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Israel Adesanya
“The Last Stylebender”
Country
NigeriaRecord
24-6
Weight class
Middleweight
Height
6'4"
Reach
80"
Age
37
Stance
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Career stats
14 of 22 wins inside the distance · 31st percentile
Stopped in 14% of bouts — 4 of 28 · 58th percentile
Bouts in the last 24 months · 77th percentile
12:53
Avg bout length
4L
Streak
12
Title fights
16
Main events
Percentiles vs 392 middleweights
Counted from the 28 bouts on record, not the full 30-fight career
Strikes & grappling
1313 landed from 2714 attempts — 48% accuracy · 46th percentile
1 landed from 11 attempts — 9% accuracy · 0th percentile
13 in 19 statted bouts · 71st percentile
8m of 5h 26m fought · 0th percentile
Head 49%
Body 21%
Leg 30%
Of 1313 significant strikes landed
Percentiles vs 24 middleweights with a stats sheet
Strike and grappling figures counted from the 19 bouts with a recorded stats sheet — 5h 26m of fight time, of the 28 bouts on record
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2026 | Joe Pyfer | LOSS | KOPunches | R2 · 4:18 | UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Pyfer |
| Feb 1, 2025 | Nassourdine Imavov | LOSS | KOPunch | R2 · 0:30 | UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov |
| Aug 17, 2024 | Dricus Du PlessisTitle | LOSS | SUBRear Naked Choke | R4 · 3:38 | UFC 305: Du Plessis vs. Adesanya |
| Sep 9, 2023 | Sean StricklandTitle | LOSS | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland |
| Apr 9, 2023 | Alex PereiraTitle | WIN | KOPunch | R2 · 4:21 | UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2 |
| Nov 12, 2022 | Alex PereiraTitle | LOSS | KOPunches | R5 · 2:01 | UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira |
| Jul 2, 2022 | Jared CannonierTitle | WIN | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier |
| Feb 12, 2022 | Robert WhittakerTitle | WIN | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2 |
| Jun 12, 2021 | Marvin VettoriTitle | WIN | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2 |
| Mar 6, 2021 | Jan BlachowiczTitle | LOSS | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya |
| Sep 26, 2020 | Paulo CostaTitle | WIN | KOPunch | R2 · 3:59 | UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa |
| Mar 8, 2020 | Yoel RomeroTitle | WIN | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero |
| Oct 5, 2019 | Robert WhittakerTitle | WIN | KOPunch | R2 · 3:33 | UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya |
| Apr 13, 2019 | Kelvin GastelumTitle | WIN | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 236: Holloway vs. Poirier 2 |
| Feb 10, 2019 | Anderson Silva | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 234: Adesanya vs. Silva |
| Nov 4, 2018 | Derek Brunson | WIN | KOPunches | R1 · 4:51 | UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis |
| Jul 6, 2018 | Brad Tavares | WIN | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | The Ultimate Fighter 27 Finale |
| Apr 15, 2018 | Marvin Vettori | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Gaethje |
| Feb 10, 2018 | Rob Wilkinson | WIN | KOPunches | R2 · 3:37 | UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold |
| Nov 24, 2017 | Stuart Dare | WIN | KOKO (Head Kick) | R1 · 4:53 | Hex Fight Series 12 |
| Jul 28, 2017 | Melvin Guillard | WIN | KOTKO (Punches) | R1 · 4:49 | AFC 20: Australian Fighting Championship 20 |
| May 28, 2016 | Murad Kuramagomedov | WIN | KOTKO (Punches) | R2 | WLF: E.P.I.C.: Elevation Power in Cage 4 |
| May 7, 2016 | Andrew Flores Smith | WIN | KOTKO (Corner Stoppage) | R1 | Wu Lin Feng: Glory of Heroes 2 |
| Mar 13, 2016 | Dibir Zagirov | WIN | KOTKO (Punches) | R2 | WLF: E.P.I.C.: Elevation Power in Cage 2 |
| Jan 13, 2016 | Vladimir Katykhin | WIN | KOTKO (Doctor Stoppage) | R2 | WLF: E.P.I.C.: Elevation Power in Cage 1 |
| Sep 19, 2015 | Gele Qing | WIN | KOTKO | R2 | WLF: New Zealand vs. China |
| Sep 5, 2015 | Maui Tuigamala | WIN | KOKO | R2 | FPF: Fair Pay Fighting 1 |
| Aug 8, 2015 | Song Kenan | WIN | KOTKO - Head Kick | R1 | WFC: The Legend of Emei 3 |
LOSS
KOPunchesR2 · 4:18
KOPunchR2 · 0:30
SUBRear Naked ChokeR4 · 3:38Title
LOSS
DECDecisionR5 · 5:00Title
WIN
KOPunchR2 · 4:21Title
LOSS
KOPunchesR5 · 2:01Title
DECDecisionR5 · 5:00Title
DECDecisionR5 · 5:00Title
Marvin Vettori
DECDecisionR5 · 5:00Title
LOSS
DECDecisionR5 · 5:00Title
WIN
KOPunchR2 · 3:59Title
Yoel Romero
DECDecisionR5 · 5:00Title
KOPunchR2 · 3:33Title
DECDecisionR5 · 5:00Title
Anderson Silva
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
Derek Brunson
KOPunchesR1 · 4:51
Brad Tavares
DECDecisionR5 · 5:00
Marvin Vettori
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
Rob Wilkinson
KOPunchesR2 · 3:37
Stuart Dare
KOKO (Head Kick)R1 · 4:53
Melvin Guillard
KOTKO (Punches)R1 · 4:49
Murad Kuramagomedov
KOTKO (Punches)R2
Andrew Flores Smith
KOTKO (Corner Stoppage)R1
Dibir Zagirov
KOTKO (Punches)R2
Vladimir Katykhin
KOTKO (Doctor Stoppage)R2
Gele Qing
KOTKOR2
Maui Tuigamala
KOKOR2
Song Kenan
KOTKO - Head KickR1
How the wins came
Record
24
Wins
6
Losses
0
Draws
12:53
Avg bout length
4L
Streak
12
Title fights
16
Main events
Wins, losses and draws are Israel Adesanya’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 28 bouts we hold a full result for — method, round and time. Per-fight striking and grappling statistics are not published in our data source, so they are not shown.