Israel Adesanya is closing in on one other UFC record and he could break it this Saturday.
This coming Saturday, the previous UFC middleweight champion returns to motion after over a yr out when he takes on Joe Pyfer within the UFC Seattle fundamental event.
”The Last Stylebender’ has had a tricky time within the cage as of late, and he might be hoping to interrupt his three-fight losing skid with a win over his heavy hitting opponent.
Having been a everlasting fixture within the middleweight rankings since his debut within the promotion, Israel Adesanya is closing in on one other UFC record.
Adesanya could break Anderson Silva’s knockdown record at UFC Seattle
Win or lose on Saturday night, Adesanya could break Anderson Silva‘s longstanding record of probably the most knockdowns within the middleweight division.
The pair are currently tied with 13 knockdowns each, meaning one knockdown of Pyfer during his UFC Seattle fundamental event, and Adesanya will overtake the all time great.
In his last three fights, the 36-year-old has did not rating a knockdown, and has suffered two himself.
With that, he might be hoping to return to the shape that saw him set the record for probably the most amount of knockdowns in a UFC title fight when he and Kelvin Gastelum placed on a Hall of Fame fight in 2019.
Actually, just over 53% of Adesanya’s knockdowns got here in only two fights against Gastelum and against Derek Brunson, when he knocked Brunson out in the primary round of their clash.
Depending on his performance, Adesanya may find himself overtaking Sean Strickland with the longest average fight time within the division, currently just 42 seconds behind his former rival.
If the Nigerian can land a knockdown on ‘BodyBagz’, he’ll likely see his record stand for a very long time because the only other lively middleweight in the highest 10 is Gregory Rodrigues, who has 7 knockdowns within the division.
Ahead of the fifteenth UFC fundamental event of his profession (Adesanya becomes just the fifth fighter to realize that number behind Jon Jones, Anderson Silva, Randy Couture and Tito Ortiz), he has admitted he may not have many more fights left in his profession.