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Volkan Oezdemir and Jiri Prochazka will likely wage war at UFC 251.
Volkan Oezdemir will seek to tie his longest UFC winning streak at the expense of Rizin veteran Jiri Prochazka at UFC 251.
Oezdemir vs. Prochazka is currently being finalized for UFC 251, as first reported by ESPN’s Brett Okamoto. “No Time” rattled off consecutive wins over Ilir Latifi and Aleksandar Raki? after experiencing his first three UFC losses. Prochazka (26-3) heads into the bout with 10 straight wins highlighted by first-round knockouts of C.B. Dollaway and Fabio Maldonado, plus a third-round TKO of Muhammed Lawal. This will be his UFC debut.
Other notable bouts scheduled for UFC 251 include Frankie Edgar vs. Pedro Munhoz, Rose Namajunas vs. Jessica Andrade and Paige VanZant vs. Amanda Ribas.
UFC 251 is scheduled for July 11 in UFC Apex.