Israel Adesanya vs Nassourdine Imavov
A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.
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Israel Adesanya and Nassourdine Imavov met once (2025). Nassourdine Imavov won in 2025 by ko.
SOURCE·Israel Adesanya and Nassourdine Imavov — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·both records name the other·REVIEWED AUG 2026
How this head-to-head is established
- This pairing exists only because at least one of the two articles' own results tables names the other fighter. No matchup on this site is speculative and none is a hypothetical.
- Every figure in the comparison below comes from that fighter's own page and carries the same source line. A dash means the source states nothing, not that the value is zero.
- Common opponents are found by matching linked bout lists, which is only possible because every fight list here is linked to every other. A shared opponent is not a transitive result and this page does not treat it as one.
- Nothing on this page predicts an outcome. It is a comparison of what is on record.
Side by side
| Israel Adesanya | Nassourdine Imavov | |
|---|---|---|
| 80″ (203.2 cm) | Reach | 75″ (190.5 cm) |
| 76″ (193 cm) | Height | 75″ (190.5 cm) |
| +5.28% | Reach advantage | 0% |
| 24–6 | Record | 17–4 |
| 67% | Finish rate | 65% |
| 23 | Longest unbeaten run | 8 |
| 35 | Recorded bouts | 22 |
| Switch | Stance | Orthodox |
A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.
Common opponents
Both fought these 2. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.
| Opponent | Israel Adesanya | Nassourdine Imavov |
|---|---|---|
| Jared Cannonier | W | W |
| Sean Strickland | L | L |
Both records, drawn
The same ledger line on each: wins stamped above the rule, losses below, the mark's shape carrying how it ended.
Israel Adesanya
Nassourdine Imavov
Where this pairing leads
The full ledger: 35 bouts, the reach placed in its cohort, and what the record does not say.
24–6 Nassourdine ImavovThe same, from the other corner — 22 bouts and the cohort Imavov is ranked inside.
17–4 Every confirmed matchupThe other 899 pairings whose own records confirm the fight happened — not a list of fights anyone imagined.
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