{"id":429593,"date":"2026-01-22T08:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T08:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/429593\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T08:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T08:51:09","slug":"ex-ufc-fighter-rozenstruik-arrested-on-battery-charge-in-florida-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/429593\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-UFC fighter Rozenstruik arrested on battery charge in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Brett OkamotoJan 21, 2026, 10:00 PM ET<\/p>\n

Close<\/a>Brett Okamoto has reported on mixed martial arts and boxing at ESPN since 2010. He has covered all of the biggest events in combat sports during that time, including in-depth interviews and features with names such as Dana White, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Conor McGregor, Nate Diaz, Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao and Georges St-Pierre. He was also a producer on the 30 for 30 film: “Chuck and Tito,” which looked back at the careers and rivalry of Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz. He lives in Las Vegas, and is an avid, below-average golfer in his spare time.<\/p>\n

Former UFC heavyweight Jairzinho Rozenstruik<\/a> was arrested on charges of domestic violence battery and false imprisonment Monday in Pembroke Pines, Florida, according to police records.<\/p>\n

Rozenstruik, a native of Suriname, was placed into immigration hold after the initial bond was set at $3,500. According to MMAJunkie, citing a report from the Pembroke Pines Police Department, a woman accused Rozenstruik of biting her arm after grabbing her during an argument in a vehicle. The woman also said Rozenstruik prevented her from leaving the car, according to the police report.<\/p>\n

Rozenstruik (15-6), 37, fought in the UFC from 2019 to 2025. He knocked out four consecutive opponents in 2019 to work into UFC heavyweight title contention before a 20-second knockout loss to Francis Ngannou<\/a>. Rozenstruik had a 5-5 record over his next 10 contests before the UFC parted ways with him last year.<\/p>\n

Since his UFC release, he has competed in Dirty Boxing Championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brett OkamotoJan 21, 2026, 10:00 PM ET CloseBrett Okamoto has reported on mixed martial arts and boxing at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429190,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-429593","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-mma","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}