Adesanya vs Brunson

Who won Adesanya vs Brunson?

Israel Adesanya beat Derek Brunson by during the main card of UFC 230, on Saturday 3rd November 2018 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

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 Brunson stats

Israel Adesanya stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 14 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Derek Brunson made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Israel Adesanya's UFC record stood at 13-3-0, while Derek Brunson's came in at 14-7-0.

The stats suggested Adesanya had a large advantage in power over Brunson, boasting a 86% knock out percentage over Brunson's 61%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Brunson had an advantage over Adesanya, with a 17% submission rate over Adesanya's 0%.

Israel Adesanya was the younger man by 6 years, at 34 years old.

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

Adesanya was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 10 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 1 year and 10 months later than Brunson, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 13 more professional rounds, 76 to Brunson's 63.

Adesanya vs Brunson form

Israel Adesanya had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, 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, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, 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.

He had been beaten by Jan Blachowicz at UFC 259 on 6th March 2021 by unanimous decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Derek Brunson had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he was victorious against Ray Cooper at PFL 10: 2023 PFL World Championship on 24th November 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Anthem, Washington, United States.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 285 on 4th March 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Jared Cannonier at UFC 271 on 12th February 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Toyota Center, Houston.

Before that, he had won against Darren Till at UFC Vegas 36 on 4th September 2021 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Kevin Holland at UFC Vegas 22 on 20th March 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Israel Adesanya had last fought 1 year, 5 months and 6 days ago, while Derek Brunson's last outing had been 4 months and 25 days ago.

Adesanya's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 25 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5 rounds on average.

Brunson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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