Israel Adesanya

MiddleweightOutfighter
13 - 6

19 UFC Fights | 68% Win Rate | 5 Finishes (38%)

Height
6' 4"
Reach
80"
Weight
185 lbs.
Age
37
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Israel Adesanya UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Israel Adesanya is 13-6 in the UFC across 19 fights, with 5 wins by knockout and 8 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 24-6, 11-0 of it outside the UFC. Adesanya competes at middleweight as a switch outfighter, standing 6'4" with a 80" reach at 37 years old. The last bout was a loss to Joe Pyfer by knockout in Mar 2026.

Best attribute: knockdown power (knockdowns scored per fight) — 96th percentile among 238 middleweight fighters (0.68/fight).

Israel Adesanya's UFC win rate is 68% (13 of 19 fights), and 38% of those wins came by finish. Adesanya averages 0.1 takedowns per fight at 9% accuracy and stops 76% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
24-6
UFC Record
13-6
Height
6'4"
Reach
80"
Age
37
Stance
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Last Fight
L vs Joe Pyfer · KO/TKO · Mar 2026

Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.

Israel Adesanya's Last 5 Fights

Adesanya is 1-4 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Loss vs Joe Pyfer · KO/TKO · R2 4:18 · UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Pyfer · Mar 2026
  2. Loss vs Nassourdine Imavov · KO/TKO · R2 0:30 · UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov · Feb 2025
  3. Loss vs Dricus Du Plessis · Submission · R4 3:38 · UFC 305: Du Plessis vs. Adesanya · Aug 2024
  4. Loss vs Sean Strickland · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland · Sep 2023
  5. Win vs Alex Pereira · KO/TKO · R2 4:21 · UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2 · Apr 2023

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
4.0
Accuracy
48%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.68

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
3.2
0.9x avg
Strike Differential
+0.8
Opp. Accuracy Against
44%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
0.1
Takedown Accuracy
9%
Takedown Defense
76%
Control Time / Fight
0:32
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.2

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
5% KO
0% Sub
R2
21% KO
0% Sub
R3+
0% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Israel Adesanya vs Average

Israel Adesanya lands 16.6 strikes in R1 but 19.2 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.

Israel Adesanya's UFC Fight History

19 UFC fights on record (13-6), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LJoe PyferKO/TKOR2 · 4:18UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Pyfer2026-03-28
LNassourdine ImavovKO/TKOR2 · 0:30UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov2025-02-01
L★Dricus Du PlessisSubmissionR4 · 3:38UFC 305: Du Plessis vs. Adesanya2024-08-17
L★Sean StricklandDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland2023-09-09
W★Alex PereiraKO/TKOR2 · 4:21UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 22023-04-08
L★Alex PereiraKO/TKOR5 · 2:01UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira2022-11-12
W★Jared CannonierDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier2022-07-02
W★Robert WhittakerDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 22022-02-12
W★Marvin VettoriDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 22021-06-12
L★Jan BlachowiczDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya2021-03-06
W★Paulo CostaKO/TKOR2 · 3:59UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa2020-09-26
W★Yoel RomeroDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero2020-03-07
W★Robert WhittakerKO/TKOR2 · 3:33UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya2019-10-05
W★Kelvin GastelumDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 236: Holloway vs. Poirier 22019-04-13
WAnderson SilvaDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 234: Adesanya vs. Silva2019-02-09
WDerek BrunsonKO/TKOR1 · 4:51UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis2018-11-03
WBrad TavaresDecisionR5 · 5:00The Ultimate Fighter: Undefeated Finale2018-07-06
WMarvin VettoriDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Gaethje2018-04-14
WRob WilkinsonKO/TKOR2 · 3:37UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold2018-02-10

How Adesanya Ranks at Middleweight

Percentile among the 238 middleweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume4.0 sig. strikes/min
75th percentile
Striking accuracy48%
59th percentile
Strikes absorbed3.2/min
47th percentile
Takedowns0.1/fight
11th percentile
Takedown defense76%
78th percentile
Knockdown power0.68/fight
96th percentile

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