{"id":264407,"date":"2017-11-26T18:44:45","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T02:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=264407"},"modified":"2017-11-26T18:44:45","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T02:44:45","slug":"daniel-cormier-believes-fight-volkan-oezdemir-will-proceed-scheduled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/daniel-cormier\/daniel-cormier-believes-fight-volkan-oezdemir-will-proceed-scheduled\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Cormier believes his fight with Volkan Oezdemir will proceed as scheduled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel Cormier believes his fight with Volkan Oezdemir will proceed as scheduled.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/volkan-oezdemir\/report-ufc-light-heavyweight-volkan-oezdemir-arrested-battery-charge-florida\/\">Volkan Oezdemir (15-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) was taken into custody just over a week ago for aggravated battery stemming from an alleged bar incident this past August in Florida<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No Time&#8221; was later released on bond.<\/p>\n<p>The surging Swiss fighter has won five fights in a row, scoring impressive first-round knockout victories over Jimi Manuwa and Misha Cirkunov in his most recent outings.<\/p>\n<p>Volkan Oezdemir&#8217;s manager issued a statement that said Volkan was involved in \u201cnothing more than a bar room altercation in which Mr. Oezdemir, who was not the aggressor, was totally justified in all of his actions pursuant to Florida law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/daniel-cormier\/daniel-cormier-expected-defend-light-heavyweight-title-ufc-220\/\">Volkan Oezdemir was expected to challenge Daniel Cormier for his light heavyweight title at UFC 220 <\/a>this January in Boston.<\/p>\n<p>While the news of Volkan Oezdemir&#8217;s arrest is not at all positive, Daniel Cormier is confident that his slated title fight with &#8220;No Time&#8221; will still occur as planned.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI believe the fight still happens, because from my understanding, he was defending himself,\u201d<\/em> Cormier said on his podcast, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mca6ULkITns\">Talk and Talker<\/a> (as transcribed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyelbow.com\/2017\/11\/26\/16702382\/light-heavyweight-champ-daniel-cormier-volkan-oezdemir-bout-will-happen-mma-ufc-220-news-arrest\">BloodyElbow<\/a>). <em>\u201cAnd if these guys were doing anything, and it can be proven it was self-defense, you do have the right to defend yourself. So if he\u2019s defending himself, the fight will still happen. Hopefully it happens as scheduled.\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIf it doesn\u2019t, that\u2019s a whole other can of worms. (But) I think he may be OK. If it was domestic, you\u2019re f-cked. Anything domestic, it\u2019s over. There\u2019s no questions, there\u2019s no grey area. You f-cking hit a woman, you\u2019re f-cking done. As it should be. So we\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Cormier was reinstated as UFC light heavyweight champion after <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/breaking-jon-jones-allegedly-tests-positive-steroids\/\">Jon Jones failed a drug <\/a>test stemming from his third-round TKO victory over &#8220;DC&#8221; which was later changed to a no-contest.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel Cormier believes his fight with Volkan Oezdemir will proceed as scheduled. Volkan Oezdemir (15-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) was taken into custody just over a week ago for aggravated battery stemming from an alleged bar incident this past August in Florida. &#8220;No Time&#8221; was later released on bond. 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