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The Most Famous

MARTIAL ARTS from Nigeria

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This page contains a list of the greatest Nigerian Martial Arts. The pantheon dataset contains 118 Martial Arts, 1 of which were born in Nigeria. This makes Nigeria the birth place of the 21st most number of Martial Arts behind Canada and South Africa.

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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Nigerian Martial Arts of all time. This list of famous Nigerian Martial Arts is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Israel Adesanya (1989 - )

With an HPI of 42.31, Israel Adesanya is the most famous Nigerian Martial Arts.  His biography has been translated into 23 different languages on wikipedia.

Israel Mobolaji Temitayo Odunayo Oluwafemi Owolabi Adesanya (born 22 July 1989) is a New Zealand professional mixed martial artist, kickboxer, and former boxer. As a mixed martial artist, he currently competes in the Middleweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former two-time UFC Middleweight Champion. In kickboxing, he is a former Glory Middleweight Championship title challenger. As of 23 January 2024, he is #2 in the UFC middleweight rankings, and as of 20 February 2024, he is #11 in the UFC men's pound-for-pound rankings.

Pantheon has 1 people classified as martial arts born between 1989 and 1989. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living martial arts include Israel Adesanya.

Living Martial Arts

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