Joel Alvarez

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Joel Alvarez

Nickname“El Fenomeno”

Record

23-4

Streak

L2

Age

33

Date of birth

Mar 2, 1993

Fighting out of: Gijón
Born: Spain
Camp: Bandog Fight Club
Weight class: Welterweight
Height: 6'2" · 188 cm
Reach: 77" · 196 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Last fight: Aug 15, 2026
Cut risk: 31%

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Chidi Njokuani

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 330: Makhachev vs Machado Garry · Aug 15, 2026

UFC 330: Makhachev vs Machado Garry

Yaroslav Amosov

#14Yaroslav Amosov

Welterweight · Submission · Arm Triangle On Ground · R2 · 1:13

UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland · May 9, 2026

Arm Triangle On Ground

UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland

Vicente Luque

#14Vicente Luque

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Oliveira vs. Gamrot · Oct 11, 2025

UFC Fight Night: Oliveira vs. Gamrot

Drakkar Klose

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Knee to Head At Distance · R1 · 2:48

UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley · Dec 14, 2024

Knee to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley

Elves Brener

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Knees to Head In Clinch · R3 · 3:36

UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov · Aug 3, 2024

Knees to Head In Clinch

UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov

Marc Diakiese

Lightweight · Submission · D'Arce Choke From Side Control · R2 · 4:26

UFC Fight Night: Aspinall vs. Tybura · Jul 22, 2023

D'Arce Choke From Side Control

UFC Fight Night: Aspinall vs. Tybura

Arman Tsarukyan

#13Arman Tsarukyan

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head On Ground · R2 · 1:57

UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Green · Feb 26, 2022

Punches to Head On Ground

UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Green

Thiago Moises

#15Thiago Moises

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Elbows to Head In Clinch · R1 · 3:01

UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodriguez · Nov 13, 2021

Elbows to Head In Clinch

UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodriguez

Alexander Yakovlev

Alexander Yakovlev

Lightweight · Submission · Armbar From Bottom Guard · R1 · 3:00

UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje · Oct 24, 2020

Armbar From Bottom Guard

UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje

Joe Duffy

Lightweight · Submission · Guillotine Choke From Guard · R1 · 2:25

UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2 · Jul 18, 2020

Guillotine Choke From Guard

UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2

Danilo Belluardo

Danilo Belluardo

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head From Half Guard · R2 · 2:22

UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Smith · Jun 1, 2019

Punches to Head From Half Guard

UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Smith

Damir Ismagulov

Damir Ismagulov

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Santos · Feb 23, 2019

UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Santos

Outside the UFC

15-1across 16 bouts · 13 promotions · wins by 1 KO · 14 subMMA Espana · MMA Casino Fights · AFL 17 · AFL 16 · AFL 15 +8

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Radu Maxim10-3	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	4:29	AFL 17	Nov 24, 2018
W	Julio Cesar Alves15-13	Submission	Brabo Choke	R2	1:02	AFL 16	Sep 29, 2018
W	Alexandre Ribeiro21-15-2	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	4:17	AFL 15	May 5, 2018
W	Kevin Daniel Delgado6-2	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	0:26	AFL 14	Mar 17, 2018
W	Francisco Gonzalez6-5	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	1:59	AFL 13	Oct 14, 2017
W	Jekson Poleza dos Santos3-2	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	1:57	AFL 12	Jun 3, 2017
W	Anthony Muller6-5	KO/TKO	—	R1	0:33	FNS	Mar 18, 2017
W	Moncef Ed Doukani0-2	Submission	Anaconda Choke	R1	1:45	MMA Casino Fights	Oct 8, 2016
W	Jose Luis Bravo3-3	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	0:49	MMA Casino Fights	Jul 8, 2016
W	Carlos Villar3-2	Submission	Armbar	R1	4:20	MMA Espana	Jun 12, 2015
L	Ali Abdulkhalikov17-4	KO/TKO	Spinning Heel Kick	R1	0:34	M-1	Apr 10, 2015
W	Graham Turner25-10	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R3	0:00	Fightstar Promotions	Mar 21, 2015
W	Jose Luis Bravo3-3	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	3:20	MMA Espana	Mar 7, 2015
W	Helson Henriques9-6-1	Submission	Anaconda Choke	R2	1:23	IPC 6	Jan 26, 2015
W	Hicham Rachid7-8	Submission	Triangle Choke	R2	2:01	MMA Espana	Apr 12, 2014
W	Aratz Garmendia11-19	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	3:19	Txurdinaga Sutan	Dec 28, 2013

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Amateur

1-1across 2 amateur bouts · 1 promotionFELUCHA

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Jose Jaime Benitez0-1	Decision	Split	R3	3:00	FELUCHA	Feb 22, 2014
L	Juan Carlos Villar2-0	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	FELUCHA	Feb 9, 2013

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Career striking

OverallB65th

54%458 / 868

Striking accuracy

53%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+1.50 differential

Landed4.53

Absorbed3.03

50%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+7%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head66%81st302
Body21%76th95
Leg13%64th61

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

78%Standing

Standing78%358
Clinch10%46
Ground12%54

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Joel Alvarez

Joel Alvarez

Landed per 15

Head

A+

87th

45.4

87th

Body

A

81st

14.3

81st

Leg

B

65th

9.2

65th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

B

60th

27.1

60th

Body

F

13th

17.7

13th

Leg

F

6th

17.1

6th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	45.4	302	677	45%
Body	14.3	95	123	77%
Leg	9.2	61	68	90%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	27.1	180	466	39%
Body	17.7	118	183	64%
Leg	17.1	114	137	83%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Joel Alvarez

Joel Alvarez

12 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 100 min

97%

R3 pace · 4 bouts

Alvarez builds (+4% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Alvarez sustains 97% of round-1 output by round 3 (4 bouts).

Joel Alvarez

Alvarez ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Joel Alvarez

Alvarezlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Joel Alvarez

Alvarezattempts / min

Control time

Joel Alvarez

Alvarez% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.7	4.5	3.8	0.04	3%	12
R2	5.6	4.9	4.3	0.00	16%	8
R3	5.2	4.3	4.8	0.05	18%	4

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Joel Alvarez

Joel Alvarez

12 resolved UFC bouts · 4 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

47/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

73rd

45%

73rd

Win quality

A

83rd

52%

83rd

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

2

3

1

2

2

2

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	2	1-1	50%
Ranked 6–15	3	1-2	33%
Contender-level	1	1-0	100%
Established	2	1-1	50%
Building	2	2-0	100%
Unproven	2	2-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Chidi Njokuani	Established	30	Aug 15, 2026
L	Yaroslav Amosov#14	Ranked 6–15	66	May 9, 2026
W	Vicente Luque#14	Top-5	74	Oct 11, 2025
W	Drakkar Klose	Contender-level	45	Dec 14, 2024
W	Elves Brener	Building	18	Aug 3, 2024
W	Marc Diakiese	Established	30	Jul 22, 2023
L	Arman Tsarukyan#13	Top-5	81	Feb 26, 2022
W	Thiago Moises#15	Ranked 6–15	61	Nov 13, 2021
W	Alexander Yakovlev	Unproven	8	Oct 24, 2020
W	Joe Duffy	Building	18	Jul 18, 2020
W	Danilo Belluardo	Unproven	8	Jun 1, 2019
L	Damir Ismagulov	Ranked 6–15	46	Feb 23, 2019

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

In the news

Chidi Njokuani Beats Joel Alvarez by Unanimous Decision After UFC 330 Snoozefestlowkickmma · Aug 15, 2026