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Ikram Aliskerov vs. Warlley Alves

UFC 5-1-0 vs. 8-8-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-1-0
UFC record
8-8-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
33
AgeΔ 2 yrs
35
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
5'11"
76"
ReachΔ 4"
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
3.8
Layoff (months)Δ 25.3 mo
29.1
WWWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Ikram Aliskerov carries real power — 1.10 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Ikram Aliskerov hunts takedowns — 3.66 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.
Warlley Alves is a submission threat — 0.85 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.44 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Ikram Aliskerov

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 61
Tier 3 — regional circuit 121

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.44 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.7 wins over .500

Warlley Alves

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 88
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.02 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2335.68/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
4853.04/min · norm 3.17
1563.80/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
6293.95/min · norm 3.08
60.7%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
48.1%norm 44.75%
45.8%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
50.7%norm 55.25%
31.10/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
30.28/15 · norm 0.38

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Ikram Aliskerov

Distance 85.9% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 2.1% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 12.0% (norm 10.0%)

Warlley Alves

Distance 85.3% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 9.6% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 5.1% (norm 8.1%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Ikram Aliskerov

Head 73.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 18.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 7.6% (norm 8.4%)

Warlley Alves

Head 70.9% (norm 78.3%) · Body 15.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 13.6% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Aliskerov L/AAccMiddleweight med Alves L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 190 / 330 57.6% 40.5% 379 / 861 44.0% 38.5%
In the clinch 5 / 8 too few to rate 70.6% 71 / 97 73.2% 67.8%
On the ground 38 / 46 82.6% 69.4% 35 / 51 68.6% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 151 / 283 53.4% 38.8% 268 / 715 37.5% 36.4%
To the body 58 / 72 80.6% 71.6% 111 / 157 70.7% 70.7%
To the legs 24 / 29 82.8% 83.3% 106 / 137 77.4% 83.0%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Middleweight: 178 fighters · Welterweight: 180 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Aliskerov L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Alves L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 149 / 280 53.2% 39.5% 466 / 1046 44.6% 39.1%
In the clinch 2 / 2 too few to rate 70.4% 128 / 168 76.2% 68.9%
On the ground 5 / 6 too few to rate 69.0% 35 / 62 56.5% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 95 / 218 43.6% 37.9% 423 / 995 42.5% 35.6%
To the body 38 / 45 84.4% 71.3% 150 / 210 71.4% 69.6%
To the legs 23 / 25 92.0% 82.1% 56 / 71 78.9% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1076.9% acc · 3.66/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
1350.0% acc · 1.22/15 · norm 1.31
2100.0% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
1763.0% def · norm 63.9%
15:3438.0% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
35:0822.1% of cage time · norm 18.5%
0:290:10 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
37:263:31 per 15 · norm 3:15
10.37/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
90.85/15 · norm 0.44

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Alves has more cage time on record.