Volkan Oezdemir
16 UFC Fights | 56% Win Rate | 6 Finishes (67%)
Volkan Oezdemir UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Volkan Oezdemir is 9-7 in the UFC across 16 fights, with 5 wins by knockout, 1 by submission and 3 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 21-8, 12-1 of it outside the UFC. Oezdemir competes at light heavyweight as an orthodox outfighter, standing 6'2" with a 75" reach at 37 years old. The last bout was a win over Alonzo Menifield by knockout in Nov 2025.
Best attribute: striking volume (significant strikes landed per minute) — 86th percentile among 140 light heavyweight fighters (5.0 sig. strikes/min).
Volkan Oezdemir's UFC win rate is 56% (9 of 16 fights), and 67% of those wins came by finish. Oezdemir averages 0.3 takedowns per fight at 29% accuracy and stops 80% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 21-8
- UFC Record
- 9-7
- Height
- 6'2"
- Reach
- 75"
- Age
- 37
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Last Fight
- W vs Alonzo Menifield · KO/TKO · Nov 2025
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Volkan Oezdemir's Last 5 Fights
Oezdemir is 3-2 in the last five UFC fights.
- Win vs Alonzo Menifield · KO/TKO · R1 1:27 · UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker · Nov 2025
- Loss vs Carlos Ulberg · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Figueiredo · Nov 2024
- Win vs Johnny Walker · KO/TKO · R1 2:28 · UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov · Jun 2024
- Win vs Bogdan Guskov · Submission · R1 3:46 · UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Spivac · Sep 2023
- Loss vs Nikita Krylov · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev · Oct 2022
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Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Volkan Oezdemir vs Average
Volkan Oezdemir's UFC Fight History
16 UFC fights on record (9-7), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Alonzo Menifield | KO/TKO | R1 · 1:27 | UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker | 2025-11-22 |
| L | Carlos Ulberg | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Figueiredo | 2024-11-23 |
| W | Johnny Walker | KO/TKO | R1 · 2:28 | UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov | 2024-06-22 |
| W | Bogdan Guskov | Submission | R1 · 3:46 | UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Spivac | 2023-09-02 |
| L | Nikita Krylov | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev | 2022-10-22 |
| W | Paul Craig | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall | 2022-07-23 |
| L | Magomed Ankalaev | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira | 2021-10-30 |
| L | Jiri Prochazka | KO/TKO | R2 · 0:49 | UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal | 2020-07-11 |
| W | Aleksandar Rakic | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. The Korean Zombie | 2019-12-21 |
| W | Ilir Latifi | KO/TKO | R2 · 4:31 | UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2 | 2019-08-10 |
| L | Dominick Reyes | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Till vs. Masvidal | 2019-03-16 |
| L | Anthony Smith | Submission | R3 · 4:26 | UFC Fight Night: Oezdemir vs. Smith | 2018-10-27 |
| L★ | Daniel Cormier | KO/TKO | R2 · 2:00 | UFC 220: Miocic vs. Ngannou | 2018-01-20 |
| W | Jimi Manuwa | KO/TKO | R1 · 0:42 | UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2 | 2017-07-29 |
| W | Misha Cirkunov | KO/TKO | R1 · 0:28 | UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira | 2017-05-28 |
| W | Ovince Saint Preux | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Bermudez vs. The Korean Zombie | 2017-02-04 |
How Oezdemir Ranks at Light Heavyweight
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