{"id":239952,"date":"2017-06-01T08:37:41","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T15:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=239952"},"modified":"2017-06-01T08:37:41","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T15:37:41","slug":"jimi-manuwa-promises-knockout-volkan-oezdemir-risky-ufc-214-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/jimi-manuwa-promises-knockout-volkan-oezdemir-risky-ufc-214-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimi Manuwa promises knockout of Volkan Oezdemir in &#8220;risky&#8221; UFC 214 fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend, Swiss light heavyweight Volkan Oezdemir scored <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-stockholm\/ufc-stockholm-results-volkan-oezdemir-kos-misha-cirkunov-video\/\">an abrupt, first round knockout win over the highly regarded Misha Cirkunov<\/a>. With this win, Oezdemir <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jimi-manuwa\/breaking-jimi-manuwa-volkan-oezdemir-collide-ufc-214\/\">earned himself a fight with the UFC&#8217;s third-ranked light heavyweight<\/a>: British destroyer Jimi Manuwa.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday&#8217;s edition of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/podcasts\/bjpenn-com-radio-ep-35-jimi-manuwa\/\">BJ Penn Radio<\/a>, Jimi Manuwa discussed this newly announced bout with Oezdemir.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;It&#8217;s a great fight,&#8221; Manuwa told host <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kinchmma\" target=\"_blank\">Kinch<\/a>. &#8220;He came in and he beat [Ovince St. Preux] by decision, and he just knocked out Misha Cirkunov. There was a lot of talk of me maybe fighting Misha Cirkunov before, but [Oezdemir] has gone and taken his spot, and I&#8217;ll be happy to welcome him into the upper levels of the UFC.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Manuwa then gave a quick critique of Oezdemir&#8217;s performance, saying his win was too fast to reveal a whole lot.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;It was a good performance,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It was a quick finish, so you can&#8217;t really take too much from thirty seconds worth of work. But he looked good, he got the win, he got the quick win, and that&#8217;s good for him.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From there, Manuwa discussed Oezdemir as an opponent. Though the Swiss striker is a top-5 light heavyweight, he remains a bit of an unknown to many MMA fans. Manuwa, however, isn&#8217;t concerned with the notoriety of his foe:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;It is what it is,&#8221; he said. &#8220;If Volkan Oezdemir has to get it for me to get my title shot, then so be it. That&#8217;s the way I&#8217;m looking at it. It doesn&#8217;t matter who&#8217;s in front of me. They&#8217;re getting blown away.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;He&#8217;s beaten to top-10 opponents,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;He&#8217;s got two great wins over two good opponents in the top-10, whereas when I came in, I fought somebody in the top-20, then another person in the top-15. It was kind of slower rise. He&#8217;s gone in to fight two top-1o guys and beaten them. So it is what it is. I&#8217;m fighting number five, so that&#8217;s it.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Fighting a lesser-known and lower-ranked opponent, of course, does have it risks. From the early vantage point, this fight looks like a high risk, low reward fight for Manuwa, who many believe has already earned a title shot. Apparently, however, the Brit\u00a0isn&#8217;t worried.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I&#8217;m confident that he will not beat me,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It does seem risky, but he won&#8217;t beat me. He&#8217;s number five, it&#8217;s not like he&#8217;s a top-15 guy. He&#8217;s ranked number five. Shogun&#8217;s not ready \u2013 he&#8217;s number four, I&#8217;m number three. [Alexander] Gustafsson&#8217;s number one. The champion \u2013 what&#8217;s his name \u2013 and Jon Jones are fighting, so it does make sense in a way [to fight] number five.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And while nothing is guaranteed just yet, Manuwa does expect a win over Oezdemir to earn him his long-awaited shot at gold.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Right now nothing&#8217;s guaranteed. It depends how things play out. But I believe that I will be getting a title shot after that.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As far as the outcome of this perceived striker vs. striker match goes, Manuwa had this to say:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cMaybe I\u2019ll take him down and smash him up on the floor. [Either way,] Volkan\u2019s getting knocked out.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>How do you think this Jimi Manuwa vs. Volkan Oezdemir fight will go?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 6\/1\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend, Swiss light heavyweight Volkan Oezdemir scored an abrupt, first round knockout win over the highly regarded Misha Cirkunov. With this win, Oezdemir earned himself a fight with the UFC&#8217;s third-ranked light heavyweight: British destroyer Jimi Manuwa. 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