I. Adesanya (left) and R. Whittaker (right) face each other in the UFC 271. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram
This Saturday (12), Israel adesanya e Robert whittaker face each other in the main fight of the UFC 271, in a rematch valid for the middleweight belt (up to 70,3 kg). Winner of the first confrontation, held in October 2019, Adesanya has in his favor the historical record of rematches in title fights in Ultimate.
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O SUPER FIGHTS made a list of all the times fighters faced each other twice in duels valid for the belt. In 60,5% of cases, whoever won the first fight also won the rematch.
In total, there have been 38 title rematches in UFC history. On 23 occasions, whoever won the first fight also emerged victorious in the rematch; 11 times, the loser of the first duel won the rematch; three times one of the fights ended in a draw; and once, in the confrontation between Jon Jones e Daniel Cormier, one of the fights ended “No Result”.
It is important to emphasize that the survey only takes into account situations in which the two meetings were valid for UFC belts. In cases of trilogies, third clashes are not taken into account.
If the total number favors Adesanya, the middleweight division should make the Nigerian even more optimistic. Within the category, 100% of belt rematches ended with the same winners as the first fights: Anderson Silva beat Rich Franklin and Chael Sonnen twice and was surpassed by Chris Weidman also on two occasions.
Check out the list of all title rematches in UFC history:
Heavyweight:
F. Ngannou (right) and S. Miocic faced each other twice, with one victory for each side. Photo: Reproduction/Facebook @ufc
- Randy Couture x Pedro Rizzo – Couture won both fights, at UFC 31 and UFC 34, both in 2001.
- Tim Sylvia x Andrei Arlovski – Arlovski won his first, for the interim belt, at UFC 51, in 2005; Sylvia won the second, for the linear belt, at UFC 59, in 2006.
- Cain Velasquez x Junior Gypsy – Cigano won the first, at UFC on Fox, in 2011; Velasquez won the second, at UFC 155, in 2012.
- Stipe Miocic x Daniel Cormier – Cormier won the first, at UFC 226, in 2018; Miocic won the second, at UFC 241, in 2019.
- Stipe Miocic x Francis Ngannou – Miocic won the first, at UFC 220, in 2018; Ngannou won the second, in the UFC 260In 2021.
Light Heavyweight:
Jones (left) defeated A. Gustafsson twice Photo: Reproduction / Facebook @ufc
- Randy Couture x Vitor belfort – Belfort won the first one, at UFC 46, in 2004; Couture won the second, at UFC 49, also in 2004.
- Randy Couture x Chuck Liddell – Couture won the first, at UFC 43, in 2003; Liddell won the second, at UFC 52, in 2005.
- Lyoto Machida x Mauricio Shogun – Lyoto won the first one, at UFC 104, in 2009; Shogun won the second, at UFC 113, in 2010.
- Jon Jones x Daniel Cormier – Jones won the first, at UFC 182, in 2015; the second ended “No Result”, at UFC 214, in 2017.
- Jon Jones x Alexander Gustafson – Jones won twice at UFC 165, in 2013 and at UFC 232, in 2018.
Average weight:
C. Weidman surpassed A. Silva twice. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram
- Anderson Silva x Rich Franklin – Anderson won twice at UFC 64, in 2006 and at UFC 77, in 2007.
- Anderson Silva x Chael Sonnen – Anderson won twice at UFC 117, in 2010 and at UFC 148, in 2012.
- Chris Weidman x Anderson Silva – Weidman won both at UFC 162 and UFC 168, both in 2013.
Welterweight Weight:
K. Usman (left) defeated C. Covington (right) on two occasions. Photo: Reproduction/Twitter @UFC_CA
- Matt hugs x Carlos Newton – Hughes won both at UFC 34, in 2001 and at UFC 38, in 2002.
- Matt hugs x B.J. Penn – BJ won the first one, at UFC 46, in 2004; Hughes won the second, at UFC 63, in 2006.
- Matt hugs x Georges St-Pierre – Hughes won the first, at UFC 50, in 2004; St-Pierre won the second, at UFC 65, in 2006.
- GSP x Matt Serra – Serra won the first, at UFC 69, in 2007; St-Pierre won the second, at UFC 83, in 2008.
- Tyron woodley x Stephen Thompson – The first ended in a draw, at UFC 205, in 2016; Woodley won the second, at UFC 209, in 2017.
- Kamaru Usman x Colby covington – Usman won both in the UFC 245, in 2019 and UFC 268In 2021.
- Kamaru Usman x Jorge masvidal – Usman won both in the UFC 251, in 2020 and UFC 261In 2021.
Lightweight:
F. Edgar surpassed G. Maynard and they faced each other twice for the belt (Photo: Disclosure/UFC)
- Frankie Edgar x B.J. Penn – Edgar won both at UFC 112 and UFC 118, both in 2010.
- Frankie Edgar x Gray Maynard – The first ended in a draw, at UFC 125 and Edgar won the second at UFC 136, both in 2011.*
- Frankie Edgar x Benson Henderson – Henderson won both at UFC 144 and UFC 150, both in 2012.
* The first fight between the two, won by Maynard, was not valid for the belt, therefore it was not considered.
Feather weight:
A. Volkanovski (left) defeated M. Holloway (right) twice. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram
- José Aldo x Chad Mendes – Aldo won both at UFC 142, in 2012 and at UFC 179, in 2014.
- José Aldo x Frankie Edgar – Aldo won both at UFC 156, in 2013 and at UFC 200, in 2016.
- Max Holloway x José Aldo – Holloway won both at UFC 212 and UFC 218, both in 2017.
- Alexander Volkanovsky x Max Holloway – Volkanovski won both in the UFC 245, in 2019 and UFC 251In 2020.
Bantamweight:
C. Garbrandt (left) and T. Dillashaw (right) faced each other twice. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram @tjdillashaw
- Renan Barao x Urijah faber – Barão won both at UFC 149, in 2012 and at UFC 169, in 2014.
- TJ Dillashaw x Renan Barao – Dillashaw won both at UFC 173, in 2014 and at UFC on Fox, in 2015.
- Dominick Cruz x Urijah faber – Cruz won both at UFC 132, in 2011 and at UFC 199, in 2016.
- TJ Dillashaw x cody garbrandt – Dillashaw won both at UFC 217, in 2017 and at UFC 227, in 2018.
* The first clash, won by Faber, was valid for the WEC, therefore it was not considered.
Fly weight:
D. Figueiredo (right) and B. Moreno (left) have already faced each other on three occasions. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram
- Demetrious Johnson x Joseph Benavidez – Johnson won both at UFC 152, in 2012 and at UFC on Fox, in 2013.
- Demetrious Johnson x John Dodson – Johnson won both at UFC on Fox, in 2013 and at UFC 191, in 2015.
- Henry Cejudo x Demetrious Johnson – Johnson won the first, at UFC 197, in 2016; Cejudo won the second, at UFC 227, in 2018.
- Deiveson Figueiredo x Joseph Benavidez – Deiveson won both at UFC Fight Night 169 and UFC Fight Night 172, both in 2020.*
- Brandon Moreno x Deiveson Figueiredo – The first ended in a draw UFC 256, in 2020; Moreno won the second in the UFC 263In 2021.
* Deiveson didn't win the belt in the first fight because he didn't make weight, but as the fight was worth the title for Benavidez, it was considered.
Straw weight:
Namajunas (left) defeated Jedrzejczyk for the second time. Photo: Reproduction / Twitter / @ufcindia
- Rose namajunas x Joanna Jedrzejczyk – Namajunas won both at UFC 217, in 2017 and at UFC 223, in 2018.
- Rose namajunas x Zhang Weili – Namajunas won both in the UFC 261 and UFC 268, both in 2021.
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