Israel Adesanya MMA Profile Record, Stats, Biography, UFC Career & Fight History
ISRAEL ADESANYA
“THE LAST STYLEBENDER”
NIGERIA • MIDDLEWEIGHT
W-L-D
24-6-0
(T)KO
16-3
SUB
0-1
BIOGRAPHY
COUNTRY
Nigeria
WT CLASS
Middleweight
HT / WT
6′ 4″, 185 lbs
BIRTHDATE
7/22/1989 (37)
STANCE
Switch
REACH
80″
TEAM
City Kickboxing
Israel Adesanya Record
WINS
24
KO/TKO
16
SUB
0
DECISION
8
LOSSES
6
KO/TKO
3
SUB
1
DECISION
2
DRAWS
0
DR
0
NO CONTEST
0
NC
0
Israel Adesanya Statistics
Calculated from 30 professional bouts (24-6-0).
Israel Adesanya Fight History
| Date | Opponent | Method | Duration | Event |
| Mar 28, 2026 | Joe Pyfer | L (KO/TKO) | Rnd 2 (4:18) | UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Pyfer |
| Feb 1, 2025 | Nassourdine Imavov | L (KO/TKO) | Rnd 2 (0:30) | UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov |
| Aug 17, 2024 | Dricus Du Plessis 🥇 | L (Submission) | Rnd 4 (3:38) | UFC 305: Du Plessis vs. Adesanya |
| Sep 9, 2023 | Sean Strickland 🥇 | L (Decision – Unanimous) | Rnd 5 (5:00) | UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland |
| Apr 8, 2023 | Alex Pereira 🥇 | W (KO/TKO) | Rnd 2 (4:21) | UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2 |
| Nov 12, 2022 | Alex Pereira 🥇 | L (KO/TKO) | Rnd 5 (2:01) | UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira |
| Jul 2, 2022 | Jared Cannonier 🥇 | W (Decision – Unanimous) | Rnd 5 (5:00) | UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier |
| Feb 12, 2022 | Robert Whittaker 🥇 | W (Decision – Unanimous) | Rnd 5 (5:00) | UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2 |
| Jun 12, 2021 | Marvin Vettori 🥇 | W (Decision – Unanimous) | Rnd 5 (5:00) | UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2 |
| Mar 6, 2021 | Jan Blachowicz 🥇 | L (Decision – Unanimous) | Rnd 5 (5:00) | UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya |
| Sep 26, 2020 | Paulo Costa 🥇 | W (KO/TKO) | Rnd 2 (3:59) | UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa |
| Mar 7, 2020 | Yoel Romero 🥇 | W (Decision – Unanimous) | Rnd 5 (5:00) | UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero |
| Oct 5, 2019 | Robert Whittaker 🥇 | W (KO/TKO) | Rnd 2 (3:33) | UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya |
| Apr 13, 2019 | Kelvin Gastelum 🥇 | W (Decision – Unanimous) | Rnd 5 (5:00) | UFC 236: Holloway vs. Poirier 2 |
| Feb 9, 2019 | Anderson Silva | W (Decision – Unanimous) | Rnd 3 (5:00) | UFC 234: Adesanya vs. Silva |
| Nov 3, 2018 | Derek Brunson | W (KO/TKO) | Rnd 1 (4:51) | UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis |
| Jul 6, 2018 | Brad Tavares | W (Decision – Unanimous) | Rnd 5 (5:00) | The Ultimate Fighter 27 Finale |
| Apr 14, 2018 | Marvin Vettori | W (Decision – Split) | Rnd 3 (5:00) | UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Gaethje |
| Feb 10, 2018 | Rob Wilkinson | W (KO/TKO) | Rnd 2 (3:37) | UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold |
| Nov 24, 2017 | Stuart Dare | W (KO (Head Kick)) | Rnd 1 (4:53) | Hex Fight Series 12 |
| Jul 28, 2017 | Melvin Guillard | W (TKO (Punches)) | Rnd 1 (4:49) | AFC 20: Australian Fighting Championship 20 |
| May 28, 2016 | Murad Kuramagomedov | W (TKO (Punches)) | Rnd 2 (1:05) | WLF: E.P.I.C.: Elevation Power in Cage 4 |
| May 7, 2016 | Andrew Flores Smith | W (TKO (Corner Stoppage)) | Rnd 1 (5:00) | Wu Lin Feng: Glory of Heroes 2 |
| Mar 13, 2016 | Dibir Zagirov | W (TKO (Punches)) | Rnd 2 (2:23) | WLF: E.P.I.C.: Elevation Power in Cage 2 |
| Jan 13, 2016 | Vladimir Katykhin | W (TKO (Doctor Stoppage)) | Rnd 2 (-) | WLF: E.P.I.C.: Elevation Power in Cage 1 |
| Sep 19, 2015 | Gele Qing | W (TKO) | Rnd 2 (3:37) | WLF: New Zealand vs. China |
| Sep 5, 2015 | Maui Tuigamala | W (KO) | Rnd 2 (1:25) | FPF: Fair Pay Fighting 1 |
| Aug 8, 2015 | Song Kenan | W (TKO – Head Kick) | Rnd 1 (1:59) | WFC: The Legend of Emei 3 |
| Jun 15, 2013 | John Vake | W (TKO (Punches)) | Rnd 1 (4:43) | Shuriken MMA: Best of the Best |
| Mar 24, 2012 | James Griffiths | W (TKO (Punches)) | Rnd 1 (2:09) | SFC 9: Supremacy Fighting Championship 9 |
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