UFC: Israel Adesanya - win-loss record, stats, full fight list and results

UFC: Here is the breakdown of Israel Adesanya’s professional career spanning across boxing, kickboxing, and mixed martial arts.

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Israel Adesanya, a legend of the UFC middleweight circuit, conceded his title to Sean Strickland at the UFC 293 main event on September 10 in Sydney.

Adesanya suffered only his third defeat in an illustrious career as Strickland earned his hands on the championship for the first time.

Adesanya is considered one of the greatest in the game, with experience in professional boxing, kickboxing, and mixed martial arts. 

The Nigerian-born New Zealand fighter has featured in more than a hundred professional games across MMA, kickboxing and boxing.

Here is the breakdown of his professional career.

OVERALL PROFESSIONAL RECORD

MIXED MARTIAL ARTS

Total fights: 27

Wins: 24

Losses: 3

KICKBOXING

Total fights: 80

Wins: 75

Losses: 5

BOXING

Total fights: 6

Wins: 5

Loss: 1

Adesanya has only lost eight professional fights in his entire professional career.

MMA WIN-LOSS RECORD

Date	Opponent	Result	Decision	Event
April, 2022	Alex Pereira	Won	KO	UFC 287: Pereira vs Adesanya
November, 2022	Alex Pereira	Lost	KO/TKO	UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira
July, 2022	Jared Cannonier	Won	Unanimous	UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier
February, 2022	Robert Whittaker	Won	Unanimous	UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2
June, 2021	Marvin Vettori	Won	Unanimous	UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2
March, 2021	Jan Blachowicz	Lost	Unanimous	UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya
September, 2021	Paulo Costa	Won	KO/TKO	UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa
March, 2020	Yoel Romero	Won	Unanimous	UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero
October, 2019	Robert Whittaker	Won	KO/TKO	UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya
April, 2019	Kelvin Gastelum	Won	Unanimous	UFC 236: Holloway vs. Poirier 2
February, 2019	Anderson Silva	Won	Unanimous	UFC 234: Adesanya vs. Silva
November, 2018	Derek Brunson	Won	KO/TKO	UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis
July, 2018	Brad Tavares	Won	Unanimous	The Ultimate Fighter 27 Finale
April, 2018	Marvin Vettori	Won	Split	UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Gaethje
February, 2018	Robert Wilkinson	Won	KO/TKO	UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold
November, 2017	Stuart Dare	Won	KO/TKO	HFS: Hex Fight Series 12
July, 2017	Melvin Guillard	Won	KO/TKO	AFC 20: Australian Fighting Championship 20
May, 2016	Murad Kuramagomedov	Won	KO/TKO	WLF: E.P.I.C.: Elevation Power in Cage 4
May, 2016	Andrew Flores Smith	Won	KO/TKO	Wu Lin Feng: Glory of Heroes 2
March, 2016	Dibir Zagirov	Won	KO/TKO	WLF: E.P.I.C.: Elevation Power in Cage 2
January, 2016	Vladimir Katykhin	Won	KO/TKO	WLF: E.P.I.C.: Elevation Power in Cage 1
September, 2015	Gele Qing	Won	KO/TKO	WLF: New Zealand vs. China
September, 2015	Maui Tuigamala	Won	KO/TKO	FPF: Fair Pay Fighting 1
August, 2015	Song Kenan	Won	KO/TKO	WFC: The Legend of Emei 3
June, 2013	John Vake	Won	KO/TKO	Shuriken MMA: Best of the Best
March, 2012	James Griffiths	Won	KO/TKO	SFC 9: Supremacy Fighting Championship 9

Adesanya had an unfathomable 20-0 win-loss record at some point in mixed martial arts until Jan Blachowicz of Poland beat him to hand his first loss in his MMA career in 2021 at UFC 259. The other loss came against Alex Periera in November 2022 in UFC 281 middleweight title fight.

ADESANYA PROFESSIONAL MMA CAREER BREAKDOWN

26 matches	24 wins	2 losses
By knockout	16	1
By submission	0	0
By decision	8	1

The New Zealand fighter won 15 through a dominating knockout out of the 23 wins while eight through the decision. In the only two losses he has, Adesanya lost against Blachowicz with a unanimous decision, while Periera knocked out the five-time title defender.

ADESANYA PROFESSIONAL KICKBOXING RECORD

80 matches	75 wins	5 losses
By knockout	29	1
By decision	46	4

Adesanya has won nearly 94 per cent of the fights in his professional kickboxing career. He lost only one fight through knockout.

ADESANYA PROFESSIONAL BOXING RECORD

6 match	5 wins	1 loss
By knockout	1	0
By decision	4	1

His only loss in a 6-fight professional boxing career came through the decision.