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Lightweight

Eddie Alvarez

30-8-0 (2 NC) UFC 4-3-0 (1 NC)
Forward Pressure Relentless Attack Gets Dropped
5'9"Height
69"Reach
OrthodoxStance
42Age
2KO wins
0Sub wins
50.0%Finish rate
11:07Avg fight
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Skill profile

Rated 0–100 against every UFC veteran · the rim is reserved for specialists, and only efficiency opens it
Striking — Average, rated 50.2 of 100 Accuracy — Below avg, rated 26.3 of 100 Striking D — Weak, rated 14.4 of 100 Durability — Weak, rated 10.1 of 100 Wrestling — Above avg, rated 78.4 of 100 TD Defense — Average, rated 55.0 of 100 Grappling — Below avg, rated 36.3 of 100 Control — Average, rated 53.5 of 100 Striking Accuracy Striking D Durability Wrestling TD Defense Grappling Control
  1. Wrestling Above avg 78
  2. TD Defense Average 55
  3. Control Average 54
  4. Striking Average 50
  5. Grappling Below avg 36
  6. Accuracy Below avg 26
  7. Striking D Weak 14
  8. Durability Weak 10

Built on 88 minutes of tracked cage time across 8 statted fights — every axis is held down until there is more tape, so read this as a sketch rather than a verdict.

Forward Pressure 4.5 landed and 5.3 absorbed per minute — he turns fights into firefights
Relentless Attack 84 offensive actions per 15 min — strikes, takedown and submission attempts together
Gets Dropped knocked down 5 times in 88 minutes of cage time
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Sig. strikes landed / min4.5
Sig. strikes absorbed / min5.33
Striking accuracy41.2%
Striking defense53.8%
Knockdowns / 15 min0.17
Takedowns / 15 min2.02
Takedown accuracy26.1%
Takedown defense100.0%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.17
Control time19.5%
Record vs .500+ opponents3-3

Striking trend

Sig. strikes/min, last 8 fights · green = win
September 27, 2014 vs Donald Cerrone — 3.2/min (L) Sep '14 June 13, 2015 vs Gilbert Melendez — 2.07/min (W) Jun '15 January 17, 2016 vs Anthony Pettis — 2.8/min (W) Jan '16 July 7, 2016 vs Rafael Dos Anjos — 11.79/min (W) — only 3.8 min of tape, so this rate reflects how fast the fight ended more than how he fought Jul '16 November 12, 2016 vs Conor McGregor — 1.12/min (L) Nov '16 May 13, 2017 vs Dustin Poirier — 4.87/min (NC) May '17 December 2, 2017 vs Justin Gaethje — 11.08/min (W) Dec '17 July 28, 2018 vs Dustin Poirier — 2.86/min (L) Jul '18

Fight history

8 UFC bouts · newest first · opponent records as of fight night
L Dustin Poirier 23-5 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 4:05 — UFC Fight Night: Alvarez vs. Poirier 2 · July 28, 2018
26/76Sig. strikes
54/115Absorbed
0/3Takedowns
2:27Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
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W Justin Gaethje 18-0 walk-in KO/TKO · R3 3:59 — UFC 218: Holloway vs. Aldo 2 · December 2, 2017
155/356Sig. strikes
122/237Absorbed
1/2Takedowns
0:20Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
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NC Dustin Poirier 21-5 walk-in Could Not Continue · R2 4:02 — UFC 211: Miocic vs. Dos Santos · May 13, 2017
44/127Sig. strikes
73/144Absorbed
1/4Takedowns
1:16Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
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L Conor McGregor 20-3 walk-in TITLE KO/TKO · R2 3:04 — UFC 205: Alvarez vs McGregor · November 12, 2016
9/41Sig. strikes
32/84Absorbed
0/3Takedowns
0:57Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
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W Rafael Dos Anjos 24-7 walk-in TITLE KO/TKO · R1 3:49 — UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Alvarez · July 7, 2016
45/78Sig. strikes
12/41Absorbed
1/3Takedowns
0:20Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
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W Anthony Pettis 18-3 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs Cruz · January 17, 2016
42/90Sig. strikes
56/109Absorbed
6/15Takedowns
7:37Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
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W Gilbert Melendez 22-4 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC 188: Velasquez vs Werdum · June 13, 2015
31/64Sig. strikes
37/129Absorbed
3/11Takedowns
3:47Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
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L Donald Cerrone 24-6 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 178: Johnson vs Cariaso · September 27, 2014
48/138Sig. strikes
88/166Absorbed
0/5Takedowns
0:38Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
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Walk-in records count UFC bouts in this database. For the pre-UFC career, see the record breakdown below or the Tapology button up top.

Record breakdown

Full pro career (Wikipedia, results only)
30-8-0 (2 NC)Pro record
Ricardo Almeida BJJ, Nick Catone MMA, Blackzilians (formerly)Gym / team

Wins by method

KO/TKO 16
Submission 8
Decision 6
Other 0

Losses by method

KO/TKO 4
Submission 2
Decision 2
Other 0

No contests: 2

Fights by organization

Bellator 10
UFC 8
Dream 4
BodogFight 4
Euphoria 3
ONE on TNT 2
ONE 2
Ring of Combat 2

+ 5 more organizations in the full career list

Full career — 40 fights, every organization
OpponentMethodEventOrg RdTime
L Ok Rae-yoon Decision (unanimous) ONE on TNT 4
April 28, 2021
 ONE on TNT 3 5:00
NC Iuri Lapicus NC (overturned) ONE on TNT 1
April 7, 2021
 ONE on TNT 1 1:02
W Eduard Folayang Submission (rear-naked choke) ONE: Dawn of Heroes
August 2, 2019
 ONE 1 2:16
L Timofey Nastyukhin TKO (punches) ONE: A New Era
March 31, 2019
 ONE 1 4:05
L Dustin Poirier TKO (punches) UFC on Fox: Alvarez vs. Poirier 2
July 28, 2018
 UFC 2 4:05
W Justin Gaethje KO (knee) UFC 218
December 2, 2017
 UFC 3 3:59
NC Dustin Poirier NC (illegal knees) UFC 211
May 13, 2017
 UFC 2 4:12
L Conor McGregor TKO (punches) UFC 205
November 12, 2016
 UFC 2 3:04
W Rafael dos Anjos TKO (punches) UFC Fight Night: dos Anjos vs. Alvarez
July 7, 2016
 UFC 1 3:49
W Anthony Pettis Decision (split) UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs. Cruz
January 17, 2016
 UFC 3 5:00
W Gilbert Melendez Decision (split) UFC 188
June 13, 2015
 UFC 3 5:00
L Donald Cerrone Decision (unanimous) UFC 178
September 27, 2014
 UFC 3 5:00
W Michael Chandler Decision (split) Bellator 106
November 2, 2013
 Bellator 5 5:00
W Patricky Pitbull KO (head kick) Bellator 76
October 12, 2012
 Bellator 1 4:54
W Shinya Aoki TKO (punches) Bellator 66
April 20, 2012
 Bellator 1 2:14
L Michael Chandler Submission (rear-naked choke) Bellator 58
November 19, 2011
 Bellator 4 3:06
W Pat Curran Decision (unanimous) Bellator 39
April 2, 2011
 Bellator 5 5:00
W Roger Huerta TKO (doctor stoppage) Bellator 33
October 21, 2010
 Bellator 2 5:00
W Josh Neer Technical Submission (standing rear-naked choke) Bellator 17
May 6, 2010
 Bellator 2 2:08
W Katsunori Kikuno Submission (arm-triangle choke) Dream 12
October 26, 2009
 Dream 2 3:42
W Toby Imada Submission (rear-naked choke) Bellator 12
June 19, 2009
 Bellator 2 2:34
W Eric Reynolds Submission (rear-naked choke) Bellator 5
May 1, 2009
 Bellator 3 1:30
W Greg Loughran Submission (guillotine choke) Bellator 1
April 3, 2009
 Bellator 1 2:44
L Shinya Aoki Submission (heel hook) Fields Dynamite!! 2008
December 31, 2008
 Fields Dynamite!! 1 1:32
W Tatsuya Kawajiri TKO (punches) Dream 5: Lightweight Grand Prix 2008 Final Round
July 21, 2008
 Dream 1 7:35
W Joachim Hansen Decision (unanimous) Dream 3: Lightweight Grand Prix 2008 Second Round
May 11, 2008
 Dream 2 5:00
W Andre Amade TKO (punches) Dream 1: Lightweight Grand Prix 2008 First Round
March 15, 2008
 Dream 1 6:47
W Ross Ebañez KO (punches) ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series
January 25, 2008
 ShoXC 2 2:32
W Matt Lee Decision (unanimous) BodogFight: Alvarez vs. Lee
July 14, 2007
 BodogFight 3 5:00
L Nick Thompson TKO (punches) BodogFight: Clash of the Nations
April 14, 2007
 BodogFight 2 4:32
W Scott Henze TKO (corner stoppage) BodogFight: Costa Rica Combat
February 16, 2007
 BodogFight 1 4:13
W Aaron Riley KO (punches) BodogFight: USA vs. Russia
December 2, 2006
 BodogFight 1 1:05
W Hidenobu Koike TKO (punches) MARS 4: New Deal
August 26, 2006
 MARS 1 1:26
W Derrick Noble KO (punches) MFC: Russia vs. USA
June 3, 2006
 MFC 1 1:01
W Daisuke Hanazawa TKO (punches) Euphoria: USA vs. Japan
November 5, 2005
 Euphoria 1 4:00
W Danil Veselov TKO (punches) Euphoria: USA vs. Russia
May 14, 2005
 Euphoria 2 2:15
W Seichi Ikemoto TKO (punches) Euphoria: USA vs. The World
February 26, 2005
 Euphoria 2 4:25
W Chris Schlesinger Submission (guillotine choke) Reality Fighting 7
October 16, 2004
 Reality Fighting 1 1:00
W Adam Fearon TKO (submission to punches) Ring of Combat 6
April 24, 2004
 Ring of Combat 1 2:06
W Anthony Ladonna KO (punch) Ring of Combat 5
December 14, 2003
 Ring of Combat 1 3:57

Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Eddie Alvarez) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.

Division context

vs. 196 qualified Lightweight fighters · tick = division mean
Striking volume /min 4.5 avg 3.5
Strikes absorbed /min 5.3 avg 3.6
Striking accuracy 41.2% avg 43.9%
Striking defense 53.8% avg 55.7%
Takedowns /15 min 2.0 avg 1.6
Takedown accuracy 26.1% avg 38.0%
Takedown defense 100.0% avg 61.4%
Sub attempts /15 min 0.2 avg 0.6
Control time 19.5% avg 21.2%
Finish rate 50.0% avg 50.7%