Featherweight · “Alpha Ginger”
Spike Carlyle
16-7-0 UFC 1-2-0
Durable
Wrestler
5'8"Height
71"Reach
SwitchStance
33Age
1KO wins
0Sub wins
100.0%Finish rate
10:28Avg fight
Skill profile
- Durability Average 61
- Wrestling Average 61
- Control Average 61
- Accuracy Average 60
- Grappling Average 45
- TD Defense Average 45
- Striking Below avg 28
- Striking D Weak 9
Built on 31 minutes of tracked cage time across 3 statted fights — every axis is held down until there is more tape, so read this as a sketch rather than a verdict.
Durable
average durability — rates 61 of 100 among UFC veterans
Wrestler
average wrestling — rates 61 of 100 among UFC veterans
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Sig. strikes landed / min2.55
Sig. strikes absorbed / min3.85
Striking accuracy54.1%
Striking defense30.1%
Knockdowns / 15 min0.0
Takedowns / 15 min3.34
Takedown accuracy36.8%
Takedown defense57.1%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.48
Control time42.8%
Record vs .500+ opponents0-1
Striking trend
Fight history
L Bill Algeo 13-5 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Clark · November 28, 2020
23/53Sig. strikes
70/95Absorbed
4/13Takedowns
4:18Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
L Billy Quarantillo 13-2 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Woodley vs. Burns · May 30, 2020
37/66Sig. strikes
49/66Absorbed
3/6Takedowns
9:01Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Aalon Cruz 0-0 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 1:25 — UFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo · February 29, 2020
20/29Sig. strikes
2/12Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:07Control
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
Wins by method
KO/TKO
7
Submission
8
Decision
1
Other
0
Losses by method
KO/TKO
0
Submission
0
Decision
7
Other
0
Fights by organization
Rizin
5
UFC
3
California Cage Wars
3
Bellator
2
LFA
2
California Xtreme Fighting
2
Pancrase
1
Cage Warriors
1
+ 4 more organizations in the full career list
Full career — 23 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Akihiro Murayama | TKO (punches) | Pancrase 357
September 23, 2025 |
Pancrase | 1 | 2:07 |
| L | Takeshi Izumi | Decision (unanimous) | Rizin 50
March 29, 2025 |
Rizin | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Kim Kyung-pyo | Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) | Rizin 47
June 9, 2024 |
Rizin | 3 | 1:11 |
| L | Yoshinori Horie | Decision (unanimous) | Rizin 44
September 24, 2023 |
Rizin | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Roberto de Souza | Decision (unanimous) | Rizin 42
May 6, 2023 |
Rizin | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | A. J. McKee | Decision (unanimous) | Bellator 286
October 1, 2022 |
Bellator | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Koji Takeda | Technical Submission (guillotine choke) | Rizin 35
April 17, 2022 |
Rizin | 2 | 1:35 |
| W | Dan Moret | Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) | Bellator 272
December 3, 2021 |
Bellator | 3 | 2:58 |
| W | J.J. Ambrose | KO (punch) | Cage Warriors 130
October 17, 2021 |
Cage Warriors | 2 | 1:19 |
| W | Gil Guardado | Submission (armbar) | Golden Boy Promotions: Ballys Fight Night
June 9, 2021 |
Golden Boy Promotions | 1 | 4:56 |
| W | Batsumberel Dagvadorj | Submission (rear-naked choke) | LFA 103
March 26, 2021 |
LFA | 1 | 4:00 |
| L | Bill Algeo | Decision (unanimous) | UFC on ESPN: Smith vs. Clark
November 28, 2020 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Billy Quarantillo | Decision (unanimous) | UFC on ESPN: Woodley vs. Burns
May 30, 2020 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Aalon Cruz | TKO (punches) | UFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo
February 29, 2020 |
UFC | 1 | 1:25 |
| W | Jean-Paul Lebosnoyani | KO (punches) | Lights Out Xtreme Fighting 4
November 15, 2019 |
Lights Out Xtreme Fighting | 1 | 1:50 |
| W | Matthew Colquhoun | KO (spinning backfist) | LFA 74
August 30, 2019 |
LFA | 1 | 3:58 |
| W | Fernando Padilla | Decision (unanimous) | California Xtreme Fighting 17
March 9, 2019 |
California Xtreme Fighting | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Brian Del Rosario | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Combate 25
September 28, 2018 |
Combate | 2 | 2:41 |
| L | Serob Minasyan | Decision (split) | California Xtreme Fighting 12
April 21, 2018 |
California Xtreme Fighting | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Joseph Rodriguez | Submission (rear-naked choke) | California Cage Wars 4
March 4, 2018 |
California Cage Wars | 1 | 2:02 |
| W | Rhageem Wells | TKO (punches) | California Cage Wars 2
November 12, 2017 |
California Cage Wars | 1 | 0:55 |
| W | Raymell Davis | KO (punch) | Gladiator Challenge: Fight Club
October 7, 2017 |
Gladiator Challenge | 1 | 0:05 |
| W | Callum Highland | Submission (armbar) | California Cage Wars 1
September 3, 2017 |
California Cage Wars | 1 | 1:52 |
Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Spike Carlyle) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.