Israel Adesanya is a professional MMA fighter who fights in the UFC. Israel Adesanya’s nickname is ”The Last Stylebender” and he is sometimes called Izzy. Izzy mainly fights in the middleweight weight class. He is undefeated in this weight class. Adesanya also tried a match in the light heavyweight class, but Jan Blahowicz (former light heavyweight champion) won the match. Israel Adesanya’s record is 21-0-0. Check out some of Israel Adesanya’s stats below:
Israel Adesanya STATS
Record: 21-1-0 (UFC: 10-1-0)
Origin: Nigeria / New Zealand
Length 1.93 cm
Age: 32 years
Weight: 84 KG
Weight class: middle weight
Izzy fought his last fight in July 2022 against Jared Cannonier. Adesanya won this match convincingly by unanimous decision. Israel’s next fight is scheduled for November 12, 2022. His opponent is Alex Pereira.
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Adesanya fought his first match in the UFC against Rob Wilkinson top UFC 221 in 2018. Israel won this match by TKO. Izzy became interim middleweight champion when he won his 6th fight in the UFC against Kelvin Gastelum. And when he won his seventh match in the UFC against Robert Whittaker, he became Middleweight champion.
Israel Adesanya has a professional MMA record of 21 wins and 1 loss. His record in the UFC is 10-1-0. His only loss was against former light heavyweight champion Jan Blahowizc. Check out how Israel Adesanya is doing so far in the UFC below:
| opponent | Result | Competition | Rode | Round | Time |
| Jared Cannonier | Gain | UFC | Decision | 5 | 5:00 |
| Robert Whittaker | Gain | UFC | Decision | 5 | 5:00 |
| Marvin Vettori | Gain | UFC | Decision | 5 | 5:00 |
| Jan Blahowizc | Loss | UFC | Decision | 5 | 5:00 |
| Paulo Costa | Gain | UFC | TKO | 2 | 3:59 |
| Yoel Romero | Gain | UFC | Decision | 5 | 5:00 |
| Robert Whittaker | Gain | UFC | coffee | 2 | 3:33 |
| Kelvin Gastelum | Gain | UFC | Decision | 5 | 5:00 |
| Anderson Silva | Gain | UFC | Decision | 3 | 5:00 |
| Justin Gaethje | Gain | UFC | TKO | 4 | 0:33 |
| Derek Brunson | Gain | UFC | TKO | 1 | 4:51 |
| Brad Tavares | Gain | UFC | Decision | 5 | 5:00 |
| Marvin Vettori | Gain | UFC | Decision | 3 | 5:00 |
| Rob Wilkinson | Gain | UFC | TKO | 2 | 3:37 |
His nickname ”The Last Stylebender” refers to the anime cartoon series: Avatar: The Last Airbender. Israel also has a tattoo of one of the main characters in the series, Toph Beifong, on his forearm.
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