Reyes vs Oezdemir

Who won Reyes vs Oezdemir?

Dominick Reyes beat Volkan Oezdemir by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC on ESPN+ 5, on Saturday 16th March 2019 at 02 Arena in London.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Dominick Reyes.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Reyes vs Oezdemir stats

Dominick Reyes stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Volkan Oezdemir made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Dominick Reyes' UFC record stood at 6-4-0, while Volkan Oezdemir's came in at 7-6-0.

The stats suggested Oezdemir had a massive power advantage over Reyes, boasting a 73% knock out percentage over Reyes' 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Oezdemir had a slight advantage over Reyes, with a 7% submission rate over Reyes' 0%.

Dominick Reyes was the same age as Volkan Oezdemir, at 34 years old.

Reyes had a height advantage of 2 inches over Oezdemir. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Reyes was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 18 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 4 years and 3 months later than Oezdemir, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 20 less professional rounds, 28 to Oezdemir's 48.

Reyes vs Oezdemir form

Dominick Reyes had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Ryan Spann at UFC 281 on 12th November 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Jiri Prochazka at UFC Vegas 25 on 1st May 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Jan Blachowicz at UFC 253 on 26th September 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he had lost to Jon Jones at UFC 247 on 8th February 2020 by unanimous decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

He had won against Chris Weidman at UFC on ESPN 6 on 18th October 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at TD Garden, Boston.

Activity check

Reyes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Oezdemir's last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 2 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 9 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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