It won’t be easy to top, but Jairzinho Rozenstruik is looking to make 2020 a better year than 2019. The heavyweight striker, who won MMA Junkie’s 2019 “Breakout Fighter of the Year” award, kicks off 2020 with a high-profile bout against fellow contender Francis Ngannou in the UFC on ESPN 8 main event in Columbus, Ohio, on March 28. Rozenstruik (10-0 MMA, 4-0 MMA) went 4-0 in 2019 with stoppages of Junior Albini, Allen Crowder, Andrei Arlovski and Alistair Overeem, so he’ll need remarkable results in order to beat a 2019 that had him rise from debutant to title contender. “Bigi Boy” knows what he needs to do to make 2020 the best year of his career and has a simple plan to get that done. “Basically, what I’ve heard people say is that I’m supposed to get the title shot, and I think (Ngannou is) also risking his spot for that,” Rozenstruik told MMA Junkie.
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