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Volkan Oezdemir vs. Jiri Prochazka

UFC 9-7-0 vs. 6-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-7-0
UFC record
6-3-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
37
AgeΔ 3 yrs
34
6'2"
HeightΔ 1"
6'3"
75"
ReachΔ 5"
80"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
10.9
Layoff (months)Δ 4.6 mo
6.3
WLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jiri Prochazka carries real power — 0.81 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.
Volkan Oezdemir carries real power — 0.70 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.
Jiri Prochazka absorbs 5.67 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.37 Light Heavyweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Volkan Oezdemir

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 108
Tier 3 — regional circuit 90

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.16 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.4 wins over .500

Jiri Prochazka

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 164
Tier 3 — regional circuit 152

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.55 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 30 finish wins over 38 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +5.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7514.99/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
5185.61/min · norm 3.48
6314.19/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
5235.67/min · norm 3.37
48.4%norm 48.45%
Striking accuracy
55.5%norm 48.45%
55.4%norm 52.75%
Striking defense
45.4%norm 52.75%
70.70/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
50.81/15 · norm 0.40

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Volkan Oezdemir

Distance 85.6% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 8.6% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 5.9% (norm 10.6%)

Jiri Prochazka

Distance 82.9% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 5.0% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 12.1% (norm 10.6%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Volkan Oezdemir

Head 77.6% (norm 78.5%) · Body 10.4% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 12.0% (norm 9.7%)

Jiri Prochazka

Head 83.3% (norm 78.5%) · Body 11.5% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 5.3% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Oezdemir L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Prochazka L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 601 / 1329 45.2% 41.5% 402 / 773 52.0% 41.5%
In the clinch 88 / 133 66.2% 70.8% 39 / 47 83.0% 70.8%
On the ground 62 / 91 68.1% 72.9% 77 / 113 68.1% 72.9%
BY TARGET
To the head 470 / 1205 39.0% 39.2% 397 / 777 51.1% 39.2%
To the body 114 / 162 70.4% 72.0% 81 / 107 75.7% 72.0%
To the legs 167 / 186 89.8% 82.1% 40 / 49 81.6% 82.1%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Light Heavyweight: 94 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 94 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Oezdemir L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Prochazka L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 550 / 1295 42.5% 40.6% 388 / 798 48.6% 40.6%
In the clinch 67 / 97 69.1% 68.8% 37 / 47 78.7% 68.8%
On the ground 14 / 23 too few to rate 70.4% 98 / 113 86.7% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 447 / 1162 38.5% 37.7% 363 / 756 48.0% 37.7%
To the body 128 / 189 67.7% 72.9% 87 / 112 77.7% 72.9%
To the legs 56 / 64 87.5% 83.1% 73 / 90 81.1% 83.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
529.4% acc · 0.50/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
360.0% acc · 0.49/15 · norm 0.87
5280.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1368.4% def · norm 66.7%
16:4511.1% of cage time · norm 17.1%
Control time
11:1412.2% of cage time · norm 17.1%
19:011:53 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
10:501:45 per 15 · norm 2:50
10.10/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
10.16/15 · norm 0.28

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Oezdemir has more cage time on record.