Israel Mobolaji Temitayo Odunayo Oluwafemi Owolabi Adesanya is a Nigerian-born New Zealand professional mixed martial artist. He is the UFC Middleweight Champion and has an undefeated record of 20 wins and no losses. He has also competed in kickboxing and boxing.
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Israel Mobolaji Temitayo Odunayo Oluwafemi Owolabi Adesanya is a Nigerian-born New Zealand professional mixed martial artist. He is the UFC Middleweight Champion and has an undefeated record of 20 wins and no losses. In kickboxing, he is the former Glory middleweight contender winner and King in the Ring two-time cruiserweight and heavyweight champion. He has also competed in kickboxing and boxing. In March 2014, he became the first New Zealander to sign a deal with the Glory promotion company after he spent the past previous six months in China fighting full-time. He lost a unanimous points decision in his debut fight to Belgian Filip Verlinden at Glory 15 in Istanbul, Turkey.
In December 2017, it was announced that he had signed with the UFC. He made his debut against Rob Wilkinson on 11 February 2018, at UFC 221. His next fight was scheduled on 14 April 2018, against Marvin Vettori at UFC on Fox 29. He won the fight via split decision. He faced Derek Brunson on 3 November 2018, at UFC 230. This win earned him his second Performance of the Night award for a technical knockout in round one. He faces Kelvin Gastelum for the interim UFC Middleweights Championship on 13 April 2019, atUFC 236. Adesanyas is fluent in Yoruba, Nigerian Pidgin and English.
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