Israel Adesanya

"The Last Stylebender"

AGE	36 / Jul 22, 1989
HEIGHT	6'4" / 193.04 cm
WEIGHT	185 lbs / 83.91 kg

ASSOCIATION
City Kickboxing

CLASS
Middleweight

Wins 24

KO / TKO

67%

SUBMISSIONS

DECISIONS

33%

Losses 5

KO / TKO

40%

SUBMISSIONS

20%

DECISIONS

40%

FIGHT HISTORY - PRO

Result	Fighter	Event	Method/Referee	R	Time
loss	Nassourdine Imavov	UFC Fight Night 250 - Adesanya vs. Imavov Feb / 01 / 2025	TKO (Punches) Marc Goddard VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	2	0:30
loss	Dricus Du Plessis	UFC 305 - Du Plessis vs. Adesanya Aug / 17 / 2024	Submission (Face Crank) Marc Goddard VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	4	3:38
loss	Sean Strickland	UFC 293 - Adesanya vs. Strickland Sep / 09 / 2023	Decision (Unanimous) Marc Goddard VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	5	5:00
win	Alex Pereira	UFC 287 - Pereira vs. Adesanya 2 Apr / 08 / 2023	KO (Punches) Dan Miragliotta VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	2	4:21
loss	Alex Pereira	UFC 281 - Adesanya vs. Pereira Nov / 12 / 2022	TKO (Punches) Marc Goddard VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	5	2:01
win	Jared Cannonier	UFC 276 - Adesanya vs. Cannonier Jul / 02 / 2022	Decision (Unanimous) Herb Dean VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	5	5:00
win	Robert Whittaker	UFC 271 - Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2 Feb / 12 / 2022	Decision (Unanimous) Herb Dean VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	5	5:00
win	Marvin Vettori	UFC 263 - Adesanya vs. Vettori 2 Jun / 12 / 2021	Decision (Unanimous) Marc Goddard VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	5	5:00
loss	Jan Blachowicz	UFC 259 - Blachowicz vs. Adesanya Mar / 06 / 2021	Decision (Unanimous) Herb Dean VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	5	5:00
win	Paulo Costa	UFC 253 - Adesanya vs. Costa Sep / 26 / 2020	TKO (Punches and Elbows) Jason Herzog VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	2	3:59
win	Yoel Romero	UFC 248 - Adesanya vs. Romero Mar / 07 / 2020	Decision (Unanimous) Dan Miragliotta VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	5	5:00
win	Robert Whittaker	UFC 243 - Whittaker vs. Adesanya Oct / 05 / 2019	KO (Punches) Marc Goddard VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	2	3:33
win	Kelvin Gastelum	UFC 236 - Holloway vs. Poirier Apr / 13 / 2019	Decision (Unanimous) Marc Goddard VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	5	5:00
win	Anderson Silva	UFC 234 - Adesanya vs. Silva Feb / 09 / 2019	Decision (Unanimous) Herb Dean VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
win	Derek Brunson	UFC 230 - Cormier vs. Lewis Nov / 03 / 2018	TKO (Knees and Punches) Herb Dean VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	4:51
win	Brad Tavares	UFC - The Ultimate Fighter 27 Finale Jul / 06 / 2018	Decision (Unanimous) Herb Dean VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	5	5:00
win	Marvin Vettori	UFC on Fox 29 - Poirier vs. Gaethje Apr / 14 / 2018	Decision (Split) Herb Dean VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
win	Rob Wilkinson	UFC 221 - Romero vs. Rockhold Feb / 10 / 2018	TKO (Knees and Punches) Steve Perceval VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	2	3:37
win	Stuart Dare	HFS - Hex Fight Series 12 Nov / 24 / 2017	KO (Head Kick) Greg Kleynjans	1	4:53
win	Melvin Guillard	AFC 20 - Australian Fighting Championship 20 Jul / 28 / 2017	TKO (Punches) Greg Kleynjans	1	4:49
win	Murad Kuramagomedov	WLF - E.P.I.C.: Elevation Power in Cage 4 May / 28 / 2016	TKO (Punches)	2	1:05
win	Andrew Flores Smith	Glory of Heroes 2 - Shenzhen May / 07 / 2016	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	1	5:00
win	Dibir Zagirov	WLF - E.P.I.C.: Elevation Power in Cage 2 Mar / 13 / 2016	TKO (Punches)	2	2:23
win	Vladimir Katykhin	WLF - E.P.I.C.: Elevation Power in Cage 1 Jan / 13 / 2016	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	2	N/A
win	Gele Qing	WLF - Wu Lin Feng 2015: New Zealand vs. China Sep / 19 / 2015	TKO (Elbows) Terry Hill	2	3:37
win	Maui Tuigamala	FPF - Fair Pay Fighting 1 Sep / 05 / 2015	KO (Kick to the Body) Neil Swailes	2	1:25
win	Kenan Song	WFC - The Legend Of Emei 3 Aug / 08 / 2015	TKO (Head Kick)	1	1:59
win	John Vake	Shuriken MMA - Best of the Best Jun / 15 / 2013	TKO (Punches) Terry Hill	1	4:43
win	James Griffiths	SFC 9 - Supremacy Fighting Championship 9 Mar / 24 / 2012	TKO (Punches) Terry Hill	1	2:09

FIGHT HISTORY - AMATEUR

Result	Fighter	Event	Method/Referee	R	Time
loss	Neroni Savaiinaea	ICNZ - ICNZ 8 Nov / 28 / 2009	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00

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