Fighter profile

Volkan Oezdemir

“No Time”

Light Heavyweight · UFC record 9-7 · 16 detailed UFC fights · Last fight Sat 22 Nov 2025

Power StrikerVolume Striker

Fighter ratings

Ratings V2Rated

Striking (offense)85

Power88

Striking defense72

Takedown defense87

WrestlingProvisional measure64

Ratings V2 descriptive 0–100 scores (16 detailed fights; as of Sat 22 Nov 2025). Not win probabilities or rankings. Missing values stay unavailable.

Chin and Cardio · Frozen through October 17, 2026

R1 research scale

ChinEvidence: ESTABLISHED81.8

CardioEvidence: ESTABLISHED64.3

Source: R1 public_candidate_display · status: Research candidate · as of Sat 17 Oct 2026. Separate frozen research scale; fights after October 17, 2026 are not reflected.

About these ratings

Ratings are domain-specific descriptive scales. Equal point differences across different domains do not imply equal absolute skill differences.

Striking (offense) · Ratings V2: Ratings V2 striking-offense score built from recorded significant strikes landed per round, significant-strike accuracy and significant-strike differential.
Power · Ratings V2: Recorded knockdown and KO/TKO-win threat under the Ratings V2 contract (knockdowns per round, KO/TKO win rate); not literal measured punching force.
Striking defense · Ratings V2: Recorded strike avoidance (striking defense) and bounded absorption (strikes absorbed per round) under the Ratings V2 contract.
Takedown defense · Ratings V2: Recorded defense against incoming takedown attempts (takedown defense rate) under the Ratings V2 contract.
Wrestling · Ratings V2: Ratings V2 wrestling-offense score: recorded takedowns landed per round and takedown accuracy. Not ground control or complete grappling.
Chin · R1 research scale: Exposure-adjusted recorded knockdown resistance. This is not a direct biological measurement of chin, recovery, or injury resistance.
Cardio · R1 research scale: Recorded later-round striking activity and effectiveness retention. This is not a direct physiological fitness measurement.

Ratings V2 scores follow each fighter's latest recorded state; R1 research-scale scores are frozen through 17 Oct 2026. Recovery is separate metadata, not a rating. No combined rating exists.

Profile

Height: 188 cm (6'2")
Reach: 190 cm (6'3")
Stance: Orthodox
Age: 37

Last 3: W W L (most recent last)

Career statistics

Descriptive

16 detailed UFC fights · 35 rounds of recorded statistics. Exact totals from recorded UFC fights through Sat 22 Nov 2025; not opponent-adjusted and not model inputs.

Strikes landed21.5significant, per round

Strikes absorbed18.0per round

Striking differential+3.4per round

Takedown attempts0.49per round

Takedown defense80.0%of attempts stopped

Finish rate66.7%of UFC wins

Striking

Significant strikes landed per round: 21.5
Significant strikes absorbed per round: 18.0
Differential per round (landed − absorbed): +3.4
Striking accuracy: 48.4%
Striking defense (opponent strikes avoided): 55.4%
Knockdowns per round: 0.20
Target: head / body / leg: 62.6% / 15.2% / 22.2%
Position: distance / clinch / ground: 80.0% / 11.7% / 8.3%

Per-round figures divide recorded totals by rounds with statistics. Shares are of significant strikes landed.

Wrestling and grappling

Takedown attempts per round: 0.49
Takedowns landed per round: 0.14
Takedown accuracy: 29.4%
Takedown defense: 80.0%
Control time per round: 0:29
Submission attempts per round: 0.03
Reversals per round: 0.00

Attempts and landed takedowns are counted separately; accuracy is landed ÷ attempted.

Outcomes and durability

UFC record (W-L-D, NC): 9-7-0
Finish rate (wins by KO/TKO or submission): 66.7%
Wins by KO/TKO · submission · decision: 5 · 1 · 3
Losses by KO/TKO · submission · decision: 2 · 1 · 4
Knockdowns scored / suffered: 7 / 2
Average fight time: 9:42 (over 13 bouts)

Results as recorded by UFCStats. Fight time is elapsed time (completed rounds plus ending time) and includes draws and no-contests. These are outcomes, not biological measurements.

UFC fight history

Volkan Oezdemir — most recent UFC fights
Date	Opponent	Result	Method	End	Event
Sat 22 Nov 2025	Alonzo Menifield	W	KO/TKO Punches	R1 1:27	UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker
Sat 23 Nov 2024	Carlos Ulberg	L	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Figueiredo
Sat 22 Jun 2024	Johnny Walker	W	KO/TKO Punch	R1 2:28	UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov
Sat 2 Sep 2023	Bogdan Guskov	W	SUB Rear Naked Choke	R1 3:46	UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Spivac
Sat 22 Oct 2022	Nikita Krylov	L	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev

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Volkan Oezdemir — earlier UFC fights
Date	Opponent	Result	Method	End	Event
Sat 23 Jul 2022	Paul Craig	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall
Sat 30 Oct 2021	Magomed Ankalaev	L	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira
Sat 11 Jul 2020	Jiri Prochazka	L	KO/TKO Punch	R2 0:49	UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal
Sat 21 Dec 2019	Aleksandar Rakic	W	S-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. The Korean Zombie
Sat 10 Aug 2019	Ilir Latifi	W	KO/TKO Punch	R2 4:31	UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2
Sat 16 Mar 2019	Dominick Reyes	L	S-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Till vs. Masvidal
Sat 27 Oct 2018	Anthony Smith	L	SUB Rear Naked Choke	R3 4:26	UFC Fight Night: Oezdemir vs. Smith
Sat 20 Jan 2018	Daniel Cormier	L	KO/TKO Punches	R2 2:00	UFC 220: Miocic vs. Ngannou
Sat 29 Jul 2017	Jimi Manuwa	W	KO/TKO Punches	R1 0:42	UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2
Sun 28 May 2017	Misha Cirkunov	W	KO/TKO Punch	R1 0:28	UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira
Sat 4 Feb 2017	Ovince Saint Preux	W	S-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Bermudez vs. The Korean Zombie

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