Volkan Oezdemir face plants Ilir Latifi at UFC Uruguay.
This fight was originally booked at the UFC Stockholm event that would’ve served as the co-main event. Plans changed as after Latifi had to pull out due to a back injury.
The two fighters met in a light heavyweight bout at the UFC Uruguay event from the Antel Arena in Montevideo, Uruguay on ESPN+. This was a straight-up striking bout.
Volkan started to hunt him down as the second round went on with Latifi slowing down. Volkan dropped him with a bomb then finished it up on the ground.
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Coming into the fight, Oezdemir is making a quick turnaround after dropping a third straight loss to Dominick Reyes at UFC London. He’s looking to rebound and get back on the path to a title shot.
Latifi is fresh off a loss to Corey Anderson at UFC 232 in a unanimous decision defeat. His last win came at the expense of Ovince Saint Preux in February of 2018.
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