{"id":37315,"date":"2026-03-15T20:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T20:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Domestic-violence-charges-dropped-against-Jairzinho-Rozenstruik-200467"},"modified":"2026-03-15T20:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T20:18:10","slug":"domestic-violence-charges-dropped-against-jairzinho-rozenstruik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/domestic-violence-charges-dropped-against-jairzinho-rozenstruik\/","title":{"rendered":"Domestic violence charges dropped against Jairzinho Rozenstruik"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <center><!--PICTURE R--><\/p>\n<div class=\"pointer\">\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/domestic-violence-charges-dropped-against-jairzinho-rozenstruik.jpg\" width=\"640\" class=\"Picture\"\/><\/center>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\n<b>Jairzinho Rozenstruik is no longer facing domestic violence<br \/>\ncharges. | Getty\/UFC<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!--\/PICTURE R--><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Domestic violence charges have been dropped against <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUFC<\/a> veteran <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Jairzinho-Rozenstruik-102803\">Jairzinho<br \/>\nRozenstruik<\/a> following a dispute with his wife earlier this year<br \/>\nin Florida.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/03\/14\/jairzinho-rozenstruik-domestic-violence-charges-dismissed\/\">TMZ Sports<\/a>, the Broward County district<br \/>\nattorney\u2019s office elected not to pursue charges because \u201cthe victim<br \/>\nrefused to provide a sworn statement\u201d and &#8220;parties were engaged in<br \/>\nmutual combat and provided conflicting accounts of the incident.\u201d<br \/>\nDue to the lack of cooperation from the victim, the DA determined<br \/>\nit was unlikely that Rozenstruik would be convicted.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> In January, Rozenstruik was <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/UFC-Vet-Jairzinho-Rozenstruik-Allegedly-Bit-Woman-Arrested-on-Multiple-Charges-199836\">arrested<\/a> on charges of false imprisonment and<br \/>\ntouch or strike\/battery\/domestic violence. During the dispute with<br \/>\nhis partner, which occurred while the couple was driving from a<br \/>\nstorage unit in Pembroke Pines, Florida, Rozenstruik allegedly<br \/>\nslapped the woman\u2019s phone out of her hand, grabbed her arm and bit<br \/>\nher when she refused to kiss him. The woman also claimed that she<br \/>\npunched Rozenstruik in self defense. According to police had \u201ca<br \/>\nvisible bite mark on her right bicep, redness on both of her<br \/>\nforearms and a red scratch\/bruise mark under her right eye.\u201d<br \/>\nRozenstruik was also deemed \u201cuncooperative\u201d with the<br \/>\ninvestigation.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Amazing Father and Husband\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Rozenstruik\u2019s wife filed a letter requesting that the charges in<br \/>\nlate January.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have 1 child together, who&#8217;s 4 years old, we do reside together<br \/>\nas a family, with no issues,&#8221; the letter read (via <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ufc\/2026\/03\/15\/ufc-news-jairzinho-rozenstruik-charges-dropped\/89164491007\/\">MMAjunkie.com<\/a>). &#8220;He&#8217;s in fact an incredible<br \/>\namazing father and husband. I&#8217;m not in fear of my life, I&#8217;m not in<br \/>\nany danger at all. I will (ask) that this court drops all of the<br \/>\ncharges against Mr. Rozenstruik and\/or to at least allow him to<br \/>\nhave non-violent contact between myself and him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old Rozenstruik went 9-6 over the course of a UFC<br \/>\ntenure that began in 2019, earning notable wins against the likes<br \/>\nof <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Alistair-Overeem-461\">Alistair<br \/>\nOvereem<\/a>, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Andrei-Arlovski-270\">Andrei<br \/>\nArlovski<\/a>, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Junior-dos-Santos-17272\">Junior dos<br \/>\nSantos<\/a> and <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Tai-Tuivasa-133745\">Tai<br \/>\nTuivasa<\/a>. \u201cBigi Boy\u201d was released from the promotion last year.<br \/>\nRozenstruik has since gone 2-0 in Dirty Boxing, capturing the<br \/>\norganization\u2019s heavyweight title this past August. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jairzinho Rozenstruik is no longer facing domestic violence charges. | Getty\/UFC Domestic violence charges have been dropped against UFC veteran Jairzinho Rozenstruik following a dispute with his wife earlier this year in Florida. According to TMZ Sports, the Broward County district attorney\u2019s office elected not to pursue charges because \u201cthe victim refused to provide a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37316,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}