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Israel Adesanya

“The Last Stylebender”

Middleweight

Nigeria#9 Middleweight4-fight losing streak

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24WINS

6LOSSES

0DRAWS

16KO/TKO

0SUB

8DEC

Pro MMA recordSource: UFC.com athlete profile (official)Checked 2026-10-22

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Tale of the tape

Age: 37 · born Jul 22, 1989 UFC.com
Height: 6′4″ 193 cm UFC.com
Reach: 80″ 203 cm UFC.com
Leg reach: 44.5″ 113 cm UFC.com
Stance: Switch UFCStats
Weight class: Middleweight UFC.com
UFC ranking: #9 Middleweight UFC.com
Fighting style: Freestyle UFC.com
Team / gym: City Kickboxing UFC.com
Born: Lagos, Nigeria UFC.com
Fights out of / flag: Nigeria UFC.com
UFC debut: Feb. 11, 2018 UFC.com
1st-round finishes: 7 UFC.com

UFC.com: UFC.com athlete profile (official) · checked 2026-10-22 · UFCStats: UFCStats.com fighter page (data via the public ufcstats.com mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18)

UFC career stats

48%Striking accuracy1313 of 2714 landed

0%Takedown accuracy0 of 11 landed

4.03Sig. strikes landedper min

3.22Sig. strikes absorbedper min

56%Striking defense

0.05Takedownsper 15 min

76%Takedown defense

0.14Submission attemptsper 15 min

0.6Knockdownsper 15 min

17:09Average fight time

Sig. strikes by position

Standing1212 92%

Clinch64 5%

Ground37 3%

Sig. strikes by target

Head645 49%

Body274 21%

Leg394 30%

Source: UFC.com athlete profile (official) (UFC stats are for UFC bouts only) · checked 2026-10-22

UFC fight history 19 bouts

Res	Opponent	Method	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Joe Pyfer	KO/TKO	2	4:18	UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Pyfer	Mar 28, 2026	↗
L	Nassourdine Imavov	KO/TKO	2	0:30	UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov	Feb 1, 2025	↗
L	Dricus Du Plessis	Submission	4	3:38	UFC 305: Du Plessis vs. Adesanya	Aug 17, 2024	↗
L	Sean Strickland	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland	Sep 9, 2023	↗
W	Alex Pereira	KO/TKO	2	4:21	UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2	Apr 8, 2023	↗
L	Alex Pereira	KO/TKO	5	2:01	UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira	Nov 12, 2022	↗
W	Jared Cannonier	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier	Jul 2, 2022	↗
W	Robert Whittaker	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2	Feb 12, 2022	↗
W	Marvin Vettori	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2	Jun 12, 2021	↗
L	Jan Blachowicz	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya	Mar 6, 2021	↗
W	Paulo Costa	KO/TKO	2	3:59	UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa	Sep 26, 2020	↗
W	Yoel Romero	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero	Mar 7, 2020	↗
W	Robert Whittaker	KO/TKO	2	3:33	UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya	Oct 5, 2019	↗
W	Kelvin Gastelum	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC 236: Holloway vs. Poirier 2	Apr 13, 2019	↗
W	Anderson Silva	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC 234: Adesanya vs. Silva	Feb 9, 2019	↗
W	Derek Brunson	KO/TKO	1	4:51	UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis	Nov 3, 2018	↗
W	Brad Tavares	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	The Ultimate Fighter: Undefeated Finale	Jul 6, 2018	↗
W	Marvin Vettori	Decision - Split	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Gaethje	Apr 14, 2018	↗
W	Rob Wilkinson	KO/TKO	2	3:37	UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold	Feb 10, 2018	↗

UFC bouts only. Source: UFCStats.com bout pages (via the public mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18) · checked 2026-10-22. Bouts outside the UFC aren’t listed because we only republish history we can trace to an official source.