Israel Adesanya
NigeriaIsrael Adesanya, “The Last Stylebender”, is a Middleweight from Nigeria with an official record of 24-6. MMA Hub holds 28 of those bouts: 22 wins and 6 losses, the wins coming 14 by knockout and 8 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a second-round knockout loss to Joe Pyfer at UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Pyfer on 28 March 2026, the fourth defeat in a row.
| 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 |
Wins, losses and draws are Israel Adesanya’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 26 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.
Israel Adesanya’s record, in numbers
Israel Adesanya’s official record is 24-6. Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 28 bouts MMA Hub holds a result for — 22 wins, 6 losses — because 2 bouts from the official record are not in the history we hold.
The 22 wins break down as 14 by knockout and 8 by decision — 14 of 22 inside the distance, a finish rate of 64%. Across all 28 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 12 minutes 53 seconds.
Israel Adesanya has been stopped 4 times in the 28 bouts on file — 3 by knockout and 1 by submission — which is 14% of them. The last 4 bouts on file are all losses.
Of the 28 bouts MMA Hub holds a result for, 12 were for a title and 16 were the main event of the card. Three of them have come since July 2024.
Set against the 392 Middleweight fighters MMA Hub holds eight or more bouts for, Israel Adesanya has a finish rate above 30% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 58% of them and a two-year bout count above 77% of them. The comparison is made inside the division rather than across the whole roster, because how often a division finishes depends heavily on what it weighs.
Israel Adesanya is listed at 6ft 4in with a reach of 80in, switches stance and is 37, born 21 July 1989.
These figures are recomputed from Israel Adesanya’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.