Fighter Summary

87

Volkan Oezdemir

Light Heavyweight #14

Record: 8-6

Active: 7 years, 9 months

Ratings and Rankings
Metric Rating Ranking
Performance 87
B+
14
Power 91
A-
10
Offensive 88
B+
13
Defensive 90
B+
11
Records
Overall 8-6 (57.1%)
Versus Top 10 0-1 (0%)
Versus > .500 Fighters 7-6 (53.8%)
Versus < .500 Fighters 1-0 (100%)
Last 5 Fights 3-2 (60%)
Superlatives
Best Win Light Heavyweight #17 Bogdan Guskov (2-1)
2023-09-02 UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Spivac
Round 1 SUB Rear Naked Choke
Worst Loss Light Heavyweight #21 Anthony Smith (13-10)
2018-10-27 UFC Fight Night: Oezdemir vs. Smith
Round 3 SUB Rear Naked Choke
Other Statistics
Finishes 5 (35.7%)
KOs 4 (28.6%)
Submissions 1 (7.1%)
Decisions 3 (21.4%)
Opponent Record 117-80
Average Opponent Rank 21.6
Long Streak W 3 (07/29/2017)
Current Streak W 2

Recent Trend Analysis

Fight Results
ResultOpponent
W
2024-06-22
Johnny Walker (7-6)
Light Heavyweight #24
Round 1 KO/TKO Punch
UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov
W
2023-09-02
Bogdan Guskov (2-1)
Light Heavyweight #17
Round 1 SUB Rear Naked Choke
UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Spivac
L
2022-10-22
Nikita Krylov (11-7)
Light Heavyweight #15
Round 3 U-DEC
UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev
W
2022-07-23
Paul Craig (9-9)
Light Heavyweight #42
Round 3 U-DEC
UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall
L
2021-10-30
Magomed Ankalaev (11-1)
Light Heavyweight #2
Round 3 U-DEC
UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira
L
2020-07-11
Jiri Prochazka (4-2)
Light Heavyweight #11
Round 2 KO/TKO Punch
UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal
W
2019-12-21
Aleksandar Rakic (6-4)
Light Heavyweight #27
Round 3 S-DEC
UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. The Korean Zombie
W
2019-08-10
Ilir Latifi (9-7)
Light Heavyweight #28
Round 2 KO/TKO Punch
UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2
L
2019-03-16
Dominick Reyes (7-4)
Light Heavyweight #20
Round 3 S-DEC
UFC Fight Night: Till vs. Masvidal
L
2018-10-27
Anthony Smith (13-10)
Light Heavyweight #21
Round 3 SUB Rear Naked Choke
UFC Fight Night: Oezdemir vs. Smith
L
2018-01-20
Daniel Cormier (11-3)
Light Heavyweight
Round 2 KO/TKO Punches
UFC 220: Miocic vs. Ngannou
W
2017-07-29
Jimi Manuwa (6-6)
Light Heavyweight
Round 1 KO/TKO Punches
UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2
W
2017-05-28
Misha Cirkunov (6-7)
Light Heavyweight
Round 1 KO/TKO Punch
UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira
W
2017-02-04
Ovince Saint Preux (15-13)
Light Heavyweight #31
Round 3 S-DEC
UFC Fight Night: Bermudez vs. The Korean Zombie