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Israel Adesanya vs Brad Tavares

The Ultimate Fighter: Undefeated Finale

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Middleweight

Israel Adesanya

“The Last Stylebender”

Israel Adesanya

🇳🇬 Nigeria

win

VS

Brad Tavares

Brad Tavares

🇺🇸 United States

loss

U-DEC · ROUND 5 · 5:00

Current profile tapeFight totals ↓

Israel Adesanya	TALE OF THE TAPE	Brad Tavares
W W	Last 5 fightsNewest first · supplied history	W W W W L
Nigeria	Country	United States
24–6–0	MMA record	21–13–0
37	Age	38
76 in	Height	73 in
80 in	Reach	74 in
185 lb	Weight	186 lb
Switch	Stance	Orthodox

Tape uses current supplied profiles, not measurements reconstructed for the bout date.

Fight totals

Israel Adesanya	FIGHT STATISTICS	Brad Tavares
119 of 215	Significant strikes	40 of 174
127 of 223	Total strikes	46 of 181
0	Knockdowns	0
0 of 2	Takedowns	1 of 12
1	Sub. attempts	0
0	Reversals	0
1:46	Control	2:05
61 of 144	Head	34 of 163
21 of 29	Body	3 of 8
37 of 42	Leg	3 of 3
99 of 192	Distance	37 of 164
12 of 14	Clinch	1 of 8
8 of 9	Ground	2 of 2

Round by round

Round 1

Israel Adesanya	FIGHT STATISTICS	Brad Tavares
14 of 35	Significant strikes	9 of 36
14 of 35	Total strikes	11 of 38
0	Knockdowns	0
0 of 0	Takedowns	0 of 1
0	Sub. attempts	0
0	Reversals	0
0:00	Control	0:25
4 of 21	Head	8 of 35
3 of 5	Body	0 of 0
7 of 9	Leg	1 of 1
13 of 34	Distance	8 of 33
1 of 1	Clinch	0 of 2
0 of 0	Ground	1 of 1

Round 2

Israel Adesanya	FIGHT STATISTICS	Brad Tavares
25 of 49	Significant strikes	8 of 30
25 of 49	Total strikes	8 of 30
0	Knockdowns	0
0 of 1	Takedowns	0 of 2
0	Sub. attempts	0
0	Reversals	0
0:12	Control	0:13
13 of 34	Head	6 of 26
5 of 7	Body	0 of 2
7 of 8	Leg	2 of 2
24 of 46	Distance	8 of 29
1 of 3	Clinch	0 of 1
0 of 0	Ground	0 of 0

Round 3

Israel Adesanya	FIGHT STATISTICS	Brad Tavares
27 of 50	Significant strikes	9 of 54
28 of 51	Total strikes	10 of 55
0	Knockdowns	0
0 of 1	Takedowns	0 of 1
0	Sub. attempts	0
0	Reversals	0
0:02	Control	0:15
12 of 31	Head	8 of 51
6 of 8	Body	1 of 3
9 of 11	Leg	0 of 0
23 of 45	Distance	9 of 51
4 of 4	Clinch	0 of 3
0 of 1	Ground	0 of 0

Round 4

Israel Adesanya	FIGHT STATISTICS	Brad Tavares
28 of 37	Significant strikes	8 of 28
32 of 41	Total strikes	11 of 32
0	Knockdowns	0
0 of 0	Takedowns	1 of 2
0	Sub. attempts	0
0	Reversals	0
0:12	Control	1:12
17 of 26	Head	8 of 27
5 of 5	Body	0 of 1
6 of 6	Leg	0 of 0
19 of 28	Distance	6 of 26
6 of 6	Clinch	1 of 1
3 of 3	Ground	1 of 1

Round 5

Israel Adesanya	FIGHT STATISTICS	Brad Tavares
25 of 44	Significant strikes	6 of 26
28 of 47	Total strikes	6 of 26
0	Knockdowns	0
0 of 0	Takedowns	0 of 6
1	Sub. attempts	0
0	Reversals	0
1:20	Control	0:00
15 of 32	Head	4 of 24
2 of 4	Body	2 of 2
8 of 8	Leg	0 of 0
20 of 39	Distance	6 of 25
0 of 0	Clinch	0 of 1
5 of 5	Ground	0 of 0

UFC profile statistics and overall MMA records have different coverage. A dash means unavailable, not zero.

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