Israel Adesanya vs. Yoel Romero – Preview & Matchup Analysis

UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero is scheduled to take place on Saturday, March 7, 2020, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. In the main event, Israel “The Last Stylebender” Adesanya will take on Yoel “Soldier of God” Romero in the UFC Middleweight Title bout. You can view the full UFC 248 card.

In this post, we will break down Israel Adesanya vs. Yoel Romero matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats and more below ⤵

The 35-year-old, Israel Adesanya is coming in with a 18-0-0 record. Adesanya will be fighting for the first time since a win via KO/TKO against Robert Whittaker at UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya in October.

Romero, meanwhile, is coming off a unanimous decision loss against Paulo Costa on October 5, 2019 at UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2 and holds a 13-4-0 record.

Israel Adesanya has an switch fighting stance with a 80″ reach. The 47-year-old, Yoel Romero is an southpaw fighter with a 73″ reach. An orthodox fighter stands with their left side forward and jabs with their left hand, the southpaw fighter is the opposite, southpaw stands with their right side forward and jabs with their right hand. In most cases, orthodox fighters are right-handed, if you are left-handed, then you fight southpaw.

Adesanya comes in with 50% striking accuracy, he typically lands about 4.46 significant strikes every minute. His opponent, Romero fires at 49% accuracy, landing about 3.71 significant strikes per minute. Israel Adesanya also has a 0% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 0.00 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Romero’s 1.79 takedowns and 78% takedown accuracy.

Yoel spent on average 13:33 minutes in the Octagon and Israel has an average fight time of 14:34 minutes.

This looks like an fun matchup, at least on paper. UFC 248 is live in , who do you think will win, Israel or Yoel? Sound off in the comments.

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