Adesanya vs Whittaker II

Who won Adesanya vs Whittaker II?

Israel Adesanya beat Robert Whittaker by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC 271, on Saturday 12th February 2022 at Toyota Center in Houston.

The scorecards were announced as 49-46, 48-47, 48-47 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 Whittaker II stats

Israel Adesanya stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Robert Whittaker made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Israel Adesanya's UFC record stood at 13-3-0, while Robert Whittaker's came in at 16-5-0.

The stats suggested Adesanya had a massive power advantage over Whittaker, boasting a 75% knock out percentage over Whittaker's 41%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Whittaker had a large advantage over Adesanya, boasting a 23% submission rate over Adesanya's 0%.

Israel Adesanya was the older man by 1 year, at 34 years old.

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

Adesanya was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 6 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 3 years later than Whittaker, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 8 less professional rounds, 76 to Whittaker's 84.

Adesanya vs Whittaker II 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.

Robert Whittaker had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 290 on 8th July 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Marvin Vettori at UFC Fight Night Paris on 3rd September 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Israel Adesanya at UFC 271 on 12th February 2022 by unanimous decision in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Before that, he had defeated Kelvin Gastelum at UFC Vegas 24 on 17th April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Jared Cannonier at UFC 254 on 24th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Israel Adesanya had last fought 3 years and 7 months ago, while Robert Whittaker's last outing had been 9 months and 18 days ago.

Adesanya's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

Whittaker's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

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