Middleweight · “The Last Stylebender”
Israel Adesanya
24-6-0 UFC 13-6-0
6'4"Height
80"Reach
SwitchStance
1989-07-22Born
5KO wins
0Sub wins
38.5%Finish rate
17:08Avg fight
Statistical profile
The shape of their game.
Percentile scores against UFC veterans — volume-aware, and honest about small samples. The rim is reserved for true specialists.
Radar — percentile vs UFC veterans
Career rates
Sig. strikes landed / min4.03
Sig. strikes absorbed / min3.22
Striking accuracy48.4%
Striking defense55.8%
Takedowns / 15 min0.05
Takedown accuracy9.1%
Takedown defense76.4%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.14
Control time3.1%
Record vs .500+ opponents12-6
Striking trend
Output, fight by fight.
Significant strikes landed per minute over the last 8 fights — green dots are wins, red are losses.
Fight history
Every walk to the cage.
19 UFC bouts, newest first. Tap a fight for the full stat line — opponent records are shown as of fight night.
L Joe Pyfer 6-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 4:18 — UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Pyfer · 2026-03-28
42/75Sig. strikes
36/70Absorbed
0/2Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Nassourdine Imavov 7-2 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 0:30 — UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov · 2025-02-01
26/50Sig. strikes
15/31Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Dricus Du Plessis 7-0 walk-in TITLE Submission · R4 3:38 — UFC 305: Du Plessis vs. Adesanya · 2024-08-17
97/203Sig. strikes
90/197Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
0:09Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Sean Strickland 14-5 walk-in TITLE Decision - Unanimous · R5 5:00 — UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland · 2023-09-09
94/271Sig. strikes
137/259Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Alex Pereira 4-0 walk-in TITLE KO/TKO · R2 4:21 — UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2 · 2023-04-08
41/96Sig. strikes
49/85Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:03Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Alex Pereira 3-0 walk-in TITLE KO/TKO · R5 2:01 — UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira · 2022-11-12
86/162Sig. strikes
91/157Absorbed
1/4Takedowns
6:34Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Jared Cannonier 8-5 walk-in TITLE Decision - Unanimous · R5 5:00 — UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier · 2022-07-02
116/230Sig. strikes
90/157Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Robert Whittaker 14-3 walk-in TITLE Decision - Unanimous · R5 5:00 — UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2 · 2022-02-12
79/169Sig. strikes
59/136Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:01Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Marvin Vettori 7-2-1 walk-in TITLE Decision - Unanimous · R5 5:00 — UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2 · 2021-06-12
96/181Sig. strikes
58/176Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:36Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Jan Blachowicz 10-5 walk-in TITLE Decision - Unanimous · R5 5:00 — UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya · 2021-03-06
78/161Sig. strikes
107/193Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:01Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Paulo Costa 5-0 walk-in TITLE KO/TKO · R2 3:59 — UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa · 2020-09-26
55/84Sig. strikes
12/26Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:09Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Yoel Romero 9-3 walk-in TITLE Decision - Unanimous · R5 5:00 — UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero · 2020-03-07
48/132Sig. strikes
40/89Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Robert Whittaker 11-2 walk-in TITLE KO/TKO · R2 3:33 — UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya · 2019-10-05
40/95Sig. strikes
32/116Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:04Control
2Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Kelvin Gastelum 10-3 walk-in TITLE Decision - Unanimous · R5 5:00 — UFC 236: Holloway vs. Poirier 2 · 2019-04-13
109/237Sig. strikes
91/220Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:42Control
4Knockdowns
2Sub attempts
W Anderson Silva 17-4 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 234: Adesanya vs. Silva · 2019-02-09
65/132Sig. strikes
31/72Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Derek Brunson 9-4 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 4:51 — UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis · 2018-11-03
13/23Sig. strikes
3/14Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:10Control
3Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Brad Tavares 12-4 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R5 5:00 — The Ultimate Fighter: Undefeated Finale · 2018-07-06
119/215Sig. strikes
40/174Absorbed
0/2Takedowns
1:46Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
W Marvin Vettori 2-1-1 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Gaethje · 2018-04-14
57/123Sig. strikes
46/154Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Rob Wilkinson 0-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 3:37 — UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold · 2018-02-10
52/75Sig. strikes
22/46Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
Walk-in records count UFC bouts in this database. For the pre-UFC career, see the record breakdown below or the Tapology button up top.
Record breakdown
How the record was built.
Full pro career, from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Israel Adesanya) — results only; UFC bouts carry full stats in the fight history above.
Wins by method
KO/TKO
16
Submission
0
Decision
8
Other
0
Losses by method
KO/TKO
3
Submission
1
Decision
2
Other
0
Fights by organization
UFC
19
WLF E.P.I.C.
3
Hex Fight Series
1
Australian FC
1
Glory of Heroes
1
Wu Lin Feng
1
Fair Pay Fighting
1
The Legend of Emei
1
+ 2 more organizations in the full career list
Full career — 30 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Joe Pyfer | TKO (punches) | UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Pyfer
2026-03-28 |
UFC | 2 | 4:18 |
| L | Nassourdine Imavov | TKO (punches) | UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov
2025-02-01 |
UFC | 2 | 0:30 |
| L | Dricus du Plessis | Submission (face crank) | UFC 305
2024-08-18 |
UFC | 4 | 3:38 |
| L | Sean Strickland | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 293
2023-09-10 |
UFC | 5 | 5:00 |
| W | Alex Pereira | KO (punches) | UFC 287
2023-04-08 |
UFC | 2 | 4:21 |
| L | Alex Pereira | TKO (punches) | UFC 281
2022-11-12 |
UFC | 5 | 2:01 |
| W | Jared Cannonier | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 276
2022-07-02 |
UFC | 5 | 5:00 |
| W | Robert Whittaker | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 271
2022-02-12 |
UFC | 5 | 5:00 |
| W | Marvin Vettori | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 263
2021-06-12 |
UFC | 5 | 5:00 |
| L | Jan Błachowicz | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 259
2021-03-06 |
UFC | 5 | 5:00 |
| W | Paulo Costa | TKO (punches and elbows) | UFC 253
2020-09-27 |
UFC | 2 | 3:59 |
| W | Yoel Romero | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 248
2020-03-07 |
UFC | 5 | 5:00 |
| W | Robert Whittaker | KO (punches) | UFC 243
2019-10-06 |
UFC | 2 | 3:33 |
| W | Kelvin Gastelum | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 236
2019-04-13 |
UFC | 5 | 5:00 |
| W | Anderson Silva | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 234
2019-02-10 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Derek Brunson | TKO (knees and punches) | UFC 230
2018-11-03 |
UFC | 1 | 4:51 |
| W | Brad Tavares | Decision (unanimous) | The Ultimate Fighter: Undefeated Finale
2018-07-06 |
UFC | 5 | 5:00 |
| W | Marvin Vettori | Decision (split) | UFC on Fox: Poirier vs. Gaethje
2018-04-14 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Rob Wilkinson | TKO (knees and punches) | UFC 221
2018-02-11 |
UFC | 2 | 3:37 |
| W | Stuart Dare | KO (head kick) | Hex Fight Series 12
2017-11-24 |
Hex Fight Series | 1 | 4:53 |
| W | Melvin Guillard | TKO (punches) | Australian FC 20
2017-07-28 |
Australian FC | 1 | 4:49 |
| W | Murad Kuramagomedov | TKO (punches) | WLF E.P.I.C.: Elevation Power in Cage 4
2016-05-28 |
WLF E.P.I.C. | 2 | 1:05 |
| W | Andrew Flores Smith | TKO (corner stoppage) | Glory of Heroes 2
2016-05-07 |
Glory of Heroes | 1 | 5:00 |
| W | Dibir Zagirov | TKO (punches) | WLF E.P.I.C.: Elevation Power in Cage 2
2016-03-13 |
WLF E.P.I.C. | 2 | 2:23 |
| W | Vladimir Katykhin | TKO (doctor stoppage) | WLF E.P.I.C.: Elevation Power in Cage 1
2016-01-13 |
WLF E.P.I.C. | 2 | 2:13 |
| W | Gele Qing | TKO (elbows) | Wu Lin Feng 2015: New Zealand vs. China
2015-09-19 |
Wu Lin Feng | 2 | 3:37 |
| W | Maui Tuigamala | TKO (kick to the body) | Fair Pay Fighting 1
2015-09-05 |
Fair Pay Fighting | 2 | 1:25 |
| W | Song Kenan | TKO (head kick) | The Legend of Emei 3
2015-08-08 |
The Legend of Emei | 1 | 1:59 |
| W | John Vake | TKO (punches) | Shuriken MMA: Best of the Best
2013-06-15 |
Shuriken MMA | 1 | 4:43 |
| W | James Griffiths | TKO (punches) | Supremacy FC 9
2012-03-24 |
Supremacy FC | 1 | 2:09 |
Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Israel Adesanya) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.
Division context
Measured against the division.
Versus the Middleweight average, over 165 qualified fighters (5+ UFC fights, 30+ minutes of cage time). Green = better than average, red = worse; the tick mark is the division mean. "Strikes absorbed" counts lower as better.