A light heavyweight clash pitting
Volkan
Oezdemir against
Azamat
Murzakanov
has been booked for UFC Paris.
Promotion officials announced the pairing on Wednesday.
UFC Fight Night 226 takes place on Sept. 2 at Accor Arena in
Paris and is headlined by a heavyweight showdown between
Ciryl Gane
and
Sergey
Spivak.
A former 205-pound title challenger, Oezdemir has lost three of his
last four Octagon appearances. Most recently, the 33-year-old
Switzerland native suffered a unanimous decision loss to
Nikita
Krylov at UFC 280 this past October. His ledger includes wins
over the likes of
Jimi Manuwa,
Ovince St.
Preux,
Ilir Latifi
and
Aleksandar
Rakic.
Murzakanov has yet to taste defeat in 13 professional outings.
After besting PFL talent
Matheus
Scheffel on Dana White’s Contender Series in 2021, “The
Professional” has kicked off his UFC tenure with triumphs over
Tafon
Nchukwi,
Devin Clark
and
Dustin
Jacoby.