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Report: Magomed Ankalaev vs. Volkan Oezdemir Set For August
Magomed Ankalaev appears to be set to throw down with a former UFC title contender in Volkan Oezdemir.
Red Fury MMA is reporting that Ankalaev vs. Oezdemir is on tap for a UFC event in August.
“According to numerous sources, Magomed Ankalaev vs. Volkan Oezdemir is planned to be held in August.”
Ankalaev is currently ranked ahead of Oezdemir at number seven on the official UFC Light Heavyweight rankings. Oezedmir is just behind at the eighth spot. Despite being ahead in the rankings, this will be the biggest opportunity Ankalaev has had. If he can defeat a former UFC title challenger, especially in devastating fashion, it may set him up for a top-five opponent.
Dominick Reyes takes on Jiří Procházka in the main event of this weekend’s UFC Fight Night card. Reyes looks to bounce back from his knockout loss at the hands of Jan Błachowicz at UFC 253. He also aims to avoid the same fate that befell two other fighters that had career-best performances against Jon Jones.
Alexander Gustafsson was the first man to come close to handing Jones his first non-disqualification loss. The Swede fought Jones at UFC 165 in September 2013 for the UFC light-heavyweight championship. Immediately, it became apparent that the challenger posed some problems for Jones that he had yet to encounter in his UFC career to that point.
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