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Israel Adesanya vs Joe Pyfer Overview

Fight Night
5 rounds · Main Card
FightIQ forecastPyfer53%PICK'EM
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Adesanya
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Pyfer
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FightIQ Read

FightIQ favors Pyfer at 53%.

How This Fight Ends
KO/TKO41%
Submission15%
Decision44%

Historical UFC · 5-round fights · 215 fights · past 5 years · historical context, not a second forecast

Your prop picksMethod and fight length
Method
Fight length · 2.5 rounds

Personal picks lock at fight start. Exact cutoff is a push.

Matchup

Tale of the Tape
AdesanyaMetricPyfer
36Age29
6′4″Height6′2″
80″Reach75″
SwitchStanceOrthodox
PendingWeigh-inPending

Populates after official weigh-ins.

Striking & Defense

Indicator moves from even toward the fighter with the advantage.

4.03Sig. strikes / min3.52
3.22Absorbed / minLower is better3.22
48%Accuracy44%
55%Defense52%
Wrestling & Control
0.05Takedown avg.1.45
9%Takedown accuracy30%
76%Takedown defense62%
Style History

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Recent Form

Adesanya

5 recorded bouts shown

  1. LJoe PyferR2 · KO/TKO
  2. LNassourdine ImavovR2 · KO/TKO
  3. LDricus Du PlessisR4 · SUB
  4. LSean StricklandR5 · U-DEC
  5. WAlex PereiraR2 · KO/TKO

Pyfer

5 recorded bouts shown

  1. WIsrael AdesanyaR2 · KO/TKO
  2. WAbus MagomedovR2 · Submission
  3. WKelvin GastelumR3 · Decision
  4. WMarc-Andre BarriaultR1 · KO/TKO
  5. LJack HermanssonR5 · Decision

Strength of Schedule

Longer bar means higher opponent quality.

Adesanya
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History & Common OpponentsShared opponents and prior meetings

Pyfer won the prior meeting by KO/TKO.

Kelvin Gastelum: Adesanya win, Pyfer win.

Fight Shape

Fight Shape

Historical UFC · 5-round fights · 215 fights · past 5 years

In these past fights, decision was the most common ending (44%). Historical context for this matchup, not a prediction.

How Long Comparable Fights Last
Past 1.5 rounds
75%Typical
Past 2.5 rounds
60%Typical
Full distance
44%Typical

Historical context — not a second forecast.

Why this fight may differMatchup-specific context
Pyfer's power meets a proven weakness

63% of Pyfer's wins come by knockout, and Adesanya has been stopped by strikes 3 times. That is the clearest route to an early night.

Market

Odds over time

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