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.

Israel Adesanya's UFC record stood at 13-3-0, 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 2 years, at 34 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 5 more professional rounds, 76 to Tavares' 71.

Adesanya vs Tavares 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 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.

Previous to that, he had beaten Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 236 on 13th April 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at State Farm Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Anderson Silva at UFC 234 on 9th February 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia.

Before that, he was victorious against Derek Brunson at UFC 230 on 3rd November 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

He had won against Brad Tavares at The Ultimate Fighter 27 Finale on 6th July 2018 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Last Vegas.

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Adesanya's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 2 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

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