Adesanya vs Tavares

Who won Adesanya vs Tavares?

Israel Adesanya beat Brad Tavares by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of The Ultimate Fighter 27 Finale, on Friday 6th July 2018 at T-Mobile Arena in Last 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).

Adesanya vs Tavares stats

Israel Adesanya stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 13 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Brad Tavares made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Israel Adesanya's 18th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018. Brad Tavares marked his 26th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2010.

Israel Adesanya's UFC record stood at 13-5-0, while Brad Tavares' came in at 16-10-0.

The stats suggested Adesanya had a massive power advantage over Tavares, boasting a 92% knock out percentage over Tavares' 29%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Tavares had an advantage over Adesanya, with a 12% submission rate over Adesanya's 0%.

Israel Adesanya was the younger man by 2 years, at 35 years old.

Adesanya had a height advantage of 3 inches over Tavares. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Adesanya was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 8 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 4 years and 8 months later than Tavares, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 5 more professional rounds, 82 to Tavares' 77.

Adesanya vs Tavares form

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Sean Strickland at UFC 293 on 9th September 2023 by unanimous decision in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, Australia.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by 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.

Before that, 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.

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.

Activity check

Adesanya's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 2 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 22 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.4 rounds on average.

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