Den topprankade lätta-tungviktaren i UFC, Volkan Oezdemir, fick se sig själv häktad efter att han blivit arresterad för grov misshandel i Florida igår. Nu har hans team gått ut med ett längre uttalande kring händelsen och är hoppfulla om att han kommer bli rentvådd. Genom MMAJunkie sade hans team följande.
Volkan Oezdemir appeared in a Ft. Lauderdale, Florida courtroom Sunday morning in response to allegations from an incident in a Ft. Lauderdale bar on August 12, 2017. Mr. Oezdemir was accompanied by his attorney Bruce A. Zimet. Following a brief hearing (before) a Broward County Circuit judge, Mr. Oezdemir was granted a $10,000 bond during the pendency of his case. Mr. Zimet, a former federal prosecutor, described the incident that formed the basis of the case as nothing 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. Mr. Oezdemir expressed his faith in the America judicial system and looks forward to all of the facts involved in the August 12, 2017 incident being made public. Mr. Oezdemir has full confidence that when the full picture is presented that he will be totally vindicated.
Den 28-årige Oezdemir (15-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) har gjort succé i UFC sedan hans debut i februari i år, där han vunnit sina tre matcher mot topprankade motståndare och etablerat sig som en titelutmanare i lätt-tungviktsklassen.
