Volkan Oezdemir Expected a Better Opponent at UFC Fight Night 109

– Volkan Oezdemir recently spoke with mmajunkie.com, and talked about expecting a better opponent at UFC Fight Night 109 after beating Ovince Saint Preux on short notice in his UFC debut…

On Fighting Misha Cirkunov: “I wasn’t expecting someone less ranked than what ‘OSP’ was, so for me that was something else,” Oezdemir told MMAjunkie on Friday. “I wanted to go higher and higher in the ranks. For me, it’s the same. Misha is a good challenge. He’s been winning his last four fights in the UFC, all by way of finish. I’m here to stop his winning streak.”

On Having The Support of a Full Camp: “Everything in America is more professional fighting-wise with the sport as a profession,” Oezdemir said. “If you come from (Switzerland and) you don’t ski or do tennis, then you don’t have the entourage or the recognition or the money. Money is the No. 1 fuel for war. If you go to America, even young people coming off college have this mentality of hard work, and they’re strong-minded and stuff like that. They give all the motivation during training, and you just embrace it.”

On The Fight: “I’m going to knock him out in the first round,” Oezdemir said. “If he survives the first round, he will fall in the second.”