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Joel Alvarez vs. Yaroslav Amosov

UFC 8-4-0 vs. 2-0-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-4-0
UFC record
2-0-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
33
AgeΔ 0 yrs
33
6'3"
Height
—
77"
Reach
—
Orthodox
Stance
—
2.2
Layoff (months)Δ 3.2 mo
5.4
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Yaroslav Amosov hunts takedowns — 11.11 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.
Yaroslav Amosov is a submission threat — 3.17 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.44 Welterweight norm.
Joel Alvarez rarely shoots — 0.15 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Joel Alvarez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 83
Tier 3 — regional circuit 151

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.46 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 22 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Yaroslav Amosov

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 101
Tier 3 — regional circuit 190

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.7 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 21 finish wins over 30 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +9.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4584.59/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
252.65/min · norm 3.17
4124.13/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
131.38/min · norm 3.08
52.8%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
53.2%norm 44.75%
47.6%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
60.6%norm 55.25%
10.15/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Joel Alvarez

Distance 85.0% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 6.6% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 8.4% (norm 8.0%)

Yaroslav Amosov

Distance 78.7% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 12.8% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 8.5% (norm 8.1%)

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

Joel Alvarez

Head 78.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 14.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.8% (norm 8.0%)

Yaroslav Amosov

Head 68.1% (norm 78.3%) · Body 4.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 27.7% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Alvarez L/AAccLightweight med Amosov L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 358 / 738 48.5% 38.3% 17 / 37 45.9% 38.5%
In the clinch 46 / 57 80.7% 67.5% 5 / 6 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 54 / 73 74.0% 68.8% 3 / 4 too few to rate 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 302 / 677 44.6% 35.1% 14 / 32 43.8% 36.4%
To the body 95 / 123 77.2% 69.1% 1 / 2 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 61 / 68 89.7% 81.8% 10 / 13 too few to rate 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 Alvarez L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Amosov L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 362 / 718 50.4% 38.8% 13 / 33 39.4% 39.1%
In the clinch 11 / 15 too few to rate 68.6% 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 39 / 53 73.6% 68.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 180 / 466 38.6% 35.2% 9 / 28 32.1% 35.6%
To the body 118 / 183 64.5% 68.2% 3 / 4 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 114 / 137 83.2% 81.5% 1 / 1 too few to rate 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
133.3% acc · 0.15/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
753.8% acc · 11.11/15 · norm 1.31
1448.3% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
0— def · norm 63.9%
9:369.6% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
5:4861.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
21:193:12 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
0:000:00 per 15 · norm 3:15
60.90/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
23.17/15 · norm 0.44

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