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Israel Adesanya said in an interview that he will defend his middleweight title against Alex Pereira next month at UFC 281. Izzy had a little message for Pereira via Instagram as he posted this and wrote "forgive them Father God forgives I don't", he followed up with this and wrote "Good things come in threes" pointing to his third fight with Pereira. Izzy also left a comment saying "Third time's the charm".
Israel "The Last Stylebender" Adesanya is the current UFC Middleweight Champion with a professional record of 23 wins and 1 loss. Israel is a former Glory Kickboxer and currently ranks #2 in the UFC Men's pound-for-pound rankings.
Israel Adesanya
Israel Mobolaji Adesanya (born 22 July 1989) is a Nigerian-New Zealander professional Mixed Martial Artist. Adesanya was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and started training in Kickboxing at the age of 18 after watching the movie, Ong Bak: Muay Thai Warrior. Adesanya relocated to Auckland, New Zealand at the age of 21 and joined City Kickboxing.
Adesanya made his professional MMA debut in 2012 and went on an 11-fight-win streak wherein he captured the AFC Middleweight Championship and the Hex Fight Series Middleweight Championship before signing with the UFC.
Adesanya signed with the UFC in December 2017 and made his debut against Rob Wilkinson at UFC 221 which he won in the 2nd round via TKO. Israel would continue his winning ways in the UFC and would go on a 5-fight-win streak in the promotion and defeat the likes of Anderson Silva before getting a UFC Interim Middleweight Championship match against Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 236, which Adesanya would win via Unanimous Decision.
Israel fought Robert Whittaker at UFC 243 to unify the Championship and Ko'ed Whittaker in the 2nd round to become the Undisputed UFC Middleweight Champion.
The Last Stylebender's only loss in MMA came at UFC 259 where he would face for Blachowicz's UFC Light-Heavyweight Championship and lose via Unanimous Decision.
Adesanya then went back to Middleweight to defend his title against Marvin Vettori at UFC 263. He would win the bout via Unanimous Decision and extend his title defense streak to 3 defenses.
Israel Adesanya's current MMA record stands at 23-1. He is still undefeated in UFC's Middleweight Division.
Win-Loss-Draw:MatchesWinsLossesDraws242310
Wins by KO:15
Wins by Submission:0
Wins by Decision:8
Current Titles:UFC Middleweight Championship
Weight:185 lbs / 84 kg
Reach:80 in (203 cm)
Weight Class:Middleweight
Below is the professional MMA record of Israel Adesanya:
ResultRecordOpponentMethodEventDateWin23-1Jared ConnonierDecision(unanimous)UFC 2762/07/2022Win22-1Robert WhittakerDecision (unanimous)UFC 27112/02/2022Win21-1Marvin VettoriDecision (unanimous)12/06/2021Loss20-1Jan BlachowiczDecision (unanimousUFC 25906/03/2021Win20-0Paula CostaTKO(punches and elbows)UFC 25327/09/2020Win19-0Yoel RomeroDecision (unanimous)UFC 24807/03/2020Win18-0KO (punches)October 6, 2019Win17-0Kelvin GastelumDecision (unanimous)UFC 236April 13, 2019Win16-0Anderson SilvaDecision (unanimous)UFC 234February 10, 2019Win15-0Derek BrunsonTKO (knees and punches)UFC 230November 3, 2018Win14-0Brad TavaresDecision (unanimous)The Ultimate Fighter: Undefeated FinaleJuly 6, 2018Win13-0Marvin VettoriDecision (split)UFC on Fox: Poirier vs GaethjeApril 14, 2018Win12-0Rob WilkinsonTKO (punches)UFC 221February 11, 2018Win11-0Stuart DareKO (head kick)Hex Fighting Series 12November 24, 2017Win10-0Melvin GuillardTKO (punches)Australia Fighting Championship 20July 28, 2017Win9-0Murad KuramagomedovTKO (punches)Wu Lin Feng: E.P.I.C. 4May 28, 2016Win8-0Andrew Flores SmithTKO (corner stoppage)Glory of Heroes 2May 7, 2016Win7-0Dibir ZagirovTKO (punches)Wu Lin Feng: E.P.I.C. 2March 13, 2016Win6-0Vladimir KatykhinTKO (doctor stoppage)Wu Lin Feng: E.P.I.C. 1January 13, 2016Win5-0Gele QingTKO (elbows)Wu Lin Feng 2015: New Zealand vs. ChinaSeptember 19, 2015Win4-0Maui TuigamalaTKO (body kick)Fair Pay Fighting 1September 5, 2015Win3-0Song KenanTKO (punches)The Legend of Emei 3August 8, 2015Win2-0John VakeTKO (punches)Shuriken MMA: Best of the BestJune 15, 2013Win1-0TKO (punches)Supremacy Fighting Championship 9March 24, 2012
Israel Adesanya vs Jared Cannonier
Israel Adesanya vs Robert Whittaker at UFC 243
Israel Adesanya fought Blachowicz at UFC 259 for the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship. The Last Stylebender wanted to become a 2-division-champion however lost the bout to the much bigger Blachowicz who would outstrike Adesanya and dominate him on the ground. Israel lost the bout via Unanimous Decision and would go back to Middleweight to defend his title against Marvin Vettori at UFC 263.
Israel Adesanya vs Jan Blachowicz at UFC 263
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Israel Adesanya said in an interview that he will defend his middleweight title against Alex Pereira next month at UFC 281. Izzy had a little message for Pereira via Instagram as he posted this and wrote "forgive them Father God forgives I don't", he followed up with this and wrote "Good things come in threes" pointing to his third fight with Pereira. Izzy also left a comment saying "Third time's the charm".
Israel "The Last Stylebender" Adesanya is the current UFC Middleweight Champion with a professional record of 23 wins and 1 loss. Israel is a former Glory Kickboxer and currently ranks #2 in the UFC Men's pound-for-pound rankings.
Israel Adesanya
Early Life and Career
Israel Mobolaji Adesanya (born 22 July 1989) is a Nigerian-New Zealander professional Mixed Martial Artist. Adesanya was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and started training in Kickboxing at the age of 18 after watching the movie, Ong Bak: Muay Thai Warrior. Adesanya relocated to Auckland, New Zealand at the age of 21 and joined City Kickboxing.
Adesanya made his professional MMA debut in 2012 and went on an 11-fight-win streak wherein he captured the AFC Middleweight Championship and the Hex Fight Series Middleweight Championship before signing with the UFC.
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Adesanya signed with the UFC in December 2017 and made his debut against Rob Wilkinson at UFC 221 which he won in the 2nd round via TKO. Israel would continue his winning ways in the UFC and would go on a 5-fight-win streak in the promotion and defeat the likes of Anderson Silva before getting a UFC Interim Middleweight Championship match against Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 236, which Adesanya would win via Unanimous Decision.
Israel fought Robert Whittaker at UFC 243 to unify the Championship and Ko'ed Whittaker in the 2nd round to become the Undisputed UFC Middleweight Champion.
The Last Stylebender's only loss in MMA came at UFC 259 where he would face for Blachowicz's UFC Light-Heavyweight Championship and lose via Unanimous Decision.
Adesanya then went back to Middleweight to defend his title against Marvin Vettori at UFC 263. He would win the bout via Unanimous Decision and extend his title defense streak to 3 defenses.
Israel Adesanya Stats
Israel Adesanya's current MMA record stands at 23-1. He is still undefeated in UFC's Middleweight Division.
Win-Loss-Draw:MatchesWinsLossesDraws242310
Wins by KO:15
Wins by Submission:0
Wins by Decision:8
Current Titles:UFC Middleweight Championship
Weight:185 lbs / 84 kg
Reach:80 in (203 cm)
Weight Class:Middleweight
Israel Adesanya Record
Below is the professional MMA record of Israel Adesanya:
ResultRecordOpponentMethodEventDateWin23-1Jared ConnonierDecision(unanimous)UFC 2762/07/2022Win22-1Robert WhittakerDecision (unanimous)UFC 27112/02/2022Win21-1Marvin VettoriDecision (unanimous)12/06/2021Loss20-1Jan BlachowiczDecision (unanimousUFC 25906/03/2021Win20-0Paula CostaTKO(punches and elbows)UFC 25327/09/2020Win19-0Yoel RomeroDecision (unanimous)UFC 24807/03/2020Win18-0KO (punches)October 6, 2019Win17-0Kelvin GastelumDecision (unanimous)UFC 236April 13, 2019Win16-0Anderson SilvaDecision (unanimous)UFC 234February 10, 2019Win15-0Derek BrunsonTKO (knees and punches)UFC 230November 3, 2018Win14-0Brad TavaresDecision (unanimous)The Ultimate Fighter: Undefeated FinaleJuly 6, 2018Win13-0Marvin VettoriDecision (split)UFC on Fox: Poirier vs GaethjeApril 14, 2018Win12-0Rob WilkinsonTKO (punches)UFC 221February 11, 2018Win11-0Stuart DareKO (head kick)Hex Fighting Series 12November 24, 2017Win10-0Melvin GuillardTKO (punches)Australia Fighting Championship 20July 28, 2017Win9-0Murad KuramagomedovTKO (punches)Wu Lin Feng: E.P.I.C. 4May 28, 2016Win8-0Andrew Flores SmithTKO (corner stoppage)Glory of Heroes 2May 7, 2016Win7-0Dibir ZagirovTKO (punches)Wu Lin Feng: E.P.I.C. 2March 13, 2016Win6-0Vladimir KatykhinTKO (doctor stoppage)Wu Lin Feng: E.P.I.C. 1January 13, 2016Win5-0Gele QingTKO (elbows)Wu Lin Feng 2015: New Zealand vs. ChinaSeptember 19, 2015Win4-0Maui TuigamalaTKO (body kick)Fair Pay Fighting 1September 5, 2015Win3-0Song KenanTKO (punches)The Legend of Emei 3August 8, 2015Win2-0John VakeTKO (punches)Shuriken MMA: Best of the BestJune 15, 2013Win1-0TKO (punches)Supremacy Fighting Championship 9March 24, 2012
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Israel Adesanya vs Jared Cannonier
It was awesome what an entrance Cannonier came out early trying to move forward and close the distance and Israel was throwing a lot of kicks. He looked fast and sharp per usual Cannonier here all night was trying to close the distance with no luck and Israel seems to be a little more aggressive that night pressing action a little more and using his distance very well. Israel all night was Landing some beautiful Jabs Cannonier did have some moments in the fight getting Israel against the fans but can never do any damage it's crazy that starting round four that Izzy is barely breathing guys the real story of the night was style Bender's slick movement using his Precision striking with the range that Cannonier had no answer for Cannonier did have some moments against the cage with some clinch work but was never able to do much with it style Bender barely looked to have a scratch on him which is wild at this level and a five-round fight Israel at Azania defeats Jared Cannonier by unanimous decision to retain that middleweight.Israel Adesanya vs Jared Cannonier
Israel Adesanya vs Robert Whittaker
Israel Adesanya vs Robert Whittaker at UFC 243
Israel Adesanya vs Jan Blachowicz
Israel Adesanya fought Blachowicz at UFC 259 for the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship. The Last Stylebender wanted to become a 2-division-champion however lost the bout to the much bigger Blachowicz who would outstrike Adesanya and dominate him on the ground. Israel lost the bout via Unanimous Decision and would go back to Middleweight to defend his title against Marvin Vettori at UFC 263.
Israel Adesanya vs Jan Blachowicz at UFC 263
FAQs on Israel Adesanya
1 What type of fighter is Israel
As a mixed martial artist, he currently competes in the Middleweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the current UFC Middleweight Champion. In kickboxing, he is a former Glory Middleweight Championship title, challenger.2 How many rubies does Israel Adesanya have
Israel Adesanya spoke of the fact that his belt has five rubies = a five-time defending champion3 Who knocked out Izzy
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