Volkan Oezdemir Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
W	#14Alonzo Menifield Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	1:27	UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker	Nov 22, 2025
L	#10Carlos Ulberg Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Figueiredo	Nov 23, 2024
W	#7Johnny Walker Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	2:28	UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov	Jun 22, 2024
W	Bogdan Guskov Light Heavyweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	3:46	UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Spivac	Sep 2, 2023
L	#10Nikita Krylov Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev	Oct 22, 2022
W	#8Paul Craig Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall	Jul 23, 2022
L	#7Magomed Ankalaev Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira	Oct 30, 2021
L	Jiri Prochazka Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	0:49	UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal	Jul 11, 2020
W	#10Aleksandar Rakic Light Heavyweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. The Korean Zombie	Dec 21, 2019
W	#9Ilir Latifi Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	4:31	UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2	Aug 10, 2019
L	#8Dominick Reyes Light Heavyweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Till vs. Masvidal	Mar 16, 2019
L	#10Anthony Smith Light Heavyweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R3	4:26	UFC Fight Night: Oezdemir vs. Smith	Oct 27, 2018
L	CDaniel CormierTitle Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Crucifix	R2	2:00	UFC 220: Miocic vs. Ngannou	Jan 20, 2018
W	#3Jimi Manuwa Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	0:42	UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2	Jul 29, 2017
W	#7Misha Cirkunov Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R1	0:28	UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira	May 28, 2017
W	#6Ovince Saint Preux Light Heavyweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Bermudez vs. The Korean Zombie	Feb 4, 2017

Outside the UFC

12-1across 13 bouts · 10 promotions · wins by 9 KO · 1 sub · 2 decWKN · Bellator · WFCA 17 · SHC 10 · SHC 6 +5

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Alikhan Vakhaev15-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WFCA 17	Apr 9, 2016
W	Paco Estevez9-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:52	SHC 10	Sep 20, 2014
L	Kelly Anundson11-3	Submission	Neck Crank	R2	3:19	Bellator	Apr 4, 2014
W	Josh Lanier9-10	KO/TKO	Punches and Elbows	R1	3:13	Bellator	Oct 25, 2013
W	David Round17-28	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:32	WKN	Mar 9, 2013
W	Angelier Benjamin5-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:45	WKN	Mar 9, 2013
W	Benyaich Mohamed0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:15	WKN	Mar 9, 2013
W	Mohamed Amidi3-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:59	SHC 6	Oct 6, 2012
W	Bruno Farias Grancheux3-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:54	Lions FC 4	Sep 15, 2012
W	Ronilson Santos0-5	KO/TKO	Retirement	R1	2:12	Lions FC 3	May 12, 2012
W	Mamadou Cisse2-6	Submission	Kimura	R1	3:43	100% Fight 10	Apr 7, 2012
W	Boubacar Balde13-12	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Lions FC	Oct 15, 2011
W	Martin Vath2-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:56	Shooto	Sep 4, 2010

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

14 wins, 2 losses

W14

L2

Submission

2 wins, 2 losses

W2

L2

Decision

5 wins, 4 losses

W5

L4

Finishes

UFC KOs

5

Above avg · 16%Light Heavyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.44

Above avg · 0.26Light Heavyweight

UFC submissions

1

Below avg · 8%Light Heavyweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.06

Below avg · 0.26Light Heavyweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Volkan Oezdemir

PowerChin

Knockout rate

31%

5 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

7

1.49 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

2

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

2

0.45 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Decision behavior

Judging

7 scorecards on file

Volkan Oezdemir

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

Won 2 of 3 coin-flip decisions — the kind of close calls that have tended to fall their way. Judges have given them 5 of 7 rounds they disagreed on (71%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

2–1

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

5–2

Won – Lost

71% went their way

Unanimous4 decisions · 57%

1W3L

Split3 decisions · 43%

2W1L

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallB66th

48%751 / 1,553

Striking accuracy

55%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.80 differential

Landed4.99

Absorbed4.19

68%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+3%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head63%78th470
Body15%65th114
Leg22%85th167

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

80%Standing

Standing80%601
Clinch12%88
Ground8%62

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Volkan Oezdemir

Landed per 15

Head

A

83rd

46.8

83rd

Body

B

66th

11.4

66th

Leg

A+

90th

16.6

90th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

F

25th

44.5

25th

Body

D

27th

12.7

27th

Leg

B

67th

5.6

67th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	46.8	470	1,205	39%
Body	11.4	114	162	70%
Leg	16.6	167	186	90%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	44.5	447	1,162	38%
Body	12.7	128	189	68%
Leg	5.6	56	64	88%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Volkan Oezdemir

29%

Takedown accuracy

80%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-0.2 min net

On top1.7

On bottom1.9

Offense

Takedowns

C

45th

0.5

45th

TD accuracy

D

40th

29%

40th

Sub attempts

C

56th

0.1

56th

Control

C

42nd

1.7 min

42nd

Defense

TD defense

A

71st

80%

71st

Controlled

1.9 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	5 / 17
Submission attempts	1
Control time	16:45

Defense

TDs defended	52 / 65
Control absorbed	19:01

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (151min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Volkan Oezdemir

16 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 151 min

102%

R3 pace · 8 bouts

Oezdemir fades (-11% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Oezdemir sustains 102% of round-1 output by round 3 (8 bouts).

Oezdemir ▼ FADESOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Oezdemirlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Oezdemirattempts / min

Control time

Oezdemir% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	6.4	5.6	3.9	0.08	14%	16
R2	5.5	4.6	3.5	0.11	13%	11
R3	5.1	4.4	5.5	0.18	4%	8

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Volkan Oezdemir

16 resolved UFC bouts · 14 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

71/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

95th

75%

95th

Win quality

A

80th

51%

80th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

4

7

5

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	4	0-4	0%
Top-5	7	4-3	57%
Top-15	5	5-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
W	Alonzo Menifield#14	Top-15	65	Nov 22, 2025
L	Carlos Ulberg#10	Champion	89	Nov 23, 2024
W	Johnny Walker#7	Top-15	73	Jun 22, 2024
W	Bogdan Guskov	Top-15	49	Sep 2, 2023
L	Nikita Krylov#10	Top-5	75	Oct 22, 2022
W	Paul Craig#8	Top-15	72	Jul 23, 2022
L	Magomed Ankalaev#7	Champion	91	Oct 30, 2021
L	Jiri Prochazka	Champion	68	Jul 11, 2020
W	Aleksandar Rakic#10	Top-5	81	Dec 21, 2019
W	Ilir Latifi#9	Top-5	79	Aug 10, 2019
L	Dominick Reyes#8	Top-5	84	Mar 16, 2019
L	Anthony Smith#10	Top-5	81	Oct 27, 2018
L	Daniel CormierCHAMP	Champion	100	Jan 20, 2018
W	Jimi Manuwa#3	Top-5	86	Jul 29, 2017
W	Misha Cirkunov#7	Top-15	73	May 28, 2017
W	Ovince Saint Preux#6	Top-5	77	Feb 4, 2017

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

16 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

1-1

2 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

3-3

6 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

4-3

7 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

4-3

7 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

4-4

8 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

0-1

1 bout

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

0-1

1 bout

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

7 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Volkan Oezdemir

Within a year

7 monthssince last bout

vs Alonzo Menifield · Nov 22, 2025

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 4-2As underdog 5-5

71.2

DK avg

69.5

Median

122.0

Ceiling

20.8

Floor

44%

Boom

13%

Bust

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