Adesanya vs Romero

Who won Adesanya vs Romero?

Israel Adesanya beat Yoel Romero by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC 248, on Saturday 7th March 2020 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

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

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

This contest was for the UFC Middleweight championship.

Adesanya vs Romero stats

Israel Adesanya stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 18 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Yoel Romero made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out.

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 Yoel Romero's came in at 9-4-0.

The stats suggested Romero had a slight advantage in power over Adesanya, with a 85% knock out percentage over Adesanya's 78%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Adesanya and Romero would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Israel Adesanya was the younger man by 13 years, at 35 years old.

Adesanya had a height advantage of 4 inches over Romero. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Adesanya was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 years and 3 months later than Romero, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 14 more professional rounds, 82 to Romero's 68.

Adesanya vs Romero form

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Jared Cannonier at UFC 276 on 2nd July 2022 by unanimous decision in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

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

Going into that contest, he had defeated Marvin Vettori at UFC 263 on 12th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at Gila River Arena, Glendale.

Before that, he had lost to Jan Blachowicz at UFC 259 on 6th March 2021 by unanimous decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He was victorious 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.

Yoel Romero had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been beaten by Paulo Costa at UFC 241 on 17th August 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Honda Center, Anaheim, United States.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Robert Whittaker at UFC 225 on 9th June 2018 by split decision in their 5 round contest at United Center, Chicago.

Going into that contest, he had won against Luke Rockhold at UFC 221 on 10th February 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Perth Arena, Perth, Australia.

Before that, he had lost to Robert Whittaker at UFC 213 on 8th July 2017 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

He had beaten Chris Weidman at UFC 205 on 12th November 2016 by knockout in the 3rd round at Madison Square Garden, New York.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Israel Adesanya had last fought 3 years and 4 days ago, while Yoel Romero's last outing had been 5 years, 10 months and 19 days ago.

Adesanya's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 9 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 22 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.4 rounds on average.

Romero's last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 7 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

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