Volkan Oezdemir

UFC Busan‘s main card odds have Edgar and Oezdemir in underdog roles

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Former lightweight champion, Frankie Edgar returns to action against The Korean Zombie on Saturday. The featherweights will trade leather in Busan, Korea at the Sajik Arena and the event will air on ESPN +. Edgar is the underdog according to the oddsmakers who have it closer on paper than we did. Bovada has Edgar at … Read more

Sonnen believes Smith is number one contender at 205

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If there’s ever a guy in the history of the world that looks like an MMA fighter it’s Anthony Smith according to Chael P Sonnen. Smith is on a three fight win streak right now and has gone 5-1 in his last 6. He’s knocked out Rashad Evans, knocked out Shogun Rua, and submitted Volkan Oezdemir most likely putting him next in line for the winner of Jon Jones vs Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 232. He got heaps of praise from “The American Gangster” and we wanted to share. Check it out.

Consensus odds for UFC Moncton’s main and co-main event

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Tomorrow night UFC Fight Night 138 takes place in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. The main event is a solid one seeing light heavyweights Anthony Smith and Volkan Oezdemir trying to impress the boss to get a title shot. Oezdemir is coming off a loss to champion Daniel Cormier but Smith is riding high after knocking … Read more

One fighter misses weight for UFC Moncton and full early weigh-in results

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UFC Moncton aka Fight Night 138 aka Smith vs Oezdemir goes down Saturday night. The event will not have ceremonial weigh-ins so don’t spend your time this evening looking for it. A potential light heavyweight title shot eliminator between Volkan Oezdemir and Anthony Smith headlines the evening that also features Artem Lobov vs Michael Johnson. … Read more

Anthony smith is happy with BS quick reinstatement of Jon Jones

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Anthony Smith fights Volkan Oezdemir at UFC Moncton this Saturday in what could be a title shot for him on the line. Smith is coming off impressive knockout wins over former light heavyweight champions Shogun Rua and Rashad Evans so it’s realistic that he could fight the winner of Jon Jones vs Alexander Gustafsson when … Read more

ESPN says Gustafsson opponent injured and he may have to wait once more for a title shot

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Volkan Oezdemir has a broken nose and has been forced to withdraw from a fight with perennial contender Alexander Gustafsson. It was scheduled for Aug. 4, 2018 in Los Angeles, California and the winner would probably get a crack at either an interim or legitimate title should Daniel Cormier choose to keep his heavyweight championship … Read more

Gus wants Cormier to fight him or relinquish the belt

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With Jon Jones out and Daniel Cormier becoming the new heavyweight champion it leaves the light heavyweight belt in limbo. Perennial contender Alexander Gustafsson believes that Cormier should either agree to fight him for the 205 belt or give it up and let him fight someone else for it. Should Dana White make DC vacate … Read more