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 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 loses and 0 draws, with 9 of those wins by knock out and 5 by submission.

The stats suggested Adesanya had a massive power advantage over Whittaker, boasting at 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, boosting at 23% submission rate over Adesanya's 0%.

Israel Adesanya was the older man by 1 year, at 33 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 year later than Whittaker, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 10 less professional rounds, 69 to Whittaker's 79.

Adesanya vs Whittaker II form

Adesanya had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Marvin Vettori at UFC 263 on 12th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at Gila River Arena, Glendale, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that 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.

Before that, he had beat 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.

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.

Robert Whittaker had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Kelvin Gastelum at UFC Vegas 24 on 17th April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won 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.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Darren Till at UFC Fight Island 3 on 25th July 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi.

Before that, he had lost to Israel Adesanya at UFC 243 on 5th October 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, Australia.

He had beat Yoel Romero at UFC 225 on 9th June 2018 by split decision in their 5 round contest at United Center, Chicago, United States.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Israel Adesanya had last fought 1 year, 9 months and 10 days ago, while Robert Whittaker's last outing had been 1 year, 11 months and 5 days ago.

Adesanya's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

Whittaker's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 9 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

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