IsraelAdesanya

Nigeria
Middleweight

HT/WT
6' 4", 185 lbs
Birthdate
7/22/1989 (35)
Team
City Kickboxing
Nickname
The Last Stylebender
Stance
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Fight History

Date	Opponent	Res.	Decision	Rnd	Time	Event
Feb 1, 2025	Nassourdine Imavov	L	KO/TKO	2	0:30	UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov
Aug 17, 2024	Dricus Du Plessis	L	Submission	4	3:38	UFC 305: Du Plessis vs. Adesanya
Sep 9, 2023	Sean Strickland	L	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland
Apr 8, 2023	Alex Pereira	W	KO/TKO	2	4:21	UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2
Nov 12, 2022	Alex Pereira	L	KO/TKO	5	2:01	UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira
Jul 2, 2022	Jared Cannonier	W	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier
Feb 12, 2022	Robert Whittaker	W	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2
Jun 12, 2021	Marvin Vettori	W	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2
Mar 6, 2021	Jan Blachowicz	L	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya
Sep 26, 2020	Paulo Costa	W	KO/TKO	2	3:59	UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa
Mar 7, 2020	Yoel Romero	W	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero
Oct 5, 2019	Robert Whittaker	W	KO/TKO	2	3:33	UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya
Apr 13, 2019	Kelvin Gastelum	W	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC 236: Holloway vs. Poirier 2
Feb 9, 2019	Anderson Silva	W	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC 234: Adesanya vs. Silva
Nov 3, 2018	Derek Brunson	W	KO/TKO	1	4:51	UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis
Jul 6, 2018	Brad Tavares	W	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	The Ultimate Fighter 27 Finale
Apr 14, 2018	Marvin Vettori	W	Decision - Split	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Gaethje
Feb 10, 2018	Rob Wilkinson	W	KO/TKO	2	3:37	UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold
Nov 24, 2017	Stuart Dare	W	KO (Head Kick)	1	4:53	Hex Fight Series 12
Jul 28, 2017	Melvin Guillard	W	TKO (Punches)	1	4:49	AFC 20: Australian Fighting Championship 20
May 28, 2016	Murad Kuramagomedov	W	TKO (Punches)	2	1:05	WLF: E.P.I.C.: Elevation Power in Cage 4
May 7, 2016	Andrew Flores Smith	W	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	1	5:00	Wu Lin Feng: Glory of Heroes 2
Mar 13, 2016	Dibir Zagirov	W	TKO (Punches)	2	2:23	WLF: E.P.I.C.: Elevation Power in Cage 2
Jan 13, 2016	Vladimir Katykhin	W	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	2	-	WLF: E.P.I.C.: Elevation Power in Cage 1
Sep 19, 2015	Gele Qing	W	TKO	2	3:37	WLF: New Zealand vs. China
Sep 5, 2015	Maui Tuigamala	W	KO	2	1:25	FPF: Fair Pay Fighting 1
Aug 8, 2015	Song Kenan	W	TKO - Head Kick	1	1:59	WFC: The Legend of Emei 3
Jun 15, 2013	John Vake	W	TKO (Punches)	1	4:43	Shuriken MMA: Best of the Best
Mar 24, 2012	James Griffiths	W	TKO (Punches)	1	2:09	SFC 9: Supremacy Fighting Championship 9

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