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James Krause vs. Warlley Alves

UFC 9-4-0 vs. 8-8-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-4-0
UFC record
8-8-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
40
AgeΔ 5 yrs
35
6'2"
HeightΔ 3"
5'11"
73"
ReachΔ 1"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
72.1
Layoff (months)Δ 43 mo
29.1
WLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
James Krause is a submission threat — 0.99 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.48 Lightweight norm.
Warlley Alves is a submission threat — 0.85 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.44 Welterweight norm.
James Krause outworks the Lightweight division — 5.15 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.44 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

James Krause

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 95
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 50
Tier 3 — regional circuit 143

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.23 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 22 finish wins over 36 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 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

7825.15/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
4853.04/min · norm 3.17
6574.33/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
6293.95/min · norm 3.08
50.2%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
48.1%norm 44.75%
61.8%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
50.7%norm 55.25%
30.30/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
30.28/15 · norm 0.38

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

James Krause

Distance 93.7% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 3.7% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 2.6% (norm 8.0%)

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)

James Krause

Head 82.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 9.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.6% (norm 8.0%)

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 Krause L/AAccLightweight med Alves L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 720 / 1459 49.3% 38.3% 379 / 861 44.0% 38.5%
In the clinch 37 / 57 64.9% 67.5% 71 / 97 73.2% 67.8%
On the ground 25 / 41 61.0% 68.8% 35 / 51 68.6% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 581 / 1287 45.1% 35.1% 268 / 715 37.5% 36.4%
To the body 107 / 151 70.9% 69.1% 111 / 157 70.7% 70.7%
To the legs 94 / 119 79.0% 81.8% 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 (Lightweight: 204 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 Krause L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Alves L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 529 / 1534 34.5% 38.8% 466 / 1046 44.6% 39.1%
In the clinch 63 / 92 68.5% 68.6% 128 / 168 76.2% 68.9%
On the ground 65 / 95 68.4% 68.0% 35 / 62 56.5% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 388 / 1312 29.6% 35.2% 423 / 995 42.5% 35.6%
To the body 152 / 265 57.4% 68.2% 150 / 210 71.4% 69.6%
To the legs 117 / 144 81.2% 81.5% 56 / 71 78.9% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
815.4% acc · 0.79/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
1350.0% acc · 1.22/15 · norm 1.31
2464.9% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
1763.0% def · norm 63.9%
32:1821.3% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
35:0822.1% of cage time · norm 18.5%
18:371:50 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
37:263:31 per 15 · norm 3:15
100.99/15 · norm 0.48
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.