Volkan Oezdemir stats
Career striking and grappling numbers for Volkan Oezdemir, with every tracked fight below.
Career totals
Across UFC
- Tracked bouts
- 16
- Strikes landed / min
- 4.99
- Strike accuracy
- 48%
- Strikes absorbed / min
- 4.19
- Takedowns / 15 min
- 0.50
- Control time
- 11%
- Average fight time
- 9:25
Rates are computed over the 16 bouts whose finish time we hold.
Where they rank
All-time boards where Volkan Oezdemir sits in the top 25.
All MMA
- #4 Best takedown defence, Light Heavyweight80.0%
- #7 Most knockdowns in a round, Light Heavyweight2
- #8 Most significant strikes landed, Light Heavyweight751
- #11 Most knockdowns in a fight, Light Heavyweight2
- #12 Most total strikes landed, Light Heavyweight1,023
- #13 Most knockdowns, Light Heavyweight7
- #18 Most performance bonuses, Light Heavyweight6
- #19 Most fights, Light Heavyweight16
UFC
- #4 Best takedown defence, Light Heavyweight80.0%
- #5 Most knockdowns in a round, Light Heavyweight2
- #7 Most knockdowns in a fight, Light Heavyweight2
- #7 Most significant strikes landed, Light Heavyweight751
- #12 Most total strikes landed, Light Heavyweight1,023
- #13 Most knockdowns, Light Heavyweight7
- #16 Fastest knockouts, Light Heavyweight0:28
- #18 Most performance bonuses, Light Heavyweight6
Fight by fight
Every bout we hold official statistics for, newest first.
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result | Significant strikes | Opp. sig. strikes | Total strikes | Takedowns | Knockdowns | Submission attempts | Control time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 2025 | UFC Qatar: Tsarukyan vs Hooker | Alonzo Menifield | WIN · TKO · R1 1:27 | 13 of 35 | 2 of 7 | 14 of 37 | 0 of 0 | 1 | 0 | 0:00 |
| Nov 23, 2024 | UFC Macau: Yan vs Figueiredo | Carlos Ulberg | LOSS · UD · R3 5:00 | 96 of 183 | 98 of 204 | 96 of 183 | 0 of 2 | 0 | 0 | 0:03 |
| Jun 22, 2024 | UFC Saudi Arabia | Johnny Mendez Walker | WIN · TKO · R1 2:28 | 37 of 67 | 15 of 33 | 37 of 67 | 0 of 0 | 2 | 0 | 0:06 |
| Sep 2, 2023 | UFC Fight Night: Gane vs Spivac | Bogdan Guskov | WIN · SUB · R1 3:46 | 26 of 46 | 8 of 25 | 36 of 64 | 1 of 1 | 1 | 1 | 1:23 |
| Oct 22, 2022 | UFC 280: Oliveira vs Makhachev | Nikita Krylov | LOSS · UD · R3 5:00 | 42 of 81 | 57 of 121 | 108 of 157 | 1 of 1 | 0 | 0 | 0:47 |
| Jul 23, 2022 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Aspinall | Paul Craig | WIN · UD · R3 5:00 | 72 of 129 | 33 of 126 | 108 of 170 | 1 of 2 | 0 | 0 | 5:09 |
| Oct 30, 2021 | UFC 267: Blachowicz vs Teixeira | Magomed Ankalaev | LOSS · UD · R3 5:00 | 48 of 102 | 66 of 108 | 56 of 112 | 0 of 1 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 |
| Jul 12, 2020 | UFC 251: Usman vs Masvidal | Jiri Prochazka | LOSS · TKO · R2 0:49 | 41 of 92 | 33 of 73 | 44 of 95 | 0 of 1 | 0 | 0 | 0:17 |
| Dec 21, 2019 | UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs Jung | Aleksandar Rakic | WIN · SD · R3 5:00 | 63 of 144 | 75 of 147 | 118 of 199 | 0 of 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:32 |
| Aug 10, 2019 | UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs Carmouche | Ilir Latifi | WIN · TKO · R2 4:31 | 64 of 137 | 18 of 60 | 92 of 166 | 0 of 0 | 2 | 0 | 0:25 |
| Mar 16, 2019 | UFC Fight Night: Till vs Masvidal | Dominick Reyes | LOSS · SD · R3 5:00 | 35 of 99 | 44 of 121 | 48 of 112 | 1 of 7 | 0 | 0 | 1:35 |
| Oct 27, 2018 | UFC Fight Night: Volkan vs Smith | Anthony Smith | LOSS · SUB · R3 4:26 | 77 of 148 | 63 of 117 | 103 of 175 | 1 of 1 | 0 | 0 | 4:55 |
| Jan 20, 2018 | UFC 220: Miocic vs Ngannou | Daniel Cormier | LOSS · TKO · R2 2:00 | 38 of 82 | 32 of 61 | 42 of 86 | 0 of 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:06 |
| Jul 29, 2017 | UFC 214: Cormier vs Jones 2 | Jimi Manuwa | WIN · TKO · R1 0:42 | 12 of 19 | 2 of 4 | 13 of 20 | 0 of 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:02 |
| May 28, 2017 | UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs Teixeira | Misha Cirkunov | WIN · TKO · R1 0:28 | 5 of 7 | 9 of 19 | 5 of 7 | 0 of 0 | 1 | 0 | 0:02 |
| Feb 4, 2017 | UFC Fight Night: Bermudez vs Korean Zombie | Ovince Saint Preux | WIN · SD · R3 5:00 | 82 of 182 | 76 of 189 | 103 of 204 | 0 of 1 | 0 | 0 | 1:23 |
Strike Distribution
Strike target
- Head470 of 1205
- Body114 of 162
- Leg167 of 186
Totals across 16 tracked fights.
Strike position
- Distance601 of 1329
- Clinch88 of 133
- Ground62 of 91
Totals across 16 tracked fights.
As published elsewhere
Career averages exactly as each source publishes them. The totals above are ours, computed from every tracked bout.
UFC careerRecord: 21-8-0 · Source: UFCStats.com
- Significant strikes
- 4.99per min
- Sig. strike accuracy
- 48%
- SApM
- 4.19per min
- Str. Def.
- 55%
- Takedowns
- 0.50per 15 min
- Takedown accuracy
- 29%
- TD Def.
- 80%
- Submission attempts
- 0.1per 15 min
Top 13% in the UFC
Top 17% in the UFC
Percentiles compare this fighter with 1497 UFC fighters who have five or more tracked fights.