Here are some facts. Marvin Vettori set a UFC middleweight record with 11 takedowns in his last outing. In Israel Adesanya’s most recent bout, Jan Blachowicz took down the middleweight champ three times and accumulated 7:06 of control time.
With no other information to go on, it would not be crazy to assume Vettori should be able to score takedowns against Adesanya when the two meet in the main event of UFC 263, which takes place at Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
Here are more facts. Blachowicz and Adesanya fought at light heavyweight. Blachowicz has a height and reach advantage over Vettori. Holland’s takedown defense is 47 percent. Adesanya has stopped 82 percent of the takedowns attempted against him. Derek Brunson took Holland down six times in the fight before he faced Vettori. In his nine UFC middleweight fights, Adesanya’s opponents took him down seven times. Before he faced Blachowicz, Adesanya was taken down once in six fights. In the first meeting between Adesanya and Vettori, Vettori scored two takedowns on six attempts. Adesanya won that fight by split decision.
In short, wrestling might determine UFC 263’s main event, but the outcome of Blachowicz vs. Adesanya and Vettori vs. Holland should not be given too much weight heading into this matchup.
Below take a look at where Adesanya and Vettori appear in the UFC record book ahead of UFC 263.
UFC 263 takes place on June 12 at Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona. The main card streams on ESPN+ pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+ and early prelims on ESPN+ and UFC Fight Pass.
UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori
| Israel Adesanya | Marvin Vettori |
|---|---|
| Israel Adesanya | Marvin Vettori |
| Overall UFC records | Overall UFC records |
| Adesanya is tied for 10th in UFC history with a nine-fight winning streak | |
| Overall UFC middleweight records | Overall UFC middleweight records |
| Adesanya ranks first in longest average fight time in the UFC middleweight divsion at 15:07 | Vettori ranks third in significant strike defense in UFC middleweight history at 66.2 percent |
| Adesanya ranks second in the UFC middleweight divsion with a takedown defense of 86.5 percent | Vettori ranks third in longest average fight time in UFC middleweight history at 14:53 |
| Adesanya is tied for second in the UFC middleweight division with a nine-fight winning streak | Vettori ranks fifth in takedown accuracy in UFC middleweight history at 53.7 percent |
| Adesanya is tied for second in the UFC middleweight division with four title fight wins | Vettori is tied for seventh in UFC middleweight history with a five-fight winning streak |
| Adesanya ranks third in the UFC middleweight divsion with 11 knockdowns landed | Vettori ranks 10th in UFC middleweight history with 616 significant strikes landed |
| Adesanya is tied for fourth in the UFC middleweight division with seven fight night bonuses | Vettori ranks 10th in UFC middleweight history with 981 total strikes landed |
| Adesanya ranks sixth in the UFC middleweight divsion with a significant striking defense of 65.2 percent | |
| Adesanya is tied for eighth in the UFC middleweight division with 1.21 knockdowns averaged per 15 minutes | |
| Adesanya ranks ninth in the UFC middleweight divsion with a striking differential of plus 1.77 | |
| UFC Middleweight Single Fight Records | UFC Middleweight Single Fight Records |
| Adesanya is tied for first with four knockdowns landed in one UFC middleweight bout vs. Kelvin Gastelum on 4-13-19 | Vettori ranks first with 11 takedowns landed in one UFC middleweight fight vs. Kevin Holland on 4-10-21 |
| Adesanya is tied for third with three knockdowns landed in one UFC middleweight bout vs. Derek Brunson on 11-3-18 | Vettori ranks first with 156 distance strikes landed in one UFC middleweight fight vs. Jack Hermansson on 12-5-20 |
| Adesanya ranks sixth with a plus 79 strike differential in one UFC middleweight bout vs. Brad Tavares on 7-6-18 | Vettori ranks first with 143 significant head strikes landed in one UFC middleweight fight vs. Jack Hermansson on 12-5-20 |
| Adesanya is tied for seventh with 37 leg kicks landed in one UFC middleweight bout vs. Brad Tavares on 7-6-18 | Vettori ranks second with 164 significant strikes landed in one UFC middleweight fight vs. Jack Hermansson on 12-5-20 |
| Vettori ranks third with 376 total strikes attempted in one UFC middleweight fight vs. Jack Hermansson on 12-5-20 | |
| Vettori ranks fourth win a takedown accuracy of 64.7 in one UFC middleweight fight vs. Kevin Holland on 4-10-21 | |
| Vettori ranks fifth with 334 significant strikes attempted in one UFC middleweight fight vs. Jack Hermansson on 12-5-20 | |
| Vettori ranks sixth with 163 total head strikes landed in one UFC middleweight fight vs. Jack Hermansson on 12-5-20 | |
| Vettori ranks seventh with 17 takedowns attempted in one UFC middleweight fight vs. Kevin Holland on 4-10-21 | |
| Vettori ranks 10th with 202 total strikes landed in one UFC middleweight fight vs. Jack Hermanssin on 12-5-20 | |
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