Volkan Oezdemir currently does not have permission to leave the United States for Germany. But his team and the UFC are confident that will change by July.
The UFC announced Monday that Oezdemir will take on Mauricio Rua in the main event of UFC Hamburg on July 22. Presently, however, Oezdemir would not be able to make that trip overseas, because he does not have possession of his passport.
Oezdemir, 28, is in the middle of a trial where he is being charged with felony battery in Florida’s Broward County. The discovery process is ongoing.