Adesanya vs Brunson

Who won Adesanya vs Brunson?

Israel Adesanya beat Derek Brunson by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC 230, on Saturday 3rd November 2018 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

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 Brunson stats

Israel Adesanya stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 14 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Derek Brunson made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 11 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 Derek Brunson's came in at 14-7-0.

The stats suggested Adesanya had a large advantage in power over Brunson, boasting a 86% knock out percentage over Brunson's 61%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Brunson had an advantage over Adesanya, with a 17% submission rate over Adesanya's 0%.

Israel Adesanya was the younger man by 6 years, at 35 years old.

Adesanya had a height advantage of 3 inches over Brunson. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Adesanya was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 10 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 1 year and 10 months later than Brunson, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 19 more professional rounds, 82 to Brunson's 63.

Adesanya vs Brunson form

Adesanya had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 opponents and going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Paulo Costa at UFC 253 on 26th September 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had beaten Yoel Romero at UFC 248 on 7th March 2020 by unanimous decision in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Robert Whittaker at UFC 243 on 5th October 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, Australia.

Before that, he was victorious against Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 236 on 13th April 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at State Farm Arena, Atlanta, United States.

He had won against Anderson Silva at UFC 234 on 9th February 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia.

Activity check

Adesanya's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 4 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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