Tony Ferguson Credit: Misfits Boxing/DAZN
Dirty Boxing, Misfits Boxing. It didn’t matter the promotion, it was a solid weekend for several UFC alums.
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. That and a bit of follow-up was all that was needed for the TKO victory.
One shot, one kill. 🏆🇸🇷❤️ #DBX3 #TeamSuriname pic.twitter.com/LPLQ9QYTCR
— Jairzinho ‘BIGI BOY’ Rozenstruik (@JairRozenstruik) August 30, 2025
“Bigi Boy,” at 37, likely has a few more good years ahead of him in the heavyweight division. After the win, he was faced off with Andrei Arlovski, the former UFC heavyweight champ who will presumably be Rozenstruik’s first challenger. The pair have fought once before, at UFC 244 in 2019, where Jairzinho Rozenstruik won by knockout.
Over on Saturday’s Misfits Boxing card, it was Tony Ferguson at long last returning to the win column. 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.
Ferguson also earned a belt with the win, an interim middleweight title.
THE TITLE RUN HAS STARTED😭!!!!
Tony Ferguson is your NEW MFB Interim Middleweight Champion!! 🏆
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It wasn’t all sunshine for UFC alums however. Dirty Boxing Championship 3 saw Hector Lombard, arguably already too long in the tooth to still be fighting, knocked out by the unknown James Cannon. Jessica-Rose Clark (“Jessy Jess”), however, picked up a decision victory on that same card.