{"id":336044,"date":"2019-12-20T10:31:44","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T18:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=336044"},"modified":"2019-12-20T10:31:44","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T18:31:44","slug":"alistair-overeem-considers-jairzinho-rozenstruik-fight-a-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/alistair-overeem-considers-jairzinho-rozenstruik-fight-a-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Alistair Overeem considers Jairzinho Rozenstruik fight a win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alistair Overeem was moments away from a clear-cut unanimous decision win over Jairzinho Rozenstruik when disaster struck. With mere seconds left on the clock, he was dropped by a Rozenstruik punch, which also tore his lip open. Rozenstruik walked off, and the fight was promptly waved off by the referee.<\/p>\n<p>As far as Overeem is concerned, though, the fight should not have been stopped. Though his lip was badly damaged, he was still concious.<\/p>\n<p>Given the controversial stoppage, and the fact that Overeem had won every moment of the fight until that last-second finishing sequence, he&#8217;s treating it as a win.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alistair Overeem UFC Busan interview - &#039;I&#039;m pretty again&#039; after lip surgery\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qc1XAsU6OhM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"LbzebR\">\u201cTo me, it was a win, because we beat him every round,\u201d Overeem said at a media scrum ahead of Saturday&#8217;s UFC Busan card (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2019\/12\/19\/21030179\/alistair-overeem-declares-a-win-over-jairzinho-rozenstruik-says-hes-pretty-again-after-lip-injury\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cThe referee should not have jumped in. I was not KO\u2019d. I stand back up, it was two seconds left, three seconds left, one second left \u2013 to me it was a win. And I always fight for myself. Of course, you have fans, it\u2019s great, of course the money is great, but I fight for me, and I see it as a win.<\/p>\n<p id=\"UVIpa8\">\u201cI beat him very easy all around,&#8221; Overeem added. &#8220;Okay, I got hit in the last five seconds. My lip is damaged. Who cares?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the same scrum, Overeem divulged that he&#8217;s hoping to fight again in March or April. In terms of his opponent for that comeback fight, he&#8217;s not picky.<\/p>\n<p>What were your thoughts on the recent Alistair Overeem vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik fight?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 12\/20\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alistair Overeem was moments away from a clear-cut unanimous decision win over Jairzinho Rozenstruik when disaster struck. With mere seconds left on the clock, he was dropped by a Rozenstruik punch, which also tore his lip open. Rozenstruik walked off, and the fight was promptly waved off by the referee. 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