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Volkan Oezdemir

21-8-0
36y·6' 2"·75" reach·Orthodox
1:40
Control / 15m
time on top
+0.80
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
67%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.9
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 16 recorded bouts, 751 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 63%Body 15%Legs 22%
Position
Distance 80%Clinch 12%Ground 8%
And how often each lands
Head39%
Body70%
Legs90%
Distance45%
Clinch66%
Ground68%

How fights end

UFC bouts only, so these will not add up to the record above. Counts rather than rates: two knockouts in three wins is not a 67% finisher.

9Wins5 KO · 1 SUB · 3 DEC
7Losses2 KO · 1 SUB · 4 DEC

Control, bout by bout

Seconds spent controlling the opponent in each fight, oldest on the left. UFCStats records this per bout and never adds it up; this is what that looks like added up.

9%
Preux
7%
Cirkunov
5%
Manuwa
1%
Cormier
34%
Smith
11%
Reyes
4%
Latifi
4%
Rakic
5%
Prochazka
0%
Ankalaev
34%
Craig
5%
Krylov
37%
Guskov
4%
Walker
0%
Ulberg
0%
Menifield

As the fight goes on

Which measure to show

Significant strikes landed, per minute fought. Every round is measured against round one, except rounds reached by fewer than 3 bouts, which are dimmed and left uncompared.

Landed / minvs R1Bouts
R15.59100%16
R24.6383%11
R34.4480%8

Only fights that reached a round count towards it, so later rounds are a smaller sample.

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min4.99
Strikes absorbed / min4.19
Striking accuracyof everything thrown48%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed55%
Takedowns / 15 min0.5
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land29%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed80%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.1
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together9.18
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 16 bouts9.4m

Earned Accuracy

How hard the opponents on this record were to hit at distance, and whether they beat it. Distance strikes only, so nobody gets credit for accuracy they picked up hammering someone already flat on the floor.

45.2%
Landed at range
1,329 thrown over 16 bouts
43.4%
Expected
against these opponents
+1.9pp
Gap
above expected
73.7%
Coverage
from real records
The fine print

Distance strikes only

Nothing thrown in the clinch or on the ground counts. Those land at about 72% and 71%, against 44% at distance, so a blended accuracy mostly measures where a fight happened. Rank the sport that way and its best strikers are all wrestlers.

One pass, not a rating

How much each opponent lets through is taken raw. It isn't adjusted for who they fought, so a fighter whose opponents all had soft schedules comes out looking better here than they are. Running it to convergence is a later job.

Coverage, and who gets ranked

Coverage is how much of the expected number came from the opponents' own records instead of the division average. Under 65% it's mostly the division talking, so the comparison gets hidden. Same for anyone under 5 qualifying bouts, or under 300 distance strikes of their own, which is where an accuracy still moves on a single exchange. Miss any of the three and you'll see what they landed, nothing else, and they stay out of any ranking.

Short records get pulled to the middle

An opponent who hasn't been shot at much gets dragged toward their division's average, and the drag fades as their record fills in. At 60 distance strikes faced, their own record and the division average count for the same.

Bout log

WAlonzo MenifieldNov 2025KO R10:00 ctrl13 str0 td
Significant strikes
13 of 35 · 37%
Total strikes
14 of 37 · 38%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:27
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 92%Body 0%Legs 8%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LCarlos UlbergNov 2024U-DEC0:03 ctrl96 str0 td
Significant strikes
96 of 183 · 52%
Total strikes
96 of 183 · 52%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
0:03
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 53%Body 18%Legs 29%
Position
Distance 99%Clinch 1%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WJohnny WalkerJun 2024KO R10:06 ctrl37 str0 td
Significant strikes
37 of 67 · 55%
Total strikes
37 of 67 · 55%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:06
Knockdowns
2
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 2:28
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 59%Body 24%Legs 16%
Position
Distance 89%Clinch 5%Ground 5%
This fight on UFCStats
WBogdan GuskovSep 2023SUB R11:23 ctrl26 str1 td
Significant strikes
26 of 46 · 57%
Total strikes
36 of 64 · 56%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
1:23
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 3:46
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 73%Body 4%Legs 23%
Position
Distance 58%Clinch 4%Ground 38%
This fight on UFCStats
LNikita KrylovOct 2022U-DEC0:47 ctrl42 str1 td
Significant strikes
42 of 81 · 52%
Total strikes
108 of 157 · 69%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
0:47
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 83%Body 7%Legs 10%
Position
Distance 81%Clinch 12%Ground 7%
This fight on UFCStats
WPaul CraigJul 2022U-DEC5:09 ctrl72 str1 td
Significant strikes
72 of 129 · 56%
Total strikes
108 of 170 · 64%
Takedowns
1 of 2 · 50%
Control
5:09
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 63%Body 14%Legs 24%
Position
Distance 69%Clinch 8%Ground 22%
This fight on UFCStats
LMagomed AnkalaevOct 2021U-DEC0:00 ctrl48 str0 td
Significant strikes
48 of 102 · 47%
Total strikes
56 of 112 · 50%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 48%Body 6%Legs 46%
Position
Distance 85%Clinch 15%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LJiri ProchazkaJul 2020KO R20:17 ctrl41 str0 td
Significant strikes
41 of 92 · 45%
Total strikes
44 of 95 · 46%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:17
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 0:49
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 73%Body 7%Legs 20%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WAleksandar RakicDec 2019S-DEC0:32 ctrl63 str0 td
Significant strikes
63 of 144 · 44%
Total strikes
118 of 199 · 59%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:32
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 44%Body 22%Legs 33%
Position
Distance 75%Clinch 25%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WIlir LatifiAug 2019KO R20:25 ctrl64 str0 td
Significant strikes
64 of 137 · 47%
Total strikes
92 of 166 · 55%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:25
Knockdowns
2
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 4:31
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 69%Body 17%Legs 14%
Position
Distance 73%Clinch 19%Ground 8%
This fight on UFCStats
LDominick ReyesMar 2019S-DEC1:35 ctrl35 str1 td
Significant strikes
35 of 99 · 35%
Total strikes
48 of 112 · 43%
Takedowns
1 of 7 · 14%
Control
1:35
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 69%Body 11%Legs 20%
Position
Distance 86%Clinch 14%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LAnthony SmithOct 2018SUB R34:55 ctrl77 str1 td
Significant strikes
77 of 148 · 52%
Total strikes
103 of 175 · 59%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
4:55
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R3 4:26
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 62%Body 13%Legs 25%
Position
Distance 58%Clinch 12%Ground 30%
This fight on UFCStats
LDaniel CormierJan 2018KO R20:06 ctrl38 str0 td
Significant strikes
38 of 82 · 46%
Total strikes
42 of 86 · 49%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:06
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 2:00
Punches to Head From Crucifix
Target
Head 61%Body 29%Legs 11%
Position
Distance 87%Clinch 13%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WJimi ManuwaJul 2017KO R10:02 ctrl12 str0 td
Significant strikes
12 of 19 · 63%
Total strikes
13 of 20 · 65%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:02
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 0:42
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 83%Body 8%Legs 8%
Position
Distance 25%Clinch 67%Ground 8%
This fight on UFCStats
WMisha CirkunovMay 2017KO R10:02 ctrl5 str0 td
Significant strikes
5 of 7 · 71%
Total strikes
5 of 7 · 71%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:02
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 0:28
Punch to Head In Clinch
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 60%Clinch 0%Ground 40%
This fight on UFCStats
WOvince Saint PreuxFeb 2017S-DEC1:23 ctrl82 str0 td
Significant strikes
82 of 182 · 45%
Total strikes
103 of 204 · 50%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
1:23
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 62%Body 21%Legs 17%
Position
Distance 87%Clinch 13%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats

Numbers from UFCStats. Control time and strike placement are summed from each bout, everything else is as published.