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

Volkan Oezdemir had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to 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.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Anthony Smith at UFC Fight Night 138 on 27th October 2018 by submission in the 3rd round at Moncton Events Centre, Moncton, Canada.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Daniel Cormier at UFC 220 on 20th January 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at TD Garden, Boston, United States.

Before that, he had won against Jimi Manuwa at UFC 214 on 29th July 2017 by knockout in the 1st round at Honda Center, Anaheim.

He had beaten Misha Cirkunov at UFC Fight Night 109 on 28th May 2017 by knockout in the 1st round at Ericsson Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden.

Activity check

Oezdemir's last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 1 month and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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