A criminal case is still progressing against Volkan Oezdemir as his UFC title shot draws nearer.
The state of Florida is moving forward with a felony charge against Oezdemir and a court appearance has been set, per public records.
Oezdemir, 28, was originally charged in November with aggravated battery causing bodily harm or disability, a third-degree felony. That has since been bumped down to felony battery causing great bodily harm, a second-degree felony. Oezdemir is being accused of striking and knocking out a man outside a Fort Lauderdale bar in August.
Oezdemir has an arraignment scheduled in Broward County Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court with judge Barbara R.