Volkan Oezdemir has once again cut the line of UFC light heavyweight contenders. Oezdemir (15-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) stunned Jimi Manuwa (17-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) in the clinch before knocking him to the mat with a left hand just 42 seconds into the opening round. The light heavyweight bout opened up the main card of today’s UFC 214 event at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. It aired on pay-per-view following prelims on FXX and UFC Fight Pass. Related Twitter reacts to Volkan Oezdemir's 42-second KO of Jimi Manuwa at UFC 214 “I don’t know what’s happening with my hands, but that’s dynamite,” Oezdemir said after flattening Manuwa, who was booked for tonight’s event as a backup opponent in case headliners Jon Jones or Daniel Cormier fell out.
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