Welterweight · “El Fenomeno”
Joel Alvarez
23-4-0 UFC 8-3-0
6'3"Height
77"Reach
OrthodoxStance
1993-03-02Born
4KO wins
3Sub wins
87.5%Finish rate
7:42Avg fight
Statistical profile
The shape of their game.
Percentile scores against UFC veterans — volume-aware, and honest about small samples. The rim is reserved for true specialists.
Radar — percentile vs UFC veterans
Career rates
Sig. strikes landed / min4.53
Sig. strikes absorbed / min3.03
Striking accuracy54.5%
Striking defense53.9%
Takedowns / 15 min0.18
Takedown accuracy33.3%
Takedown defense46.4%
Sub attempts / 15 min1.06
Control time10.8%
Record vs .500+ opponents6-3
Striking trend
Output, fight by fight.
Significant strikes landed per minute over the last 8 fights — green dots are wins, red are losses.
Fight history
Every walk to the cage.
11 UFC bouts, newest first. Tap a fight for the full stat line — opponent records are shown as of fight night.
L Yaroslav Amosov 1-0 walk-in Submission · R2 1:13 — UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland · 2026-05-09
8/22Sig. strikes
16/28Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Vicente Luque 16-7 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Oliveira vs. Gamrot · 2025-10-11
89/148Sig. strikes
30/99Absorbed
1/1Takedowns
6:30Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
W Drakkar Klose 9-2 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 2:48 — UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley · 2024-12-14
20/24Sig. strikes
7/13Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:04Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Elves Brener 3-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R3 3:36 — UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov · 2024-08-03
95/141Sig. strikes
45/97Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
0:51Control
1Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
W Marc Diakiese 7-6 walk-in Submission · R2 4:26 — UFC Fight Night: Aspinall vs. Tybura · 2023-07-22
42/75Sig. strikes
20/46Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
1:26Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
L Arman Tsarukyan 4-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 1:57 — UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Green · 2022-02-26
7/10Sig. strikes
36/53Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Thiago Moises 4-3 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 3:01 — UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodriguez · 2021-11-13
44/73Sig. strikes
11/24Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:02Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Alexander Yakovlev 3-5 walk-in Submission · R1 3:00 — UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje · 2020-10-24
4/6Sig. strikes
1/1Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
2Sub attempts
W Joe Duffy 4-3 walk-in Submission · R1 2:25 — UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2 · 2020-07-18
18/37Sig. strikes
14/26Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
W Danilo Belluardo 0-0 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 2:22 — UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Smith · 2019-06-01
19/41Sig. strikes
13/20Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:17Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Damir Ismagulov 1-0 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Santos · 2019-02-23
38/127Sig. strikes
64/150Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
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
How the record was built.
Full pro career, from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Joel Álvarez) — results only; UFC bouts carry full stats in the fight history above.
Wins by method
KO/TKO
5
Submission
17
Decision
1
Other
0
Losses by method
KO/TKO
2
Submission
1
Decision
1
Other
0
Fights by organization
UFC
11
Ansgar Fighting League
6
MMA España
3
MMA Casino Fights
2
Fight Night Series
1
M-1 Challenge
1
Rage in the Cage
1
International Pro Combat
1
+ 1 more organizations in the full career list
Full career — 27 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Yaroslav Amosov | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | UFC 328
2026-05-09 |
UFC | 2 | 1:13 |
| W | Vicente Luque | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Oliveira vs. Gamrot
2025-10-11 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Drakkar Klose | KO (flying knee and punches) | UFC on ESPN: Covington vs. Buckley
2024-12-14 |
UFC | 1 | 2:48 |
| W | Elves Brener | TKO (knees and punches) | UFC on ABC: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov
2024-08-03 |
UFC | 3 | 3:36 |
| W | Marc Diakiese | Submission (brabo choke) | UFC Fight Night: Aspinall vs. Tybura
2023-07-22 |
UFC | 2 | 4:26 |
| L | Arman Tsarukyan | TKO (punches) | UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Green
2022-02-26 |
UFC | 2 | 1:57 |
| W | Thiago Moisés | TKO (elbows and punches) | UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodríguez
2021-11-13 |
UFC | 1 | 3:01 |
| W | Alexander Yakovlev | Submission (armbar) | UFC 254
2020-10-24 |
UFC | 1 | 3:00 |
| W | Joseph Duffy | Submission (guillotine choke) | UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2
2020-07-19 |
UFC | 1 | 2:25 |
| W | Danilo Belluardo | TKO (punches) | UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Smith
2019-06-01 |
UFC | 2 | 2:22 |
| L | Damir Ismagulov | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Błachowicz vs. Santos
2019-02-23 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Radu Maxim | Submission (triangle choke) | Ansgar Fighting League 17
2018-11-24 |
Ansgar Fighting League | 1 | 4:29 |
| W | Julio Cesar Alves | Submission (brabo choke) | Ansgar Fighting League 16
2018-09-29 |
Ansgar Fighting League | 2 | 1:02 |
| W | Alexandre Ribeiro | Submission (triangle choke) | Ansgar Fighting League 15
2018-05-05 |
Ansgar Fighting League | 1 | 4:17 |
| W | Kevin Daniel Delgado | Submission (guillotine choke) | Ansgar Fighting League 14
2018-03-17 |
Ansgar Fighting League | 1 | 0:26 |
| W | Francisco Gonzalez | Submission (guillotine choke) | Ansgar Fighting League 13
2017-10-14 |
Ansgar Fighting League | 1 | 1:59 |
| W | Jekson Poleza | Submission (triangle choke) | Ansgar Fighting League 12
2017-06-03 |
Ansgar Fighting League | 1 | 1:57 |
| W | Anthony Muller | TKO (punches) | Fight Night Series 2
2017-03-18 |
Fight Night Series | 1 | 0:33 |
| W | Moncef Ed Doukani | Submission (anaconda choke) | MMA Casino Fights: Álvarez vs. Ed Doukani
2016-10-08 |
MMA Casino Fights | 1 | 1:45 |
| W | Jose Luis Bravo | Submission (triangle choke) | MMA Casino Fights: Álvarez vs. Bravo
2016-07-08 |
MMA Casino Fights | 1 | 0:49 |
| W | Carlos Villar | Submission (armbar) | MMA España: Bandog Challenge 3
2015-06-12 |
MMA España | 1 | 4:20 |
| L | Ali Abdulkhalikov | KO (spinning heel kick) | M-1 Challenge 56
2015-04-10 |
M-1 Challenge | 1 | 0:34 |
| W | Graham Turner | Submission (guillotine choke) | Rage in the Cage 3
2015-03-21 |
Rage in the Cage | 3 | — |
| W | Jose Luis Bravo | Submission (triangle choke) | MMA España: Desafio Burgos Profight 2015
2015-03-07 |
MMA España | 1 | 3:20 |
| W | Helson Henriques | Submission (anaconda choke) | International Pro Combat 6
2015-01-26 |
International Pro Combat | 1 | 1:23 |
| W | Hicham Rachid | Submission (triangle choke) | MMA España: Bandog Challenge 2
2014-04-12 |
MMA España | 1 | 2:01 |
| W | Aratz Garmendia | Submission (triangle choke) | Txurdinaga Sutan: Pro Boxing & MMA
2013-12-28 |
Txurdinaga Sutan | 1 | 3:19 |
Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Joel Álvarez) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.
Division context
Measured against the division.
Versus the Welterweight average, over 190 qualified fighters (5+ UFC fights, 30+ minutes of cage time). Green = better than average, red = worse; the tick mark is the division mean. "Strikes absorbed" counts lower as better.