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 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.

Activity check

Adesanya's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 22 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.4 rounds on average.

Silva's last 2 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 9 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 years, 4 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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