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John Alessio

35-17-0 (2 NC) UFC 0-5-0
Durable Defensive Striker
5'10"Height
72"Reach
OrthodoxStance
47Age
0KO wins
0Sub wins
0%Finish rate
13:20Avg 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 — Weak, rated 5.9 of 100 Accuracy — Weak, rated 3.2 of 100 Striking D — Average, rated 57.2 of 100 Durability — Above avg, rated 74.9 of 100 Wrestling — Below avg, rated 27.9 of 100 TD Defense — Below avg, rated 37.0 of 100 Grappling — Average, rated 51.5 of 100 Control — Weak, rated 24.1 of 100 Striking Accuracy Striking D Durability Wrestling TD Defense Grappling Control
  1. Durability Above avg 75
  2. Striking D Average 57
  3. Grappling Average 52
  4. TD Defense Below avg 37
  5. Wrestling Below avg 28
  6. Control Weak 24
  7. Striking Weak 6
  8. Accuracy Weak 3

Built on 66 minutes of tracked cage time across 5 statted fights — every axis is held down until there is more tape, so read this as a sketch rather than a verdict.

Durable above avg durability — rates 75 of 100 among UFC veterans
Defensive Striker average striking d — rates 57 of 100 among UFC veterans
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Sig. strikes landed / min1.48
Sig. strikes absorbed / min2.79
Striking accuracy29.9%
Striking defense53.8%
Knockdowns / 15 min0.0
Takedowns / 15 min0.45
Takedown accuracy18.2%
Takedown defense69.4%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.67
Control time9.7%
Record vs .500+ opponents0-3

Striking trend

Sig. strikes/min, last 5 fights · green = win
June 9, 2000 vs Pat Miletich — 0.15/min (L) Jun '00 May 27, 2006 vs Diego Sanchez — 1.13/min (L) May '06 October 10, 2006 vs Thiago Alves — 0.87/min (L) Oct '06 April 21, 2012 vs Mark Bocek — 2.2/min (L) Apr '12 July 7, 2012 vs Shane Roller — 2.33/min (L) Jul '12

Fight history

5 UFC bouts · newest first · opponent records as of fight night
L Shane Roller 10-6 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 148: Silva vs Sonnen 2 · July 7, 2012
35/103Sig. strikes
31/69Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
2:04Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
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L Mark Bocek 10-4 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 145: Jones vs Evans · April 21, 2012
33/87Sig. strikes
74/107Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:11Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
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L Thiago Alves 10-5 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — Ortiz vs Shamrock 3: The Final Chapter · October 10, 2006
13/82Sig. strikes
63/142Absorbed
2/10Takedowns
4:13Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
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L Diego Sanchez 14-0 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 60: Hughes vs Gracie · May 27, 2006
17/57Sig. strikes
9/67Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
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L Pat Miletich 19-3-2 walk-in TITLE Submission · R2 1:43 — UFC 26: Ultimate Field Of Dreams · June 9, 2000
1/2Sig. strikes
9/18Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
2Sub 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)
35-17-0 (2 NC)Pro record
Xtreme CoutureGym / team

Wins by method

KO/TKO 10
Submission 17
Decision 8
Other 0

Losses by method

KO/TKO 2
Submission 7
Decision 7
Other 1

No contests: 2

Fights by organization

WEC 7
KOTC 6
UFC 4
Bellator 3
MFC 3
SuperBrawl 3
Superior Cage Combat 2
United Glory 2

+ 20 more organizations in the full career list

Full career — 54 fights, every organization
OpponentMethodEventOrg RdTime
NC David Rickels NC (illegal knee) Bellator 139
June 26, 2015
 Bellator 1 2:24
W Eric Wisely Decision (unanimous) Bellator 119
May 9, 2014
 Bellator 3 5:00
L Will Brooks Decision (unanimous) Bellator 101
September 27, 2013
 Bellator 3 5:00
NC Dave Mazany No Contest (eye poke) AFC 13: Natural Selection
November 3, 2012
 AFC 1 —
L Shane Roller Decision (unanimous) UFC 148
July 7, 2012
 UFC 3 5:00
L Mark Bocek Decision (unanimous) UFC 145
April 21, 2012
 UFC 3 5:00
W Ryan Healy Decision (unanimous) Score Fighting Series 4
March 16, 2012
 Score Fighting Series 3 5:00
W Luiz Firmino Decision (unanimous) Superior Cage Combat 3
November 4, 2011
 Superior Cage Combat 3 5:00
W Shawn Fitzsimmons Submission (rear-naked choke) Superior Cage Combat 2
August 20, 2011
 Superior Cage Combat 2 3:52
L Siyar Bahadurzada TKO (punches) United Glory 13
March 19, 2011
 United Glory 1 1:55
W Phil Collins TKO (punches) TPF 7: Deck the Halls
December 2, 2010
 TPF 3 0:35
W Sergey Golyaev Submission (kimura) United Glory 12
October 16, 2010
 United Glory 2 2:51
W War Machine Submission (rear-naked choke) TPF 5: Stars and Strikes
July 9, 2010
 TPF 3 2:24
W Chris Clements Submission (guillotine choke) W-1 MMA 4: Bad Blood
March 20, 2010
 W-1 MMA 1 4:24
W Matt Delanoit Submission (rear-naked choke) ROF 37: Warlords
March 5, 2010
 ROF 1 2:46
W Luigi Fioravanti KO (punches) MFC 22
October 2, 2009
 MFC 3 1:34
W Andrew Buckland Submission (rear-naked choke) MFC 21
May 16, 2009
 MFC 1 2:53
L André Galvão Submission (armbar) Dream 8
April 5, 2009
 Dream 1 7:34
L Paul Daley KO (punches) MFC 19: Long Time Coming
December 5, 2008
 MFC 2 2:18
W Gideon Ray TKO (punches) SuperFights MMA: Night of Combat 2
October 11, 2008
 SuperFights MMA 1 0:45
W Pete Spratt Submission (rear-naked choke) Banner Promotions: Night of Combat
June 20, 2008
 Banner Promotions 2 2:07
L Brock Larson DQ (knee to downed fighter) WEC 33: Marshall vs. Stann
March 26, 2008
 WEC 1 1:50
W Todd Moore Decision (unanimous) WEC 31
December 12, 2007
 WEC 3 5:00
W Marcelo Brito Decision (unanimous) WEC 30
September 5, 2007
 WEC 3 5:00
W Alex Serdyukov Submission (guillotine choke) WEC 28
June 3, 2007
 WEC 1 1:17
L Carlos Condit Submission (rear-naked choke) WEC 26: Condit vs. Alessio
March 24, 2007
 WEC 2 4:59
W Brian Gassaway Submission (rear-naked choke) WEC 25
January 20, 2007
 WEC 1 4:50
L Thiago Alves Decision (unanimous) Ortiz vs. Shamrock 3: The Final Chapter
October 10, 2006
 Ortiz vs. Shamrock 3 5:00
W Alex Serdyukov Submission (rear-naked choke) WEC 23: Hot August Fights
August 17, 2006
 WEC 3 1:52
L Diego Sanchez Decision (unanimous) UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie
May 27, 2006
 UFC 3 5:00
W Savant Young Submission (rear-naked choke) KOTC: Shock and Awe
October 1, 2005
 KOTC 3 2:09
W Shannon Ritch TKO (punches) KOTC 58: Prime Time
August 5, 2005
 KOTC 1 0:41
L Jonathan Goulet Decision (split) TKO 18: Impact
November 26, 2004
 TKO 3 5:00
W Brandon Olsen Submission (armbar) ETB: Enter the Beast
March 6, 2004
 ETB 1 2:59
W Ronald Jhun Decision (unanimous) KOTC 29: Renegades
September 5, 2003
 KOTC 3 5:00
L Jason Black Decision (split) UCC 12: Adrenaline
January 25, 2003
 UCC 3 5:00
W Eiji Mitsuoka TKO (doctor stoppage) PRIDE The Best Vol.2
July 20, 2002
 PRIDE The Best Vol.2 2 3:13
W Chris Brennan TKO (punches) KOTC 15: Bad Intentions
June 22, 2002
 KOTC 1 2:20
W John Delao TKO (punches) World Freestyle Fighting 1
April 13, 2002
 World Freestyle Fighting 1 1:22
W Nassor Lewis Submission (rear-naked choke) KOTC 12: Cold Blood
February 9, 2002
 KOTC 1 2:07
W Sean Pierson KO (head kick) UCC 7: Bad Boyz
January 25, 2002
 UCC 2 1:14
W Thomas Denny Submission (keylock) KOTC 11: Domination
September 29, 2001
 KOTC 1 1:55
L Joe Doerksen Submission (rear-naked choke) Superbrawl: Futurebrawl 2000
November 14, 2000
 Superbrawl 2 3:48
L Pat Miletich Submission (armbar) UFC 26
June 9, 2000
 UFC 2 1:43
W Jay R. Palmer Submission (rear-naked choke) SuperBrawl 16
February 8, 2000
 SuperBrawl 1 1:20
W John Chrisostomo TKO (punches) SuperBrawl 16
February 8, 2000
 SuperBrawl 2 3:04
L Egan Inoue Submission (rear-naked choke) SuperBrawl 15
December 7, 1999
 SuperBrawl 1 2:41
W Jason Meaders Decision (unanimous) Neutral Grounds 13
November 20, 1999
 Neutral Grounds 3 5:00
L Kousei Kubota Submission (kimura) Pancrase: Breakthrough 9
October 25, 1999
 Pancrase 1 10:53
W Fritz Borchardt TKO (strikes) Extreme Challenge 28
October 9, 1999
 Extreme Challenge 1 2:12
W Ben Earwood Decision (split) Extreme Challenge 28
October 9, 1999
 Extreme Challenge 1 13:00
L David Harris Submission (rear-naked choke) Bas Rutten Invitational 2
April 24, 1999
 Bas Rutten Invitational 1 8:32
W Derek McClinton Submission (heel hook) Ultimate Battle
May 17, 1998
 Ultimate Battle 1 1:44
W Mike Headley Submission (arm-triangle choke) Ultimate Battle
May 17, 1998
 Ultimate Battle 1 5:28

Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (John Alessio) — 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 1.5 avg 3.5
Strikes absorbed /min 2.8 avg 3.6
Striking accuracy 29.9% avg 43.9%
Striking defense 53.8% avg 55.7%
Takedowns /15 min 0.5 avg 1.6
Takedown accuracy 18.2% avg 38.0%
Takedown defense 69.4% avg 61.4%
Sub attempts /15 min 0.7 avg 0.6
Control time 9.7% avg 21.2%