UFC 271 Result: Israel Adesanya defeats Robert Whittaker by unanimous decision
UFC 271 Result: Israel Adesanya retained his middleweight belt by defeating former champion Robert Whittaker via unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) at UFC 271 on Saturday in Houston. The victory was Adesanya’s (22-1) fourth title defense and his 11-fight UFC win streak at middleweight is the second-longest in division history behind Anderson Silva’s 13 in a row.
Adesanya, with a height and reach advantage, found success at range throughout the night and continuously attacked Whittaker’s lead leg. Whittaker had moments — landing several takedown attempts — but none resulted in any significant damage on the titleholder in a close bout.
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UFC 271 Results
- Israel Adesanya defeats Robert Whittaker by unanimous decision
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- Jared Cannonier defeats Derek Brunson by second-round TKO
- Renato Moicano defeats Alexander Hernandez by second-round submission
- Bobby Green defeats Nasrat Haqparast by unanimous decision
- Andrei Arlovski defeats Jared Vanderaa by split decision
- Casey O’Neill defeates Roxanne Modafferi by split decision
- Kyler Phillips defeats Marcelo Rojo by third-round submission
- Carlos Ulberg defeats Fabio Cherant by unanious decision
- Ronnie Lawrence defeats Leomana Martinez by unanimous decision
- Jacob Malkoun defeats A.J. Dobson by unanimous decision
- Douglas Silva de Andrade defeats Sergey Morozov by second-round submission
- Jeremiah Wells defeats Mike Mathetha by first-round submission
- Maxim Grishin defeats William Knight by unanimous decision