A pair of top-10 light-heavyweights are set to headline the UFC’s next trip to Germany.
Former 205-pound champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and recent title contender Volkan Oezdemir will meet in the main event of a UFC Fight Night event at Barclaycard Arena in Hamburg on July 22, the UFC announced Monday.
Rua (25–10) will be looking to extend his current winning streak to four. He is coming off a technical knockout victory over Gian Villante in March 2017, which followed back-to-back decision victories over Corey Anderson in 2016 and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira in 2015.
Oezdemir (15-2) was outclassed by current light-heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier at UFC 220 in January, getting stopped by strikes two minutes into the second round of that bout. The Fribourg, Switzerland native went 4-0 in 2017 to begin his UFC career, including first-round knockout wins over top-10 contenders Misha Cirkunov and Jimi Manuwa.
Rua is ranked No. 7 in the division, while Oezdemir is the No. 2-ranked contender in the weight class.
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