
Fighter profile
Volkan Oezdemir
Per-discipline Elo and momentum, each with its percentile within the LHW division (205 fighters).
Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.
Striking · offense
Striking · defense
Grappling · offense
Grappling · defense
Totals (no benchmarks in this view) · 16 UFC fights · 150:37 total fight time
Opponents' records as of fight night — the quality of opposition Volkan has faced, inside the UFC and out.
Div rank, percentile & tier place this view's opp win % among active division peers with 3+ UFC bouts (career distribution).
Mean UFC pound-for-pound Elo of opponents faced (~1500 = average), split by result. Div rank, percentile & tier place it among active division peers with 3+ UFC bouts (career distribution).
Opponents' records as of each fight night, counted from their full pro careers rather than only the bouts we hold — so a regional opponent reads as the fighter they were, not as 0‑0. Always all promotions; SCOPE does not apply here.
How the betting market priced Volkan, and the hypothetical return on a flat 1-unit bet at the closing line every UFC fight. Retrospective analytics — not a betting signal.
over 16 close-line bets
44% implied
ROI +3.8%
Avg -174
ROI +62.2%
Avg +207
Based on 16 of 16 UFC fights with a closing line · draws & no-contests excluded.
- KO/TKO · R1 1:27UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker · 2025-11-22Oezdemir-22913/350/01—Menifield+1842/70/00—
- U-DEC · R3 5:00UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Figueiredo · 2024-11-23Oezdemir+23096/1830/200:03Ulberg-29098/2040/00—
- KO/TKO · R1 2:28UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov · 2024-06-22Oezdemir+11337/670/020:06Walker-13615/330/00—
- SUB · R1 3:46UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Spivac · 2023-09-02Oezdemir-18126/461/111:23Guskov+1488/250/00—
- U-DEC · R3 5:00UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev · 2022-10-22Oezdemir+15342/811/100:47Krylov-18757/1217/2009:17
- U-DEC · R3 5:00UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall · 2022-07-23Oezdemir-14172/1291/205:09Craig+11733/1260/1500:07
- U-DEC · R3 5:00UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira · 2021-10-30Oezdemir+26048/1020/10—Ankalaev-33966/1081/411:45
- KO/TKO · R2 0:49UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal · 2020-07-11Oezdemir-15941/920/100:17Prochazka+12933/730/010:02
- S-DEC · R3 5:00UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. The Korean Zombie · 2019-12-21Oezdemir+14563/1440/000:32Rakic-17575/1471/902:38
- KO/TKO · R2 4:31UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2 · 2019-08-10Oezdemir-19064/1370/020:25Latifi+16518/601/501:07
- S-DEC · R3 5:00UFC Fight Night: Till vs. Masvidal · 2019-03-16Oezdemir+22035/991/701:35Reyes-26044/1210/20—
- SUB · R3 4:26UFC Fight Night: Oezdemir vs. Smith · 2018-10-27Oezdemir-16077/1481/104:55Smith+14063/1171/301:29
- KO/TKO · R2 2:00UFC 220: Miocic vs. Ngannou · 2018-01-20Oezdemir+28538/820/000:06Cormier-34532/612/301:43
- KO/TKO · R1 0:42UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2 · 2017-07-29Oezdemir+15512/190/000:02Manuwa-1752/40/000:15
- KO/TKO · R1 0:28UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira · 2017-05-28Oezdemir+3755/70/010:02Cirkunov-4709/190/00—
- S-DEC · R3 5:00UFC Fight Night: Bermudez vs. The Korean Zombie · 2017-02-04Oezdemir+33582/1820/101:23Saint Preux-42076/1890/400:38
- Oezdemir——/——/———Farias Grancheux——/——/———
- Oezdemir——/——/———Santos——/——/———
- Submission · R1 3:43100% Fight 10 - Supreme League Block C · 2012-04-07Oezdemir——/——/———Cisse——/——/———
- Decision · R3 5:00Lions FC - Lions Fighting Championship · 2011-10-15Oezdemir——/——/———Balde——/——/———
Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

