Israel Adesanya
“The Last Stylebender”
Israel Adesanya is ranked 9th of 317 middleweights by the First Light Rating, and 9th in the UFC’s own middleweight rankings.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 2,0319th of 317 · Middleweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.84Fame ahead of skill
- Career phase
- DecliningCareer-best FLR 2,144, 2 Jul 2022
- Record
- 24–6Pro
Fame against skill.
Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.
Skill and attention.
Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: where the most similar careers went next.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Mar 2026 | Lost to Joe PyferUFC Fight Night 271 - Adesanya vs. Pyfer · TKO (Punches), R2 | −30 |
| 1 Feb 2025 | Lost to Nassourdine ImavovUFC Fight Night 250 - Adesanya vs. Imavov · TKO (Punches), R2 | −12 |
| 17 Aug 2024 | Lost to Dricus Du Plessis TitleUFC 305 - Du Plessis vs. Adesanya · Submission (Face Crank), R4 | −24 |
| 9 Sept 2023 | Lost to Sean Strickland TitleUFC 293 - Adesanya vs. Strickland · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | −28 |
| 8 Apr 2023 | Won vs Alex Pereira TitleUFC 287 - Pereira vs. Adesanya 2 · KO (Punches), R2 | +6 |
| 12 Nov 2022 | Lost to Alex Pereira TitleUFC 281 - Adesanya vs. Pereira · TKO (Punches), R5 | −19 |
| 2 Jul 2022 | Won vs Jared Cannonier TitleUFC 276 - Adesanya vs. Cannonier · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +7 |
| 12 Feb 2022 | Won vs Robert Whittaker TitleUFC 271 - Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +6 |
| 12 Jun 2021 | Won vs Marvin Vettori TitleUFC 263 - Adesanya vs. Vettori 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +20 |
| 6 Mar 2021 | Lost to Jan BlachowiczUFC 259 - Blachowicz vs. Adesanya · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | −28 |
| 26 Sept 2020 | Won vs Paulo Costa TitleUFC 253 - Adesanya vs. Costa · TKO (Punches and Elbows), R2 | +18 |
| 7 Mar 2020 | Won vs Yoel Romero TitleUFC 248 - Adesanya vs. Romero · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +10 |
FLR is the First Light Rating points the fight earned or cost them.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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