Adesanya vs Gastelum II

When is Adesanya vs Gastelum II?

Israel Adesanya could potentially face Kelvin Gastelum, in Autumn/Fall 2024.

The fight would be scheduled for 5 rounds in the Middleweight division, which means the weight limit would be 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Adesanya vs Gastelum II stats

Israel Adesanya would step into the octagon with a record of 24 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 16 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Kelvin Gastelum would make his way to the cage with a record of 19 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

The stats suggest Adesanya would have a massive power advantage over Gastelum, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Gastelum's 32%.

If the fight goes to the ground, their records suggest Gastelum would have a large advantage over Adesanya, boasting a 26% submission rate over Adesanya's 0%.

Israel Adesanya is the older man by 3 years, at 35 years old.

Adesanya has a height advantage of 7 inches over Gastelum. This also extends to a 8-inch reach advantage.

Adesanya is currently the less experienced professional fighter, having had 1 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 1 year and 3 months later than Gastelum, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He has fought the same amount of professional rounds, 76 to Gastelum's 76.

Adesanya vs Gastelum II form

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

In his last fight, he 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.

Kelvin Gastelum has beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight, he won against Daniel Rodriguez at UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov on 22nd June 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Sean Brady at UFC Fight Night: Dariush vs. Tsarukyan on 2nd December 2023 by submission in the 3rd round at Moody Center, Austin, United States.

Going into that contest, he had won against Chris Curtis at UFC 287 on 8th April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Miami-Dade Arena, Miami.

Before that, he had lost to Jared Cannonier at UFC Vegas 34 on 21st August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Enterprise.

He had been beaten by Robert Whittaker at UFC Vegas 24 on 17th April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of recent activity, Israel Adesanya has been fighting more than Kelvin Gastelum.

Israel Adesanya last fought 10 months and 18 days ago, while Kelvin Gastelum's last outing was 1 month and 5 days ago.

Adesanya's last 5 fights have come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 15 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 5 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 22 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 4.4 rounds on average.

Gastelum's last 5 fights have come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 10 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 7 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

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