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 17th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018.

Israel Adesanya's UFC record stood at 13-4-0, while Brad Tavares' came in at 15-9-0.

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 1 year, 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 9 more professional rounds, 80 to Tavares' 71.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Israel Adesanya had last fought 6 years, 5 months and 24 days ago, while Brad Tavares' last outing had been 7 years, 3 months and 1 day ago.

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