Biography
The French-speaking fighter of mixed martial arts of the Volkana Ozademair journalists call the Alps volcano. In professional circles, the athlete received NO Time nickname (no time), because it often wins on the first seconds of battle.Childhood and youth
The athlete was born in the fall of 1989 in Swiss Freibur (Freiburg), more than a quarter of the population - students of the local university. Mother Volkana - Swiss, and Father - Turkish Kurd.
What nationality is the incitement of the junior and what fighter of religion, is definitely not known. Most Kurds are Muslims, but there are among them and Christians, Jesida, Jews and Bahaisists. However, in one of the interviews, the athlete stressed that in culture it is a 100% Swiss.
About childhood and adolescence of a lot of information. Before joining mixed martial arts, the guy was engaged in kickboxing and jiu-jitsu. In octave, he came out, following the example of a friend of Alistair Ozevelim, a fighter of Yamaican-Dutch origin, the ancestor of which on the mother line was the grandson of the Russian emperor Paul I - the King of the Netherlands Wilhelm III.
Personal life
Athlete whose growth is 185 cm, and the weight is 93 kg, prefers to hold a personal life behind the curtain. In "Instagram" of incitemaries prevail photos of battles. "I came from nowhere, I'm trying to avoid negative comments from strangers," says Volkan, another nickname in UFC is a cousin.Only in one interview with the Volkan mentioned that in Europe he had a lover, but for the sake of a career in UFC with a girl it was necessary to part. Moving to America separated the daisies also with family and former friends.
The body of the athlete is free from tattoos. Volkan - left-handed, scope of the ozadeir hands - 191 cm.
In August 2017, Volkan was accused of beating a man at a bar in the resort town of Fort Lauderdale in the south of Florida. However, soon law enforcement agencies refused the accusations of the Swiss, explaining the change in the position by refusing to the victim to cooperate with the investigation.
Mixed martial arts
Ozdemir joined the Professional MMA in 2010 and won nine victories before he was allowed to fight Bellator. The debut turned out to be more than successful: in the first battle, the Swiss knocked out American Josh Lanier in the 1st round. In early 2017, Ozdemir signed a four-fight contract with UFC.
In May 2017, the Volkan has established a kind of record, sending Mikhail Tsirkunova living in Canada, in a knockout on the 28th second of the fight. The Russian Alikhan Vakhaev resisted in 2016 much more resistant: although the decision to win the Swiss judge was unanimously, the fight lasted 5 minutes.
Since the beginning of 2018, the Volkan in octagon chased failures. For 14 months, Ozdemir suffered three defeats in three battles. Swiss defeated Daniel Kormye, Anthony Smith and Dominic Reyes.
Volkan Ozdemir now
In August 2019, in Uruguayan Montevideo, the Ozdemir defeated Swedes with Albanian roots of Elira Latifi. At the end of 2019, Volkan interrupted the series of victories of the Austrian Serbian origin Alexander Rakich in UFC. The fight took place in the South Korean city of Busan, glorified after the release of the film director Yong San Ho about Zombies. As of March 9, 2020, Rakich occupied the ninth place in the UFC ranking among the Polwellevians, and Ozdemir is the sixth.In the spring of 2020, the Volkan trained in Thailand and was preparing for fights with potential rivals - Brazilian Tiagu Santus and a two-time challenger on the title of UFC Champion Swede Alexander Gustafsson. The Swiss wants to win not as a result of the voting of judges, as in the case of Rakchch, but by sending the opponent in the knockout. Statistics of past years shows that over 70% of the victories of the Volcano won, applying a blow to an opponent, after which the opponent could not stand.
Achievements
- 2017 - "Breakthrough of the Year"
- 2017 - "Night Fight"
- 2019 - "Night Fight"