Face Off! Rozenstruik Stares Down Sakai In Vegas!

With the official UFC Vegas 28 weigh ins bagged and tagged (get full results and video here), the promotion trotted all 28 fighters back to the stage for the pre-fight face offs. Front and center were heavyweight headliners Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Augusto Sakai, who battle for a spot in the 265-pound title chase.

UFC Vegas 28 pops off LIVE on Sat. night (June 5, 2021) on ESPN+ from inside APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Rozenstruik (11-2), who turned 33 back in March, is looking to rebound from his Ciryl Gane loss at the UFC Vegas 20 event late last year. As for the 30 year-old Sakai (15-2-1), he’s also looking to return to the win column after getting stopped by Alistair Overeem last September.

Here’s the heavyweight co-main event staredown between Walt Harris and Marcin Tybura.

Nothing left to do now except fight.

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