Oezdemir vs Manuwa

Who won Oezdemir vs Manuwa?

Volkan Oezdemir beat Jimi Manuwa by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC 214, on Saturday 29th July 2017 at Honda Center in Anaheim.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Oezdemir vs Manuwa stats

Volkan Oezdemir stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Jimi Manuwa made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Volkan Oezdemir's 15th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017.

Volkan Oezdemir's UFC record stood at 8-7-0, while Jimi Manuwa's came in at 6-6-0.

The stats suggested Manuwa had an advantage in power over Oezdemir, with a 88% knock out percentage over Oezdemir's 71%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Oezdemir had a slight advantage over Manuwa, with a 7% submission rate over Manuwa's 6%.

Volkan Oezdemir was the younger man by 10 years, at 35 years old.

Oezdemir had a height advantage of 1 inch over Manuwa. Despite this, Manuwa had a 5-inch reach advantage.

Oezdemir was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 2 years and 1 month later than Manuwa, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 17 more professional rounds, 52 to Manuwa's 35.

Oezdemir vs Manuwa form

Oezdemir had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Paul Craig at UFC Fight Night London on 23rd July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The O2, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had lost to Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 267 on 30th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Aleksandar Rakic at UFC on ESPN+ 23 on 21st December 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Sajik Arena, Busan, South Korea.

Before that, he had defeated Ilir Latifi at UFC on ESPN+ 14 on 10th August 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Antel Arena, Montevideo, Uruguay.

He had been beaten by Dominick Reyes at UFC on ESPN+ 5 on 16th March 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Activity check

Oezdemir's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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