Jones vs Adesanya

When is Jones vs Adesanya?

Jon Jones could potentially face Israel Adesanya, in Autumn/Fall 2025.

The fight would be scheduled for 5 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which means the weight limit would be 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Jones vs Adesanya stats

Jon Jones would step into the octagon with a record of 28 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Israel Adesanya would make his way to the cage with a record of 24 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 16 of those wins coming by knock out.

The stats suggest Adesanya would have a large advantage in power over Jones, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Jones' 39%.

If the fight goes to the ground, their records suggest Jones would have a large advantage over Adesanya, boasting a 25% submission rate over Adesanya's 0%.

Jon Jones is the older man by 2 years, at 37 years old.

Jones has a 5-inch reach advantage.

Jones is currently the more experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2008, 3 years and 11 months earlier than Adesanya, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He has fought 4 more professional rounds, 86 to Adesanya's 82.

Jones vs Adesanya form

Jones has won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 opponent and going to the judges 4 times.

In his last fight, he won against Stipe Miocic at UFC 309 on 16th November 2024 by knockout in the 3rd round in their UFC Heavyweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Ciryl Gane at UFC 285 on 4th March 2023 by submission in the 1st round in their UFC Heavyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Dominick Reyes at UFC 247 on 8th February 2020 by unanimous decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at Toyota Center, Houston.

Before that, he was victorious against Thiago Santos at UFC 239 on 6th July 2019 by split decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had won against Anthony Smith at UFC 235 on 2nd March 2019 by unanimous decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Israel Adesanya has stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight, he lost to Nassourdine Imavov at UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov on 1st February 2025 by knockout in the 2nd round at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 305 on 17th August 2024 by submission in the 4th round in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at RAC Arena, Perth, Western Australia.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Sean Strickland at UFC 293 on 9th September 2023 by unanimous decision in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, Australia.

Before that, he had beaten 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.

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.

Activity check

In terms of recent activity, Israel Adesanya has been fighting more than Jon Jones.

Jon Jones last fought 5 months and 21 days ago, while Israel Adesanya's last outing was 3 months and 6 days ago.

Jones' last 5 fights have come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 5 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

Adesanya's last 5 fights have come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 25 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 6 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

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