When i saw this my instant reaction was Carlos and I was very confident. But the more I look at it the more I am respecting Volkan and his skillset. He has a ton of high level fights and while we can say his chin is questionable, he hasn't been KOd since Jiri in 2020. I am still picking Ulberg, still pretty confident that his takedown defense will hold up and he will be the much better striker, but I am definitely not as insanely confident as i was on my initial glance.

Volkan Oezdemir

Volkan Oezdemir is a forward pressure striker with legit power and volume. He throws his hands hard and throws them often. Volkan has a miserable takedown accuracy at only 33% which can be an issue because if he is losing the striking exchanges, his chin can't keep him in the fight and neither can the wrestling. He is 7-7 in the UFC with a mixed bag of competition but one thing is for sure and its that all of his losses are to quality people like Jiri, Cormier and Ankalaev. He is coming off the KO win over Johnny Walker where he stayed tight and did whatever he wanted.

Carlos Ulberg

Carlos Ulberg is a world class kickboxer who transitioned to MMA. He is a big guy with incredible footwork and great range management. His stirking differential is an impressive 8 to 3 and he has both a 75% takedown accuracy and defense. His only MMA loss was a KO to Kennedy Nuchkwi in a fight that he was absolutely dominating. He is coming off the KO win over Alonzo Menified where Alonzo charged forward and Carlos just stepped off and landed big.