With his win on Saturday, UFC middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya broke a tie with Chris Weidman. Adesanya now stands alone as the fighter with the second longest winning streak in UFC middleweight history. Adesanya has 10 straight wins at 185 pounds. The only man with a longer run of consecutive wins is former champion Anderson Silva. Silva had a stretch of 13 straight middleweight wins in the UFC. In a coincidence, it was Weidman who ended Silva’s streak when he knocked out the Brazilian to claim the middleweight crown at UFC 162.
Adesanya defeated Marvin Vettori in the main event of UFC 263.