Adesanya vs Silva

Who won Adesanya vs Silva?

Israel Adesanya beat Anderson Silva by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main event of UFC 234, on Saturday 9th February 2019 at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Israel Adesanya.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Adesanya vs Silva stats

Israel Adesanya stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 15 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Anderson Silva made his way to the cage with a record of 34 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 23 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Israel Adesanya's 18th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018.

Israel Adesanya's UFC record stood at 13-5-0, while Anderson Silva's came in at 17-7-0.

The stats suggested Adesanya had an advantage in power over Silva, with a 87% knock out percentage over Silva's 68%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Silva had a slight advantage over Adesanya, with a 9% submission rate over Adesanya's 0%.

Israel Adesanya was the younger man by 15 years, at 35 years old.

Adesanya had a height advantage of 2 inches over Silva. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Adesanya was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 27 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 14 years and 8 months later than Silva, whose first professional fight was in 1997. He had fought 16 less professional rounds, 82 to Silva's 98.

Adesanya vs Silva form

Adesanya had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Alex Pereira at UFC 287 on 8th April 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at Miami-Dade Arena, Miami, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Alex Pereira at UFC 281 on 12th November 2022 by knockout in the 5th round in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Jared Cannonier at UFC 276 on 2nd July 2022 by unanimous decision in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Robert Whittaker at UFC 271 on 12th February 2022 by unanimous decision in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at Toyota Center, Houston.

He was victorious against Marvin Vettori at UFC 263 on 12th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at Gila River Arena, Glendale.

Anderson Silva had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had been beaten by Uriah Hall at UFC Vegas 12 on 31st October 2020 by knockout in the 4th round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Jared Cannonier at UFC 237 on 11th May 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Israel Adesanya at UFC 234 on 9th February 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia.

Before that, he had won against Derek Brunson at UFC 208 on 11th February 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Barclays Center, Brooklyn, United States.

He had been beaten by Daniel Cormier at UFC 200 on 9th July 2016 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Israel Adesanya had been fighting more than Anderson Silva.

Going to this contest, Israel Adesanya had last fought 2 years, 2 months and 12 days ago, while Anderson Silva's last outing had been 4 years, 7 months and 20 days ago.

Adesanya's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 22 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.4 rounds on average.

Silva's last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 11 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 9 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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