Volkan Oezdemir plans to address a lingering injury after his win at UFC Uruguay.
After three straight losses, the light heavyweight contender returned to the winning column with a second-round knockout of Ilir Latifi on Saturday’s main card in Montevideo.
According to Oezdemir, he has been fighting for the past year and a half with an injured right hand. He said he injured it in a bar fight “back in the day” and has since suffered staph infection in his knuckle.
Oezdemir seemed to be referring to an August 2017 incident in which he allegedly struck and knocked a man unconscious outside a bar in Fort Lauderdale.