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Israel Adesanya
Nickname: The Last Stylebender Stylebender
Age: 34
Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Reach: 80 in (203 cm)
Born: Lagos, Nigeria
Fighting out of: Auckland, New Zealand
Team: City Kickboxing (2010–present)
Rank: 2
Record:
2023-09: Loss Sean Strickland MW #6 in 2023-07 Decision (unanimous)
2023-04: Win Alex Pereira MW #C in 2023-02 KO (punches)
2022-11: Loss Alex Pereira MW #4 in 2022-10 TKO (punches)
2022-07: Win Jared Cannonier MW #2 in 2022-06 Decision (unanimous)
2022-02: Win Robert Whittaker MW #1 in 2022-02 Decision (unanimous)
2021-06: Win Marvin Vettori MW #3 in 2021-05 Decision (unanimous)
2021-03: Loss Jan Błachowicz LHW #3 in 2023-05 Decision (unanimous)
2020-09: Win Paulo Costa MW #2 in 2020-09 TKO (punches and elbows)
2020-03: Win Yoel Romero MW #3 in 2020-02 Decision (unanimous)
2019-10: Win Robert Whittaker MW #C in 2019-09 KO (punches)
2019-04: Win Kelvin Gastelum MW #4 in 2019-04 Decision (unanimous)
2019-02: Win Anderson Silva MW #15 in 2019-01 Decision (unanimous)
2018-11: Win Derek Brunson MW #6 in 2018-10 TKO (knees and punches)
2018-07: Win Brad Tavares MW #8 in 2018-06 Decision (unanimous)
2018-04: Win Marvin Vettori MW #14 in 2020-06 Decision (split)
2018-02: Win Rob Wilkinson TKO (knees and punches)
2017-11: Win Stuart Dare KO (head kick)
2017-07: Win Melvin Guillard TKO (punches)
2016-05: Win Murad Kuramagomedov TKO (punches)
2016-05: Win Andrew Flores Smith TKO (corner stoppage)
2016-03: Win Dibir Zagirov TKO (punches)
2016-01: Win Vladimir Katykhin TKO (doctor stoppage)
2015-09: Win Gele Qing TKO (elbows)
2015-09: Win Maui Tuigamala TKO (kick to the body)
2015-08: Win Song Kenan TKO (head kick)
2013-06: Win John Vake TKO (punches)
2012-03: Win James Griffiths TKO (punches)