"Jair Rozenstruik, who made his debut for Mike Perry's Dirty Boxing Championship earlier this year, made it 2-0 in the company by defeating fellow mixed martial artist Rakim Cleveland to claim the promotion's heavyweight title on Friday. Rozenstruik, who has shown the door by the UFC off a single loss (and having gone 2-2 in his last four fights with the company) landed an overhand left inside of two minutes into the opening round."
"An elated "El Cucuy" could be heard hollering "f*ck yeah!" after claiming a stoppage win in the third round. With social media influencer turned boxer Salt Papi hemmed in against the ropes, Ferguson unloaded with lefts and rights until the ref waved things off. No standing count, just a ref stoppage and a win for Ferguson, his first in any form of combat since 2019, when he embarked on an eight-fight skid that put an end to an impressive twelve-fight win streak."
Jair Rozenstruik defeated Rakim Cleveland to capture the Dirty Boxing Championship heavyweight title, landing an overhand left inside two minutes for a TKO and improving to 2-0 in the promotion. The 37-year-old Rozenstruik, released by the UFC after a recent mixed run, appears to have several competitive years remaining and was immediately eyed to face Andrei Arlovski, whom he previously knocked out at UFC 244 in 2019. Tony Ferguson returned to the win column with a third-round stoppage of influencer-turned-boxer Salt Papi, unloading on the ropes until the referee stopped the bout and securing an interim Misfits Boxing middleweight title and his first victory since 2019.
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