BOSTON – There are a few angles in which you can look at a situation like Volkan Oezdemir ’s. There’s the obvious (and frustrating) one: Saturday’s UFC 220 co-headliner opposite light-heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier (20-1 MMA, 9-1 UFC) meant not only fast-rising Oezdemir’s (15-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) first loss in the octagon , but also his failure to capture the 205-pound crown. But then there’s the glass-half-full approach. After all, MMAjunkie’s “2017 Breakout Fighter of the Year” did get a title bid against one of the sport’s greatest – less than one year after his UFC debut
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Pity party? Nope – Volkan Oezdemir says becoming UFC champ only a matter of time – MMA Junkie