Volkan Oezdemir

🇨🇭 🇹🇷

(1989-09-19)

Statistics

UFC Record: 9-7

By Method:

KO/TKO: 5-2
Submission: 1-1
Decision: 3-4

By Elo:

As Favorite: 3-3
As Underdog: 6-4

By Weight Class:

Light Heavyweight: 9-7

By Round:

Round 1: 5-0
Round 2: 1-2
Round 3: 3-5

By Type:

Main Event: 0-1
Title Fight: 0-1
Ranked Opponent: 8-6

UFC Roster Status: Active

Last 5: L W W L W

Elo: 3073

Peak Elo: 3093 (2024-06-22)

Avg Opponent Elo: 3022 (#69)

Bonuses: 3 (0 FOTN, 3 Performance)

Avg Fight Time: 9m 25s

Total Fight Time: 2h 30m 37s

Avg Time Between Fights: 175 days

Avg Card Placement: 4.1

Current Rankings:

#8 Light Heavyweight

Peak Rankings:

#2 Light Heavyweight

Elo Rating & UFC Rankings

Bout History

2025-11-22
UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker

Volkan Oezdemir (36) 🇨🇭 🇹🇷
L W W L W • 8-7
UFC rank: #9 • Elo: 2987

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
KO
R1
1:27

🇺🇸 Alonzo Menifield (38)
10-5-1 • W L L W W
Elo: 2936 • UFC rank: #14

Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena
Al Rayyan
Qatar 🇶🇦

2024-11-23
UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Figueiredo

Carlos Ulberg (34) 🇳🇿 🇼🇸
W W W W W • 6-1
UFC rank: #10 • Elo: 3074
29

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00
🤖

🇨🇭 🇹🇷 Volkan Oezdemir (35)
8-6 • W W L W L
Elo: 3093 • UFC rank: #8
28

Galaxy Arena
Macau
China 🇨🇳

2024-06-22
UFC on ABC: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov

⭐ Volkan Oezdemir (34) 🇨🇭 🇹🇷
W L W L L • 7-6
UFC rank: #9 • Elo: 2957

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
KO
R1
2:28

🇧🇷 🇮🇪 Johnny Walker (32)
7-5 (1 NC) • W W W N L
Elo: 3088 • UFC rank: #7

Kingdom Arena
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦

2023-09-02
UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Spivac

Volkan Oezdemir (33) 🇨🇭 🇹🇷
L W L L W • 6-6
UFC rank: #9 • Elo: 2926

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
SUB
R1
3:46

🇷🇺 🇺🇿 Bogdan Guskov (30)
🔰 Debut
Elo: 2628

Accor Arena
Paris
France 🇫🇷

2022-10-22
UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev

Nikita Krylov (30) 🇷🇺 🇺🇦
L W L L W • 9-7
UFC rank: #10 • Elo: 2988

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇨🇭 🇹🇷 Volkan Oezdemir (33)
6-5 • W L L W W
Elo: 3041 • UFC rank: #8

Etihad Arena
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪

2022-07-23
UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall

Volkan Oezdemir (32) 🇨🇭 🇹🇷
L L W W L • 5-5
UFC rank: #9 • Elo: 2886

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Paul Craig (34)
8-4-1 • D W W W W
Elo: 3100 • UFC rank: #8

The O2 Arena
London, England
United Kingdom 🇬🇧

2021-10-30
UFC 267: Błachowicz vs. Teixeira

Magomed Ankalaev (29) 🇷🇺
W W W W W • 6-1
UFC rank: #7 • Elo: 3159

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇨🇭 🇹🇷 Volkan Oezdemir (32)
5-4 • L W W L L
Elo: 2928 • UFC rank: #8

Etihad Arena
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪

2020-07-11
UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal

⭐ Jiri Prochazka (27) 🇨🇿
Debut 🔰
Elo: 2998

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
KO
R2
0:49

🇨🇭 🇹🇷 Volkan Oezdemir (30)
5-3 • W W L L L
Elo: 3040 • UFC rank: #7

du Forum
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪

2019-12-21
UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. The Korean Zombie

Volkan Oezdemir (30) 🇨🇭 🇹🇷
W L L L W • 4-3
UFC rank: #8 • Elo: 3008

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇦🇹 🇷🇸 Aleksandar Rakic (27)
4-0 • W W W W
Elo: 3002 • UFC rank: #10

Sajik Arena
Busan
South Korea 🇰🇷

2019-08-10
UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2

⭐ Volkan Oezdemir (29) 🇨🇭 🇹🇷
L L L W W • 3-3
UFC rank: #7 • Elo: 2892

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
KO
R2
4:31

🇦🇱 🇸🇪 Ilir Latifi (37)
7-4 • W L W W L
Elo: 2949 • UFC rank: #9

Antel Arena
Montevideo
Uruguay 🇺🇾

2019-03-16
UFC Fight Night: Till vs. Masvidal

Dominick Reyes (29) 🇺🇸
W W W W • 4-0
UFC rank: #8 • Elo: 2996

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇨🇭 🇹🇷 Volkan Oezdemir (29)
3-2 • L L W W W
Elo: 2898 • UFC rank: #6

The O2 Arena
London, England
United Kingdom 🇬🇧

2018-10-27
UFC Fight Night: Volkan vs. Smith

⭐ Anthony Smith (30) 🇺🇸
W W L W W • 6-3
UFC rank: #10 • Elo: 3095

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
SUB
R3
4:26

🇨🇭 🇹🇷 Volkan Oezdemir (29)
3-1 • L W W W
Elo: 2962 • UFC rank: #2

Avenir Centre
Moncton
Canada 🇨🇦

2018-01-20
UFC 220: Miocic vs. Ngannou

⭐ Daniel Cormier (38) 🇺🇸
W W W W N • 8-1 (1 NC)
UFC rank: Champ • Elo: 3460

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT Title Fight

TKO
R2
2:00

🇨🇭 🇹🇷 Volkan Oezdemir (28)
3-0 • W W W
Elo: 2973 • UFC rank: #2

TD Garden
Boston, Massachusetts
United States 🇺🇸

2017-07-29
UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2

⭐ Volkan Oezdemir (27) 🇨🇭 🇹🇷
W W • 2-0
UFC rank: #5 • Elo: 2804

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
KO
R1
0:42

🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimi Manuwa (37)
6-2 • L W L W W
Elo: 3100 • UFC rank: #3

Honda Center
Anaheim, California
United States 🇺🇸

2017-05-28
UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira

Volkan Oezdemir (27) 🇨🇭 🇹🇷
W • 1-0
UFC rank: #5 • Elo: 2631

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R1
0:28

🇨🇦 🇱🇻 Misha Cirkunov (30)
4-0 • W W W W
Elo: 2954 • UFC rank: #7

Ericsson Globe
Stockholm
Sweden 🇸🇪

2017-02-04
UFC Fight Night: Bermudez vs. The Korean Zombie

Volkan Oezdemir (27) 🇨🇭 🇹🇷
Debut 🔰
Elo: 2529

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇭🇹 🇺🇸 Ovince Saint Preux (33)
7-4 • W L W L L
Elo: 2817 • UFC rank: #6

Toyota Center
Houston, Texas
United States 🇺🇸