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ADESANYA
Overview
Israel Adesanya is a New Zealand mixed martial artist competing in the UFC's Middleweight division, with a professional MMA record of 24-6. (Record and vitals verified from Wikipedia/Wikidata; combat ratings are editorial estimates.)
Attributes (editorial ratings)
Tale of the Tape
Recent Form
Fight History
Adesanya lost to Joe Pyfer via TKO (punches) in round 2 (4:18) at UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Pyfer on March 28, 2026, taking his record to 24–6.
Adesanya lost to Nassourdine Imavov via TKO (punches) in round 2 (0:30) at UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov on Feb. 1, 2025, taking his record to 24–5.
Adesanya lost to Dricus du Plessis via Submission (face crank) in round 4 (3:38) at UFC 305 on Aug. 18, 2024, taking his record to 24–4.
Adesanya lost to Sean Strickland via Decision (unanimous) in round 5 (5:00) at UFC 293 on Sept. 10, 2023, taking his record to 24–3.
Adesanya defeated Alex Pereira via KO (punches) in round 2 (4:21) at UFC 287 on April 8, 2023, taking his record to 24–2.
Adesanya lost to Alex Pereira via TKO (punches) in round 5 (2:01) at UFC 281 on Nov. 12, 2022, taking his record to 23–2.
Adesanya defeated Jared Cannonier via Decision (unanimous) in round 5 (5:00) at UFC 276 on July 2, 2022, taking his record to 23–1.
Adesanya defeated Robert Whittaker via Decision (unanimous) in round 5 (5:00) at UFC 271 on Feb. 12, 2022, taking his record to 22–1.
Adesanya defeated Marvin Vettori via Decision (unanimous) in round 5 (5:00) at UFC 263 on June 12, 2021, taking his record to 21–1.
Adesanya lost to Jan Błachowicz via Decision (unanimous) in round 5 (5:00) at UFC 259 on March 6, 2021, taking his record to 20–1.
Adesanya defeated Paulo Costa via TKO (punches and elbows) in round 2 (3:59) at UFC 253 on Sept. 27, 2020, taking his record to 20–0.
Adesanya defeated Yoel Romero via Decision (unanimous) in round 5 (5:00) at UFC 248 on March 7, 2020, taking his record to 19–0.
Adesanya defeated Robert Whittaker via KO (punches) in round 2 (3:33) at UFC 243 on Oct. 6, 2019, taking his record to 18–0.
Adesanya defeated Kelvin Gastelum via Decision (unanimous) in round 5 (5:00) at UFC 236 on April 13, 2019, taking his record to 17–0.
Adesanya defeated Anderson Silva via Decision (unanimous) in round 3 (5:00) at UFC 234 on Feb. 10, 2019, taking his record to 16–0.
Adesanya defeated Derek Brunson via TKO (knees and punches) in round 1 (4:51) at UFC 230 on Nov. 3, 2018, taking his record to 15–0.
Adesanya defeated Brad Tavares via Decision (unanimous) in round 5 (5:00) at The Ultimate Fighter: Undefeated Finale on July 6, 2018, taking his record to 14–0.
Adesanya defeated Marvin Vettori via Decision (split) in round 3 (5:00) at UFC on Fox: Poirier vs. Gaethje on April 14, 2018, taking his record to 13–0.
Adesanya defeated Rob Wilkinson via TKO (knees and punches) in round 2 (3:37) at UFC 221 on Feb. 11, 2018, taking his record to 12–0.
Adesanya defeated Stuart Dare via KO (head kick) in round 1 (4:53) at Hex Fight Series 12 on Nov. 24, 2017, taking his record to 11–0.
Adesanya defeated Melvin Guillard via TKO (punches) in round 1 (4:49) at Australian FC 20 on July 28, 2017, taking his record to 10–0.
Adesanya defeated Murad Kuramagomedov via TKO (punches) in round 2 (1:05) at WLF E.P.I.C.: Elevation Power in Cage 4 on May 28, 2016, taking his record to 9–0.
Adesanya defeated Andrew Flores Smith via TKO (corner stoppage) in round 1 (5:00) at Glory of Heroes 2 on May 7, 2016, taking his record to 8–0.
Adesanya defeated Dibir Zagirov via TKO (punches) in round 2 (2:23) at WLF E.P.I.C.: Elevation Power in Cage 2 on March 13, 2016, taking his record to 7–0.
Adesanya defeated Vladimir Katykhin via TKO (doctor stoppage) in round 2 (2:13) at WLF E.P.I.C.: Elevation Power in Cage 1 on Jan. 13, 2016, taking his record to 6–0.
Adesanya defeated Gele Qing via TKO (elbows) in round 2 (3:37) at Wu Lin Feng 2015: New Zealand vs. China on Sept. 19, 2015, taking his record to 5–0.
Adesanya defeated Maui Tuigamala via TKO (kick to the body) in round 2 (1:25) at Fair Pay Fighting 1 on Sept. 5, 2015, taking his record to 4–0.
Adesanya defeated Song Kenan via TKO (head kick) in round 1 (1:59) at The Legend of Emei 3 on Aug. 8, 2015, taking his record to 3–0.
Adesanya defeated John Vake via TKO (punches) in round 1 (4:43) at Shuriken MMA: Best of the Best on June 15, 2013, taking his record to 2–0.
Adesanya defeated James Griffiths via TKO (punches) in round 1 (2:09) at Supremacy FC 9 on March 24, 2012, taking his record to 1–0.
Career record from the fighter's Wikipedia record table; fight footage plays via the official YouTube embed from its original channel.
Analytics
- KO/TKO16 · 67%
- Submission0 · 0%
- Decision8 · 33%
- DQ/Other0 · 0%
Rates a fighter on the standard of opposition he has actually beaten: a win over someone we also rate counts far more than a win over an unrated opponent, recent bouts count more than old ones, and recent losses or a long layoff pull the score down. Proprietary FighterStatus metric — not an official ranking.
Our own rating of the division — not an official UFC, boxing or MMA ranking.
Middleweight
Middleweight
Middleweight