13Tai Bam Bam Tuivasa!
02:19And with the action begins, our referee in charge,
02:22Mark Goddard.
02:25So if you're an Australian citizen
02:27and you don't like Tai Tuivasa,
02:30I mean, that's like a you problem, right?
02:32I mean, I feel like he's got this entire nation
02:35eating out of his palm,
02:37and now he'll try to produce as home underdog
02:40against the always motivated Jairzino Rosenstrike.
02:48Hoping to get some clarity
02:49in the heavyweight division later this year.
02:51For now, a couple of contenders,
02:52Tai Tuivasa in green, Jairzino Rosenstrike in black.
02:57Watch that left hook, Rosenstrike,
03:00and that's the shot that he always finds.
03:02Once he finds that jab, that left hook usually lands.
03:06Tai's got good outside leg kicks.
03:08As you said on the walk, John,
03:09he's very fast for a big guy,
03:12but if he does not push a high pace,
03:14Jairzino Rosenstrike loves a measured pace
03:17where he starts picking at you
03:19until he can find the opening.
03:20Like this, kickboxing at a slow pace
03:23is not good against Jairzino.
03:27But then rushing him might not be good either
03:29because then he'll knock you out.
03:30I don't know, pick your poison, I guess.
03:32That side leg kick is there for Rosenstrike early.
03:35He's landed two of those.
03:39Overhand right connects for Rosenstrike
03:42after Tuivasa landed down low.
03:43Nice leg kick now from Tai.
03:47Beautiful calf kick by Bam.
03:50You see Tuivasa trying to stay patient, calm,
03:53stay away from Jairzino.
03:56But Rosenstrike's gonna stay forward, man.
03:57He doesn't waste energy,
03:58and that's what makes him so special.
04:03Touch to the inside of that lead leg by Rosenstrike.
04:06He's gonna stay forward,
04:07and that's what makes him so special.
04:09Touch to the inside of that lead leg by Rosenstrike.
04:27Tuivasa perhaps trying to get his reach early.
04:3090 seconds have gone by.
04:31One of the things about these guys,
04:33they both part high levels of competition.
04:37He's fought some of the better heavyweights in the world
04:39when he was on that big run,
04:41but then you look at Jairzino, Rosenstrike,
04:43some of the guys this man has beaten.
04:45I mean, he's beaten Dos Santos.
04:47He's beaten Alistair Overeem, Orlovsky.
04:49I mean, he's fought the best of the best,
04:53so experience will lead in his direction.
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05:00We check in on Team Tuivasa.
05:02Stand high! Stand high!
05:04Jab! Jab!
05:05Level change! Level change!
05:08Yes, sir. Hold on.
05:10He's open! He's open! Come on!
05:12There you go.
05:14Jab!
05:16There you go. It's all right. It's all right.
05:18You're there.
05:19Step in. Smaller steps. Smaller steps.
05:21No big steps. Smaller steps.
05:23Hide it. Hide it.
05:24There you go. Nothing through the middle.
05:28Jason Lapin, Jason Saefalopoulou
05:31in the corner of Tai Tuivasa.
05:33Looking for a little bit smaller
05:34with the footwork there, Dom.
05:36Yeah, you see Tuivasa trying to lunge into the big shots.
05:39You can't lose balance with Rosenstreich
05:41because he'll hit you with that left hook on your way in,
05:43so you want balance out of Tuivasa.
05:50Two minutes to go in round one of a possible three.
05:53Rosenstreich has thrown that left hook
05:55three times to just throw the left kick.
05:56It looks like he's not even trying to land the hook.
05:59He's just throwing it to kind of pull himself
06:01in front of Tai to throw that inside leg kick.
06:04They all work together.
06:07He uses that hook to hide the kick.
06:08He uses the kick to hide the hook,
06:10and he goes back to the jab on the outside
06:11if he doesn't throw the kick, just like that,
06:14and it all works together,
06:15and then when you start working inside,
06:16his back hook, he steps back and throws that hook,
06:18and it's nasty, and it's powerful.
06:24Nice low leg kick by Tuivasa.
06:26John, you're telling me that this big son of a gun
06:28was a soccer player.
06:30That's right.
06:31I mean, yes.
06:32Ooh, nice job by Rosenstreich digging the body.
06:35It's a beautiful body shot there by Jairzinho.
06:38And those body shots show
06:40that Rosenstreich's getting the range.
06:41He's finding his timing and his range.
06:43When you can land one single body shot like that,
06:46your range is getting found.
06:47Great point.
06:55Tuivasa raises the guard.
07:00Tuivasa just having a hard time getting inside.
07:03Having a hard time getting started,
07:05but this is way too measured.
07:08Jairzinho just picks you apart, man.
07:10He's such a good kickboxer
07:12that if you stand in front of him,
07:14you end up landing, I mean,
07:1713% of your shots in four shots total in the round.
07:22Yeah, Tuivasa, four for 21
07:24in the significant strike column.
07:26Big range finder for Tuivasa is that kick.
07:29And Rosenstreich's taking that away by just moving his leg.
07:32It's very hard for Tuivasa to know where to throw his hands
07:35if he can't land that kick.
07:38That's why he's having a hard time getting inside right now.
07:44Nice!
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08:04Listen, listen, there's a couple of things.
08:06He's waiting for you to leg kick, right?
08:08It's why he's just thrown that right after your leg kick.
08:11You really have to hide it.
08:12Don't know one off on the leg kick, yeah?
08:19I'm scared of your power.
08:21It's not heavy, it's good.
08:28Watch your spine position.
08:30And when you throw power right hands,
08:33keep your right leg in the back.
08:34Don't let your right foot trail up, okay?
08:36Unless you're planning to left kick him.
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09:04All right, round two here at heavyweight,
09:05tied to Ivasa in green,
09:06Big E Boy Jairzinho, Rosen, Strike in black.
09:10No takedown attempts on either side, thus far.
09:13You heard Rosen Strike's corner say,
09:15keep that back foot on the floor.
09:17That's about balance.
09:18They don't want him leaning forward over his lead knee
09:21because that creates openings for knockouts for Tuivasa.
09:24So they want his back foot on the floor,
09:26stay balanced, bring your hand back to your face.
09:28They're telling Tai that Jairzinho's afraid of power,
09:31so he's being very careful.
09:33They need him to pressure him a little bit,
09:35though he cannot stay at this range.
09:38Ooh, Tuivasa nearly connected flush with that left hand.
09:44Rosen Strike certainly mindful of Tuivasa's power.
09:48We'll keep an eye on that back wheel of Big E Boy.
09:52That right hand to the body that Jairzinho just landed,
09:56that is a terrible shot to take over and over again.
09:59It's a jab and a straight right hand.
10:02Tai's trying to counter with a left hand.
10:04There it is, he almost caught him with the right hand there.
10:06That one got Big E Boy's attention.
10:08Rosen Strike continuing to mix his targets up well.
10:17Tuivasa's starting to find the range.
10:20Oh, and now a knee by Rosen Strike.
10:23Things starting to heat up.
10:24Yep, Tai's starting to back him up.
10:26He's starting to trap him.
10:29Fakes right there.
10:30Those fakes are the difference maker in this second round.
10:32Again, you've got to fake your way in,
10:35especially on a counter strike.
10:37Especially on a counter striker like Rosen Strike.
10:40Oh, big left hand by Big E Boy.
10:42Tuivasa covers up.
10:45Okay.
10:46There we go.
10:47Now the Big Boys are mixing it up a little bit.
10:50And it's just different when the heavyweights are throwing.
10:53Because you know it can take one.
10:55One big one lands and the fight's over.
11:00Oh man, when I first started calling MMA
11:02and I got an assignment, I would just look at the fight card
11:04and see how many heavyweight fights were on the card.
11:06Oh!
11:07Gosh, that right hand was not on the knee.
11:09Oh, and now a knee.
11:30Tuivasa's already landed more in round two
11:32than he did all of round one.
11:34You hear King Mo in the corner of Jairzino-Rosenstrike
11:37yelling for the jab.
11:38That's one of Big E Boy's best shots.
11:40But right now it's hard to throw that jab
11:41because Tuivasa's got him backing up.
11:51Ty's doing a much better job of setting traps.
11:53He gets him along the octagon side and then he goes.
11:55He doesn't attack him and he opens.
11:57He puts him right here
11:58before he starts to try to let his hands go.
12:04Oh, hurt his foot on that one.
12:06Hurt his foot, kicked his knee.
12:08That's what happens when you check a kick sometimes.
12:12Oh, uppercut.
12:14Oh, beautiful jab by Rosenstrike.
12:16Oh my goodness. Now he goes to the body.
12:18He cut Tuivasa bad.
12:21Oh, Rosenstrike jab.
12:23Now Tuivasa lands.
12:25This is why they love Tuivasa,
12:27because when he gets hurt, he just lays his body on the line
12:30and says, screw it.
12:32He's a fighter, man.
12:34That's one thing, even when he didn't know how to fight.
12:37Even when he didn't know how to fight.
12:40Oh, he just kicked short.
12:42He didn't get a check.
12:43Sometimes you kick short and you catch your toes
12:45on your opponent's leg and you're almost dead leg.
12:48Yeah, Rosenstrike slid that leg back
12:50and looked like Tuivasa caught the knee on that right foot.
12:54So easy to break your feet like that,
12:56trying to throw kicks on people,
12:57whether you kick them in the elbow or kick them in the knee.
13:01You think you're doing the damage,
13:02but a lot of times you hurt yourself.
13:07Leg kick now for Rosenstrike under a minute to go.
13:09Round two.
13:12And you can see Tuivasa can't put weight
13:14on that back foot very heavy.
13:16He keeps testing it.
13:18Well, you know, this is a Jairzino-Rosenstrike
13:20type of fight.
13:21These fights he really does well in,
13:22where he's dictating the pace.
13:24But he just showed you that when it does turn into a fight,
13:26he's willing to kind of bite down on the mouthpiece
13:28and say, okay, let's go.
13:29Yeah.
13:30No, you set that up beautifully, DC,
13:32off the top of the fight.
13:33And Rosenstrike with a nice one-two.
13:41See some subtle faints in there from Biggie Boyd.
13:44Throw it underneath him.
13:57Significant strikes, 53 to 14 for Rosenstrike
14:01as we transition to our third and final fight.
14:14Take your time, belly breathe.
14:16Get your air in your belly.
14:17It's fine.
14:19It cuts nothing.
14:22Yeah.
14:22He's praying.