Nigeria

Lagos

Israel Adesanya

"The Last Stylebender"

Age

33 / July 22, 1989

cancer

HEIGHT

6’4″ / 193 CM

WEIGHT

185 LBS / 83 KG

WINS

24

LOSS

2

KO / TKO  (16)

66%

KO / TKO (1)

50%

SUBMISSIONS

SUBMISSIONS

DECISIONS (8)

34%

DECISIONS (1)

50%

ASSOCIATION

City Kickboxing

CLASS

MIDDLEWEIGHT

stance

Switch Hitter

FIGHT HISTORY - PRO

     RESULT

FIGHTER

EVENT

                   Method

           Round

WIN

Alex Pereira

UFC 287- Pereira vs. Adesanya
apr  / 07 / 2023

                  KO

                   (punches)

     R2

Loss

Alex Pereira

UFC 281 – Adesanya vs. Pereira
Nov / 12 / 2022

                   tKO

                   (punches)

     R5

WIN

Jared Cannonier

UFC 276 – Adesanya vs. Cannonier
Jul / 02 / 2022

                  dec. (u)

     R5

WIN

Robert Whittaker

UFC 271 – Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2
Feb / 12 / 2022

                  dec. (u)

     R5

WIN

Marvin Vettori

UFC 263 – Adesanya vs. Vettori 2
Jun / 12 / 2021

                  dec. (u)

     R5

Loss

Jan Blachowicz

UFC 259 – Blachowicz vs. Adesanya
Mar / 06 / 2021

                  dec. (u)

     R5

WIN

Paulo Costa

UFC 253 – Adesanya vs. Costa
Sep / 26 / 2020

                   tKO

                   (elbows)

     R2

WIN

Yoel Romero

UFC 248 – Adesanya vs. Romero
Mar / 07 / 2020

                  dec. (u)

     R5

WIN

Robert Whittaker

UFC 243 – Whittaker vs. Adesanya
Oct / 05 / 2019

                   KO

                   (punches)

     R2

WIN

Kelvin Gastelum

UFC 236 – Holloway vs. Poirier
Apr / 13 / 2019

                  dec. (u)

     R5

WIN

Anderson Silva

UFC 234 – Adesanya vs. Silva
Feb / 09 / 2019

                  dec. (u)

     R3

WIN

Derek Brunson

UFC 230 – Cormier vs. Lewis
Nov / 03 / 2018

                   tKO

                   (knee to punches)

     R1

WIN

Brad Tavares

UFC – The Ultimate Fighter 27 Finale
Jul / 06 / 2018

                  dec. (u)

     R5

WIN

Marvin Vettori

UFC on Fox 29 – Poirier vs. Gaethje
Apr / 14 / 2018

                  dec. (u)

     R3

WIN

Rob Wilkinson

UFC 221 – Romero vs. Rockhold
Feb / 10 / 2018

                   tKO

                   (knee to punches)

     R2

WIN

Stuart Dare

HFS – Hex Fight Series 12
Nov / 24 / 2017

                   KO

                   (head kick)

     R1

WIN

Melvin Guillard

AFC 20 – Australian Fighting Championship 20
Jul / 28 / 2017

                   tKO

                   (punches)

     R1

WIN

Murad Kuramagomedov

WLF – E.P.I.C.: Elevation Power in Cage 4
May / 28 / 2016

                   tKO

                   (punches)

     R2

WIN

Andrew Flores Smith

Glory of Heroes 2 – Shenzhen
May / 07 / 2016

                   tKO

                   (corner stoppage)

     R1

WIN

Dibir Zagirov

WLF – E.P.I.C.: Elevation Power in Cage 2
Mar / 13 / 2016

                   tKO

                   (punches)

     R2

WIN

Vladimir Katykhin

WLF – E.P.I.C.: Elevation Power in Cage 1
Jan / 13 / 2016

                   tKO

                   (doctor stoppage)

     R2

WIN

Gele Qing

WLF – Wu Lin Feng 2015: New Zealand vs. China
Sep / 19 / 2015

                   tKO

                   (elbows)

     R2

WIN

Maui Tuigamala

FPF – Fair Pay Fighting 1
Sep / 05 / 2015

                   KO

                   (body kick)

     R2

WIN

Kenan Song

WFC – The Legend Of Emei 3
Aug / 08 / 2015

                   tKO

                   (head kick)

     R1

WIN

John Vake

Shuriken MMA – Best of the Best
Jun / 15 / 2013

                   tKO

                   (punches)

     R1

WIN

James Griffiths

SFC 9 – Supremacy Fighting Championship 9
Mar / 24 / 2012

                   tKO

                   (punches)

     R1

FIGHT HISTORY - PRO - GLORY KICKBOXING

     RESULT

FIGHTER

EVENT

                   Method

           Round

loss

Jason Wilnis

Glory 37: Los Angeles
Headline event

Jan / 20 / 2017

                  dec. (u)

     R3

WIN

Yousri Belgaroui

Glory 34: Denver
Final
Oct / 21 / 2016

                  dec. (s)

     R3

WIN

Robert Thomas

Glory 34: Denver
Tournament
Oct / 21 / 2016

                  dec. (u)

     R3

loss

Filip Verlinden

Glory 15: Istanbul
Superfight
Apr / 12 / 2014

                  dec. (u)

     R3