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Israel Adesanya
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Israel Adesanya

"The Last Stylebender"
24-6-0
Amateur MMA 0-1Boxing 5-1Kickboxing 32-5Muay Thai 6-0Sanda 1-0
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CAREER SUMMARY

Israel Adesanya holds a professional MMA record of 24-6-0. Their full professional MMA career spans 31 bouts on record. Israel Adesanya has won 24 fights: 16 by KO/TKO, 0 by submission, 8 by decision. Israel Adesanya also has 6 recorded Muay Thai bouts. Israel Adesanya also has 37 recorded Kickboxing bouts. Israel Adesanya also has 6 recorded Boxing bouts. Israel Adesanya also has 1 recorded Sanda bout. Most recent fight: March 28, 2026. Tracked organizations: UFC.

Profile

Height
6'4"193 cm
Weight
185 lbs84 kg
Reach
80"203 cm
Stance
—
DOB
1989-07-22

UFC career

Source: UFCStats.com · Record: 24-6-0

SLpM
4.03
Str. Acc.
48%
SApM
3.22
Str. Def.
—
TD Avg.
0.05
TD Acc.
9%
TD Def.
76%
Sub. Avg.
—

Career history

  1. LOSS
    vs Joe Pyfer
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs Pyfer· Mar 28, 2026· Middleweight· 24-5 vs 15-3
    TKO
    R2 · 4:18
  2. LOSS
    vs Nassourdine Imavov
    UFCUFC Saudi Arabia: Adesanya vs Imavov· Feb 1, 2025· Middleweight· 24-4 vs 15-4
    TKO
    R2 · 0:30
  3. LOSS
    vs Dricus Du Plessis
    UFCUFC 305: Du Plessis vs Adesanya· Aug 17, 2024· Middleweight· Title bout· 24-3 vs 21-2
    SUB
    R4 · 3:38
  4. LOSS
    vs Sean Strickland
    UFCUFC 293: Adesanya vs Strickland· Sep 9, 2023· Middleweight· Title bout· 24-2 vs 27-5
    UD
    R5 · 5:00
  5. WIN
    vs Alex Pereira
    UFCUFC 287: Pereira vs Adesanya 2· Apr 8, 2023· Middleweight· Title bout· 23-2 vs 7-1
    TKO
    R2 · 4:21
  6. LOSS
    vs Alex Pereira
    UFCUFC 281: Adesanya vs Pereira· Nov 12, 2022· Middleweight· Title bout· 23-1 vs 6-1
    TKO
    R5 · 2:01
  7. WIN
    vs Jared Cannonier
    UFCUFC 276: Adesanya vs Cannonier· Jul 2, 2022· Middleweight· Title bout· 22-1 vs 15-5
    UD
    R5 · 5:00
  8. WIN
    vs Robert Whittaker
    UFCUFC 271: Adesanya vs Whittaker 2· Feb 12, 2022· Middleweight· Title bout· 21-1 vs 23-5
    UD
    R5 · 5:00
  9. WIN
    vs Marvin Vettori
    UFCUFC 263: Adesanya vs Vettori 2· Jun 12, 2021· Middleweight· Title bout· 20-1 vs 17-3-1
    UD
    R5 · 5:00
  10. LOSS
    vs Jan Blachowicz
    UFCUFC 259: Blachowicz vs Adesanya· Mar 6, 2021· Light Heavyweight· Title bout
    UD
    R5 · 5:00
  11. LOSS
    vs Jan Błachowicz
    UFC 259: Błachowicz vs. Adesanya· Mar 6, 2021· Light Heavyweight· 20-0 vs 27-8
    UD
  12. WIN
    vs Paulo Costa
    UFCUFC 253: Adesanya vs Costa· Sep 26, 2020· Middleweight· Title bout· 19-0 vs 13-0
    TKO
    R2 · 3:59
  13. WIN
    vs Yoel Romero
    UFCUFC 248: Adesanya vs Romero· Mar 8, 2020· Middleweight· Title bout· 18-0 vs 13-4
    UD
    R5 · 5:00
  14. WIN
    vs Robert Whittaker
    UFCUFC 243: Whittaker vs Adesanya· Oct 6, 2019· Middleweight· Title bout· 17-0 vs 20-4
    TKO
    R2 · 3:33
  15. WIN
    vs Kelvin Gastelum
    UFCUFC 236: Holloway vs Poirier 2· Apr 14, 2019· Interim Middleweight· Title bout· 16-0 vs 16-3
    UD
    R5 · 5:00
  16. WIN
    vs Anderson Silva
    UFCUFC 234: Adesanya vs Silva· Feb 10, 2019· Middleweight· 15-0 vs 34-8
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  17. WIN
    vs Derek Brunson
    UFCUFC 230: Cormier vs Lewis· Nov 3, 2018· Middleweight· 14-0 vs 18-6
    TKO
    R1 · 4:51
  18. WIN
    vs Brad Tavares
    UFCThe Ultimate Fighter Finale: Tavares vs Adesanya· Jul 6, 2018· Middleweight· 13-0 vs 17-4
    UD
    R5 · 5:00
  19. WIN
    vs Marvin Vettori
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Poirier vs Gaethje· Apr 15, 2018· Middleweight· 12-0 vs 12-2-1
    SD
    R3 · 5:00
  20. WIN
    vs Rob Wilkinson
    UFCUFC 221: Romero vs Rockhold· Feb 10, 2018· Middleweight· 11-0 vs 11-1
    TKO
    R2 · 3:37
  21. WIN
    vs Stu Dare
    Hex Fight Series 12· Nov 24, 2017· Middleweight· 10-0 vs 8-4
    TKO
    R1 · 4:53
  22. WIN
    vs Melvin Guillard
    Australian FC 20· Jul 28, 2017· Middleweight· Title bout· 9-0 vs 32-18-2
    TKO
    R1 · 4:49
  23. WIN
    vs Murad Kuramagomedov
    WLF E.P.I.C. 4· May 28, 2016· Middleweight· 8-0 vs 8-1
    TKO
    R2 · 1:05
  24. WIN
    vs Andrew Flores Smith
    Glory of Heroes 2· May 7, 2016· Middleweight· 7-0 vs 15-9
    TKO
    R1 · 5:00
  25. WIN
    vs Dibir Zagirov
    WLF E.P.I.C. 2· Mar 12, 2016· Middleweight· 6-0 vs 15-3
    TKO
    R2 · 2:23
  26. WIN
    vs Vladimir Katyhin
    WLF E.P.I.C. 1· Jan 13, 2016· Middleweight· 5-0 vs 37-7-1
    TKO
  27. WIN
    vs Gele Qing
    Wu Lin Feng· Sep 19, 2015· Middleweight· 4-0 vs 10-4-1
    TKO
    R2 · 3:37
  28. WIN
    vs Maui Tuigalama
    · Sep 5, 2015· Middleweight· 3-0 vs 4-2
    TKO
    R2 · 1:25
  29. WIN
    vs Song Kenan
    EM Legend 3· Aug 8, 2015· Catchweight· 2-0 vs 9-1
    TKO
    R1 · 1:59
  30. WIN
    vs John Vake
    Shuriken Fight Series· Jun 15, 2013· 1-0 vs 3-1
    TKO
  31. WIN
    vs James Griffiths
    Supremacy Fighting Championship NZ· Mar 24, 2012· 0-0 vs 0-4
    TKO

Career history data via Tapology.