Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-06-22, nice and tough exchanges: the mma bout Johnny Walker vs Volkan Oezdemir gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night – take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2024).
Oezdemir vs Walker is scheduled to take place Saturday, June 22nd, at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), in a 3-round light heavyweight (205 lbs, 93 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Robert Whittaker vs Ikram Aliskerov – UFC on ABC 6 (also known as UFC Saudi Arabia). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-09-02, some good exchanges but it is not enough to get three stars: the mma bout Volkan Oezdemir vs Bogdan Guskov gets two (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2023).
Guskov vs Oezdemir is scheduled to take place Saturday, September 2nd, at the Accor Arena in Paris (France), in a 3-round light heavyweight (205 lbs, 93 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Ciryl Gane vs Sergey Spivak – UFC Fight Night 226 (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 84 or UFC Paris). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-10-22, pretty good mma bout: Volkan Oezdemir vs Nikita Krylov gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2022).
Krylov vs Oezdemir is scheduled to take place Saturday, October 22nd, at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), in a 3-round light heavyweight (205 lbs, 93 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Charles Oliveira vs Islam Makhachev – UFC 280. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-07-23, pretty good mma bout: Paul Craig vs Volkan Oezdemir gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2022).
Oezdemir vs Craig is scheduled to take place Saturday, July 23rd at The O2 Arena in London (England), in a 3-round light heavyweight (205 lbs, 93 kg) bout; undercard of Curtis Blaydes vs Tom Aspinall – UFC London (also known as UFC Fight Night 208 or UFC on ESPN+ 66). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-10-30, some good exchanges but it is not enough to get three stars: the mma fight Magomed Ankalaev vs Volkan Oezdemir gets two (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2021).
Oezdemir vs Ankalaev is on the undercard of Jan Blachowicz vs Glover Teixeira – UFC 267. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-07-12, entertaining fight between Volkan Oezdemir and Jiri Prochazka: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night). Volkan Oezdemir entered this fight with a record of 17-4-0 (76% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.11 light heavyweight in the world. He lost three consecutive fights between 2018 and 2019, the last one with Dominick Reyes (Dominick Reyes vs Volkan Oezdemir) but then he has beat Ilir Latifi (Volkan Oezdemir vs Ilir Latifi) and Aleksandar Rakic (Volkan Oezdemir vs Aleksandar Rakic).
His opponent, Jiri Prochazka, has a mma record of 26-3-1 (96% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.14 in the same weight class. He suffered his last loss when he faced Muhammed Lawal in 2015 (Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal vs Jiri Prochazka), since then he has won ten consecutive bouts taking revenge on Lawal in 2019 (Muhammed King Mo Lawal vs Jiri Prochazka 2) and beating, after this bout, also Fabio Maldonado (Jiri Prochazka vs Fabio Maldonado) and CB Dollaway. Oezdemir vs Prochazka is on the undercard of Kamaru Usman vs Jorge Masvidal – UFC 251. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-12-21, some good exchanges between Volkan Oezdemir and Aleksandar Rakic but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
Volkan Oezdemir entered this fight with a mma record of 16-4-0 (81% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.10 light heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Jon Jones) but between 2018 and 2019 he lost three consecutive fights, the last one with Dominick Reyes (Dominick Reyes vs Volkan Oezdemir); after this bout he has beat Ilir Latifi (Volkan Oezdemir vs Ilir Latifi).
His opponent, Aleksandar Rakic, has an official record of 12-1-0 (83% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.18 in the same weight class. He suffered his only loss at his pro mma debut against Christian Radke in 2011, since then he has won 12 consecutive bouts defeating Justin Ledet, Devin Clark and Jimi Manuwa in his last three (Jimi Manuwa vs Aleksandar Rakic). Oezdemir vs Rakic is on the undercard of Frankie Edgar vs Chan Sung Jung – UFC Fight Night 165. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-08-10, good second part of the fight between Volkan Oezdemir and Ilir Latifi: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
Volkan Oezdemir entered this fight with a pro mma record of 15-4-0 (80% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.11 light heavyweight in the world but he comes off three consecutive losses, against Daniel Cormier (Daniel Cormier vs Volkan Oezdemir), Anthony Smith (Volkan Oezdemir vs Anthony Smith) and Dominick Reyes (Dominick Reyes vs Volkan Oezdemir).
His opponent, Ilir Latifi, has a record of 14-6-0 (71% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.13 in the same weight class. He fought twice last year beating Ovince St Preux (Ovince St Preux vs Ilir Latifi) and losing to Corey Anderson (Corey Anderson vs Ilir Latifi). Oezdemir vs Latifi is on the undercard of Valentina Shevchenko vs Liz Carmouche 2 – UFC Fight Night 156 (UFC on ESPN+ 14). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-03-16, fight not so exciting between Dominick Reyes and Volkan Oezdemir: it gets two stars.
The undefeated Dominick Reyes entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 10-0-0 (80% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.15 light heavyweight in the world. In his last three bouts he has won over Jeremy Kimballnsen, Jared Cannonier (Dominick Reyes vs Jared Cannonier) and Ovince St Preux (Ovince St Preux vs Dominick Reyes).
His opponent, Volkan Oezdemir, has an official record of 15-3-0 (80% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.11 in the same weight class but he comes off two consecutive losses, against Anthony Smith (Volkan Oezdemir vs Anthony Smith) and current #1 Ufc Hw champion Daniel Cormier (Daniel Cormier vs Volkan Oezdemir); before this bout, in 2017, he had defeated Jimi Manuwa (Manuwa vs Oezdemir). Reyes vs Oezdemir is on the undercard of Darren Till vs Jorge Masvidal – UFC Fight Night 147 (UFC on ESPN+ 5). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-10-27, good fight between Volkan Oezdemir and Anthony Smith: it gets three stars.
Volkan Oezdemir entered this fight with a pro mma record of 15-2-0 (80% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.2 light heavyweight in the world but he comes off the loss against current #1 Daniel Cormier (Daniel Cormier vs Volkan Oezdemir). Before this bout, in 2017, he had defeated Ovince Saint Preux (St Preux vs Oezdemir), Misha Cirkunov (Cirkunov vs Oezdemir) and Jimi Manuwa (Manuwa vs Oezdemir).
His opponent, Anthony Smith, has a record of 30-13-0 (90% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.4 in the same weight class. He has already fought three times in 2018 losing to Thiago Santos (Thiago Santos vs Anthony Smith) but then he has beat Rashad Evans and Mauricio Shogun Rua (Mauricio Shogun Rua vs Anthony Smith). Oezdemir vs Smith is the main event of UFC Fight Night 138. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-06-22, nice and tough exchanges: the mma bout Johnny Walker vs Volkan Oezdemir gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night – take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2024).
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-09-02, some good exchanges but it is not enough to get three stars: the mma bout Volkan Oezdemir vs Bogdan Guskov gets two (take a look at our ranking of the 
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-10-22, pretty good mma bout: Volkan Oezdemir vs Nikita Krylov gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the 
