Volkan Oezdemir
“No Time”
Volkan Oezdemir is ranked 11th of 208 light heavyweights by the First Light Rating.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,98211th of 208 · Light Heavyweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.02Fame ahead of skill
▼ −0.03 in 30 days - Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 1,993, 22 Nov 2025
- Record
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Fame against skill.
Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.
Skill and attention.
Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: where the most similar careers went next.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Nov 2025 | Won vs Alonzo MenifieldUFC Fight Night 265 - Tsarukyan vs. Hooker · KO (Knee and Punches), R1 | +28 |
| 23 Nov 2024 | Lost to Carlos UlbergUFC Fight Night 248 - Yan vs. Figueiredo · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −13 |
| 22 Jun 2024 | Won vs Johnny WalkerUFC on ABC 6 - Whittaker vs. Aliskerov · KO (Punch), R1 | +29 |
| 2 Sept 2023 | Won vs Bogdan GuskovUFC Fight Night 226 - Gane vs. Spivak · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R1 | +20 |
| 22 Oct 2022 | Lost to Nikita KrylovUFC 280 - Oliveira vs. Makhachev · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −11 |
| 23 Jul 2022 | Won vs Paul CraigUFC Fight Night 208 - Blaydes vs. Aspinall · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +29 |
| 30 Oct 2021 | Lost to Magomed AnkalaevUFC 267 - Blachowicz vs. Teixeira · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −19 |
| 11 Jul 2020 | Lost to Jiri ProchazkaUFC 251 - Usman vs. Masvidal · KO (Punch), R2 | +7 |
| 21 Dec 2019 | Won vs Aleksandar RakicUFC Fight Night 165 - Edgar vs. Korean Zombie · Decision (Split), R3 | +20 |
| 10 Aug 2019 | Won vs Ilir LatifiUFC Fight Night 156 - Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2 · KO (Punches), R2 | +47 |
| 16 Mar 2019 | Lost to Dominick ReyesUFC Fight Night 147 - Till vs. Masvidal · Decision (Split), R3 | +3 |
| 27 Oct 2018 | Lost to Anthony SmithUFC Fight Night 138 - Oezdemir vs. Smith · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R3 | −4 |
FLR is the First Light Rating points the fight earned or cost them.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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