Ranking all of Israel Adeanya’s UFC fights from worst to best

13: UFC 263: Israel Adesanya vs Marvin Vettori 2

The somewhat anticipated rematch between Adesanya and ”The Italian Dream” Marvin Vettori wasn’t bad, but it did underperform relative to many fans’ expectations. Their first meeting was close, but Adesanya had improved exponentially heading into their rematch, firmly established as the best middleweight in the world.

Much of the fault lies on Vettori, who spent much of the fight either eating kicks at range or unsuccessfully trying to take Adesanya down against the cage – something that is proven to be very difficult (we’ll get back to that later on in the ranking).

Adesanya pieced Vettori up on the feet, did a great job at managing distance and even clowned his opponent by grabbing his butt while simultaneously successfully defending the takedown. Vettori seemed confused (shocking, right?) and Adesanya comfortably won every single round.

Hardly an all-time great fight, not a terrible fight either. A display of dominance that lacked the big moments that make a fight great.