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Rozenstruik is thriving since his UFC release. | Getty/UFC
Jairzinho Rozenstruik will vie for the inaugural Dirty Boxing Championship heavyweight crown later this summer.
The promotion announced on Tuesday that the UFC veteran will square off against Rob Perez in the DBX 3 headliner on Aug. 29 in Miami. DBX utilizes four-ounce gloves and three-minute rounds with elbows and “conditional ground-and-pound” allowed as part of its rule set.
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’Bigi Boy’ Finds Success in DBX After UFC Release
Rozenstruik compiled a 9-6 record in the UFC’s heavyweight division before being released following a lackluster decision loss to Sergei Pavlovich at UFC Saudi Arabia on Feb. 1. He returned to action in the main event of DBX 2, where he stopped Victor Cardoso in the second round on June 14.
Perez, meanwhile, is coming off a first-round finish of Alex Nicholson at DBX 2. The Massachusetts native has professional experience in boxing, bare knuckle boxing and Power Slap.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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