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Israel Mobolaji Temitayo Odunayo Oluwafemi Owolabi Adesanya (born 22 July 1989) is a Nigerian-New Zealand professional mixed martial artist, former kickboxer and boxer. As a mixed martial artist, he currently competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former two-time UFC Middleweight Champion. In kickboxing, he is a former Glory Middleweight Championship title challenger. As of 21 October 2025, he is #6 in the UFC middleweight rankings.
Adesanya was born in Lagos, Nigeria, the eldest of five children. His father, Oluwafemi, is an accountant and his mother, Taiwo, is a nurse. He is ethnic Yoruba. Adesanya attended Chrisland School, Opebi, and enrolled in its Taekwondo after-school club until he was removed by his mother due to an injury.
In 1999, he relocated to Ghana with his family for 10 months, but due to his parents wanting their children to receive a well-recognised higher education, he settled in Rotorua, New Zealand, at age 10 and attended Rotorua Boys' High School. Adesanya was not interested in sports during high school; instead he was interested in Japanese anime such as Death Note and the manga series Naruto. Adesanya was bullied during his high school years and attributes his decision to pursue martial arts later in life to the mistreatment he experienced. Adesanya's first exposure to fighting and an early influence on him was watching the British boxer Prince Naseem Hamed. He stated that in an interview, "I remember watching him, mesmerized at what I saw, how we came to the ring and did that flip. That was one of my earliest memories of showmanship."
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Traded items with a signature of Israel Adesanya
The most expensive item with a signature of Israel Adesanya (Israel Adesanya 2021 Panini Prizm UFC Champion Signatures MOJO 14/25. Autograph) was sold in May 2021 for $7,200.00 while the cheapest item (Israel Adesanya Signed Poster print. High Quality Print Poster.) found a new owner for $12.00 in April 2026. The month with the most items sold (18) was September 2025 with an average selling price of $150.00 for an autographed item of Israel Adesanya. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in May 2021 with $7,200.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $29.99 was December 2024. In average, an autographed item from Israel Adesanya is worth $172.51.
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Latest News about Israel Adesanya
UFC Fight Night odds, lines, predictions, time: Adesanya vs. Pyfer picks from pr (03/27/2026): SportsLine's Kyle Marley reveals his picks for the UFC Fight Night fight card from Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle in the UFC event on Paramount+, featuring 4th-ranked Israel Adesanya and 14th-ranked Joe Pyfer in a middleweight matchup 
UFC Fight Night prediction -- Israel Adesanya vs Nassourdine Imavov: Fight card, (02/01/2025): Adesanya and Imavov meet at a crossroads in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia UFC Fight Night odds, predictions, time, Saudi Arabia card: Adesanya vs. Imavov (02/01/2025): SportsLine's Daniel Vithlani reveals his picks for the UFC Fight Night: Israel Adesanya vs. Nassourdine Imavov fight card from the anb Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday UFC Fight Night odds, predictions, time, Saudi Arabia card: Adesanya vs. Imavov (01/31/2025): SportsLine's Daniel Vithlani reveals his picks for the UFC Fight Night: Israel Adesanya vs. Nassourdine Imavov fight card from the anb Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday UFC Fight Night prediction -- Israel Adesanya vs Nassourdine Imavov: Fight card, (01/31/2025): Adesanya and Imavov meet at a crossroads in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Older News Stories about Israel Adesanya
UFC Fight Night Saudi Arabia: Israel Adesanya vs. Nassourdine Imavov, 'Shara Bul (12/2024): Dana White announced the pair of bouts on Saturday for the February event UFC 305 -- Dricus du Plessis vs. Israel Adesanya: Results, highlights, fight car (08/2024): The reigning middleweight champion proved he has some staying power in the main event from Australia UFC 305 -- Dricus du Plessis vs. Israel Adesanya: Fight card, date, odds, locati (07/2024): The grudge match between Du Plessis and Adesanya headlines UFC's return to Australia UFC 305 fight card: Dricus du Plessis vs. Israel Adesanya set for middleweight t (06/2024): The champion will head into enemy territory this August to face a bitter rival UFC news, rumors: Israel Adesanya confirms offer to face Dricus du Plessis as ma (02/2024): The potential middleweight title fight was among some of the biggest storylines to emerge from a busy month of February Best of MMA in 2023: Israel Adesanya avenges past losses to Alex Pereira with Kn (12/2023): Adesanya's stoppage of Pereira was the amalgamation of everything that makes a KO great Israel Adesanya: 'I'm not going to fight for a long time' after loss to Sean Str (10/2023): Adesanya is taking a step away from MMA after a busy stretch of title fights This year's top UFC prospects that could match the incredible runs from the clas (09/2023): Assessing which UFC debutants can make a run for gold in the coming years similar to the likes of Israel Adesanya and Weili Zhang Top UFC knockouts of 2023: Max Holloway, Sean O'Malley and Israel Adesanya deliv (08/2023): 2023 has brought fans a bevy of exciting and unique finishes UFC 290 fight fallout: Alexander Volkanovski vs. Ilia Topuria, Israel Adesanya v (07/2023): A number of intriguing fights could take place in the second half of 2023 Top UFC knockouts of 2023: Israel Adesanya and Jim Miller deliver massive finish (06/2023): The first six months of 2023 has brought fans a bevy of exciting and unique finishes Top UFC knockouts of 2023: Israel Adesanya, Ian Machado Garry and Matt Brown del (05/2023): The first five months of the year have brought fans a bevy of exciting and unique finishes Israel Adesanya says he suffered torn MCL one week before Alex Pereira fight at (04/2023): Adesanya claims he won the UFC middleweight championship with a torn MCL with video from his training camp UFC 287 -- Alex Pereira vs. Israel Adesanya: Fight card, date, odds, rumors, loc (03/2023): Pereira and Adesanya meet for a second time in MMA and the fourth time overall in combat sports Pereira-Adesanya, Masvidal-Burns set at UFC 287 (01/2023): Reigning UFC middleweight champion Alex Pereira will defend his title against former champ Israel Adesanya in the co-main event of UFC 287 on April 8. UFC Pound-for-Pound Fighter Rankings: Alex Pereira makes a flashy debut with kno (11/2022): Pereira ranks among the P4P best after just four trips to the Octagon UFC 281 -- Israel Adesanya vs. Alex Pereira: Fight card, odds, location, rumors, (10/2022): A pair of title tilts tip the marquee when the Octagon returns to Madison Square Garden UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya vs. Alex Pereira set for UFC 281 (08/2022): Adesanya vs. Pereira heads to Madison Square Garden on Nov. 12 Kai Kara-France looks to turn tragedy into triumph vs. Brandon Moreno (07/2022): Kara-France will compete for a title and champs Israel Adesanya and Alexander Volkanovski are with him. UFC 276: Why Jared Cannonier is very much a live dog in his first title opportun (06/2022): 'The Killa Gorilla' took the long path to his first title fight, but his power and strong mind make him a dangerous threat Volkanovski-Holloway 3 to co-headline July card (05/2022): Israel Adesanya's fifth title defense against Jared Cannonier and Alexander Volkanovski and Max Holloway's trilogy bout are set to co-headline UFC's International Fight Week on July 2. UFC Pound-for-Pound Fighter Rankings: Israel Adesanya widens the gap at middlewe (02/2022): Adesanya has nearly cleaned out the 185-pound division, including two wins apiece over top-three opponents Question weighs heavily over Paulo Costa vs. Marvin Vettori: Which one will rema (10/2021): Saturday's UFC main event fighters are looking to bounce back from unsuccessful challenges of middleweight champion Israel Adesanya. UFC Fight Night: Golden opportunity for Derek Brunson and Darren Till to zero in (09/2021): Derek Brunson meets Darren Till in a clash of top UFC middleweights on Saturday afternoon. UFC Pound-for-Pound Fighter Rankings: Israel Adesanya reminds us of his greatnes (06/2021): 'The Last Stylebender' put on a masterful display in his latest title defense while also showing a much needed improvement to his game 2021 UFC event schedule: Israel Adesanya vs. Marvin Vettori, Conor McGregor vs. (05/2021): UFC is sprinting into summer with a loaded fight card -- and the return of fans -- on deck White: UFC finalizing Adesanya-Vettori title fight (04/2021): The UFC is finalizing a fight that will see Israel Adesanya put up his middleweight title against Marvin Vettori. Pound-for-pound rankings: Superfight win over Israel Adesanya opens the door for (03/2021): UFC light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz elevated his stock in the ESPN rankings by beating middleweight champ Israel Adesanya on March 6. 2021 UFC event schedule: Israel Adesanya vs. Jan Blachowicz, Leon Edwards vs. Be (02/2021): The MMA leader has roared into 2021 with a pair of strong main events in the first two PPV events Robert Whittaker vs. Paulo Costa middleweight bout planned to headline UFC Fight (01/2021): The middleweight fight could set the winner up for a rematch with division champion Israel Adesanya UFC real or not: This is the right time for Adesanya's double-champ move (12/2020): Israel Adesanya has beaten the top middleweights, so it's the right time for him to face light heavyweight champ Jan Blachowicz. Blachowicz waiting until March for belt defense (11/2020): In part due to the coronavirus situation in Poland, UFC light heavyweight champ Jan Blachowicz said on Ariel Helwani's MMA Show that he wants to wait until March to defend his belt against middleweight champ Israel Adesanya. Whittaker: Adesanya is the only guy I want to fight (10/2020): For Robert Whittaker the focus turns to UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya following his win over Jared Cannonier at UFC 254. UFC Pound-for-Pound Fighter Rankings: Israel Adesanya continues his ascent towar (09/2020): The middleweight champ put out another dominating effort against a challenger many considered to be his toughest to date 2020 UFC event schedule: Israel Adesanya vs. Paulo Costa, Korean Zombie vs. Bria (08/2020): A huge middleweight title fight is on deck for this September UFC 253 fight card: Israel Adesanya vs. Paulo Costa middleweight title bout set, (07/2020): The long-awaited meeting for the 185-pound title is reportedly a go for the September PPV card UFC 243 fight card, predictions -- Robert Whittaker vs. Israel Adesanya: Expert (10/2019): Check out who the experts at CBS Sports are taking for UFC's latest PPV from Melbourne, Australia
