UFC 271 MAP
Israel Adesanya defeated Robert Whittaker by unanimous decision to retain his middleweight title in the UFC 271 final in Houston.
The judges gave cards of 48-47, 48-47 and 49-46 in favor of the champion.
Adesanya set the tone well in the fight and he unbalanced Whittaker with a left in addition to attacking him seriously in the legs.
Whittaker recovered on the second assault, his timing being much better. He managed a takedown without really capitalizing on it. This scenario was also represented two other times in the duel without however doing any damage.
He finished well in the fifth round, which was to his advantage, but in the end Adesanya simply hit the target more, with nice ranged and leg attacks, while being dynamic and agile.
“I knew he was going to give it his all. He had nothing to lose. I hurt his leg and saw that it affected him,” Adesanya said after his win.
“I was shaky in the first round but I got better after that,” Whittaker said. “I’m happy with the way I fought but I’m disappointed, I thought I had done enough to win. »
Two years, four months and seven days had passed since Adesanya took the knockout. to Whittaker in the second round to snatch the regular middleweight title from him at UFC 243 on October 5, 2019.
Since that fight, Adesanya cemented his status as the best fighter in the world at middleweight by defending his belt three times, but he also lost his aura of invincibility by taking his first career loss to Jan Blachowicz in a fight. light heavyweight championship.
Whittaker gave himself a break after his loss to Adesanya before signing three successive unanimous decision victories against Darren Till, Jared Cannonier and Kelvin Gastelum to set the stage for this second duel.
The semi-final of this gala also opposed two heavyweights: Derrick Lewis and Tai Tuivasa.
Tuivasa now has seven knockouts. on the clock in eight fights in the UFC.
Lewis has 13 knockouts in the UFC, more than any other fighter in the history of the organization, and this, in all categories.
| fights | Category | Results |
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Israel Adesanya vs. Robert Whittaker |
Middleweights | Adesanya via unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) |
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Derrick Lewis v. Tai Tuivasa |
Heavyweight | Tuivasa by K.-O. in the 2nd round |
|
Jared Cannonier vs. Derek Brunson |
Middleweights | Cannonier by K.-O. technique in the 2nd round |
|
Alexander Hernández v. Renato Moicano |
Light weights | Moicano by submission at 1:23 of the 2nd round |
|
Bobby Green vs. Nasrat Haqparast |
Light weights | Green via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) |
|
Andrei Arlovski vs. Jared Vanderaa |
Heavyweight | Arlovski via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) |
|
Roxanne Modafferi v. Casey O’Neill |
Flyweights | O’Neill by split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28) |
|
Kyler Phillips vs. Marcelo Rojo |
bantamweight | Phillips by submission at 1:48 of the 3rd round |
|
Carlos Ulberg vs. Fabio Cherant |
Light heavyweights | Ulberg via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) |
|
Mana Martinez v. Ronnie Lawrence |
Coarse cocks | Lawrence by unanimous decision (29-27, 29-27, 29-28) |
|
AJ Dobson v. Jacob Malkoun |
Middleweights | Malkoun by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) |
|
Douglas Silva de Andrade vs. Sergey Morozov |
bantamweight | Silva de Andrade by submission at 3:24 of the 2nd round |
|
Jeremiah Wells vs. Blood Diamond |
Welterweight | Wells by submission at 4:38 of the 1st round |
|
William Knight v. Maxim Grishin |
Light heavyweights | Grishin by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) |
