WASHINGTON – Jairzinho Rozenstruik knows his name is not easy to pronounce. The Suriname fighter, who’s scheduled to headline Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 7 against Alistair Overeem, has had the inconvenience of people having a hard time with his name far before rising into contender status in the UFC’s heavyweight division. And that’s where his nickname “Bigi Boy” comes in. “The nickname ‘Bigi Boy,’ I’ve got since I was a child, like when I was 9 or 11,” Rozenstruik said at a Thursday media day. “I was playing basketball and not everybody knew how to pronounce my name, so when I used to take a shot, they would say, ‘Hey, you.
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Jairzinho Rozenstruik explains origin of ‘Bigi Boy’ nickname ahead of UFC on ESPN 7 – MMA Junkie