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Professional
27 KOs
1 KO
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Israel Mobolaji Temitayo Odunayo Oluwafemi Owolabi Adesanya (born 22 July 1989) is a Nigerian-New Zealander professional mixed martial artist, former kickboxer, and boxer. As a mixed martial artist, he currently competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former two-time UFC Middleweight Champion. In kickboxing, he is a former Glory Middleweight Championship title challenger. As of 12 September 2026, he is #9 in the Meta UFC middleweight rankings.
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Lagos, Nigeria8 Apr 2023 – 10 Sept 2023
6 Oct 2019 – 12 Nov 2022
| Result | Date | Opponent | Method | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | 28 Mar 2026 | Joe Pyfer Middleweight | TKO · R2 4:18 punches | UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Pyfer |
| L | 1 Feb 2025 |  Nassourdine ImavovMiddleweight | TKO · R2 0:30 punches | UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov |
| L | 18 Aug 2024 |  Dricus du PlessisTitleMiddleweight | SUB · R4 3:38 face crank | UFC 305: du Plessis vs. Adesanya |
| L | 10 Sept 2023 |  Sean StricklandTitleMiddleweight | UD · R5 5:00 | UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland |
| W | 8 Apr 2023 |  Alex PereiraTitleMiddleweight | KO · R2 4:21 punches | UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2 |
| L | 12 Nov 2022 | Alex PereiraTitle Middleweight | TKO · R5 2:01 punches | UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira |
| W | 2 Jul 2022 | Jared CannonierTitle Middleweight | UD · R5 5:00 | UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier |
| W | 12 Feb 2022 |  Robert WhittakerTitleMiddleweight | UD · R5 5:00 | UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2 |
| W | 12 Jun 2021 |  Marvin VettoriTitleMiddleweight | UD · R5 5:00 | UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2 |
| L | 6 Mar 2021 |  Jan BłachowiczTitleLight heavyweight | UD · R5 5:00 | UFC 259: Błachowicz vs. Adesanya |
| W | 27 Sept 2020 | Paulo CostaTitle Middleweight | TKO · R2 3:59 punches | UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa |
| W | 7 Mar 2020 |  Yoel RomeroTitleMiddleweight | UD · R5 5:00 | UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero |
| W | 6 Oct 2019 | Robert WhittakerTitle Middleweight | KO · R2 3:33 punches | UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya |
| W | 13 Apr 2019 | Kelvin Gastelum Middleweight | UD · R5 5:00 | UFC 236: Holloway vs. Poirier 2 |
| W | 10 Feb 2019 | Anderson Silva Middleweight | UD · R3 5:00 | UFC 234: Adesanya vs. Silva |
| W | 3 Nov 2018 | Derek Brunson Middleweight | TKO · R1 4:51 knees and punches | UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis |
| W | 14 Apr 2018 | Marvin Vettori Middleweight | SD · R3 5:00 | UFC on Fox: Poirier vs. Gaethje |
| W | 11 Feb 2018 |  Rob WilkinsonMiddleweight | TKO · R2 3:37 knees and punches | UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold |
