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Rashad Evans vs. Sam Alvey

UFC 14-8-1 vs. 10-13-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
14-8-1
UFC record
10-13-1
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
47
AgeΔ 7 yrs
40
6'0"
HeightΔ 2"
6'2"
75"
ReachΔ 0"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
100.4
Layoff (months)Δ 49.9 mo
50.5
LLLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLD

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Rashad Evans hunts takedowns — 2.75 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Sam Alvey rarely shoots — 0.06 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.
Rashad Evans owns the mat — in control 28% of cage time, vs a 17% Light Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Rashad Evans

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 158
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.26 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 12-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.2 wins over .500

Sam Alvey

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1114
Tier 3 — regional circuit 234

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.74 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 23 finish wins over 54 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-8 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

6142.13/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
7583.28/min · norm 3.23
7102.46/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
8393.63/min · norm 3.20
37.6%norm 48.45%
Striking accuracy
44.5%norm 47.4%
64.2%norm 52.75%
Striking defense
52.8%norm 53.8%
40.21/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
70.45/15 · norm 0.32

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

Rashad Evans

Distance 73.9% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 12.0% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 14.1% (norm 10.6%)

Sam Alvey

Distance 85.1% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 12.2% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 2.6% (norm 10.0%)

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

Rashad Evans

Head 88.4% (norm 78.5%) · Body 8.3% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 3.2% (norm 9.7%)

Sam Alvey

Head 81.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 9.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 9.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Evans L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Alvey L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 359 / 1208 29.7% 41.5% 576 / 1450 39.7% 40.5%
In the clinch 116 / 196 59.2% 70.8% 152 / 208 73.1% 70.6%
On the ground 139 / 231 60.2% 72.9% 30 / 45 66.7% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 484 / 1446 33.5% 39.2% 511 / 1390 36.8% 38.8%
To the body 87 / 136 64.0% 72.0% 116 / 156 74.4% 71.6%
To the legs 43 / 53 81.1% 82.1% 131 / 157 83.4% 83.3%

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 (Light Heavyweight: 94 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Evans L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Alvey L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 500 / 1641 30.5% 40.6% 703 / 1576 44.6% 39.5%
In the clinch 188 / 309 60.8% 68.8% 91 / 137 66.4% 70.4%
On the ground 22 / 31 71.0% 70.4% 45 / 63 71.4% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 444 / 1591 27.9% 37.7% 464 / 1233 37.6% 37.9%
To the body 168 / 260 64.6% 72.9% 172 / 306 56.2% 71.3%
To the legs 98 / 130 75.4% 83.1% 203 / 237 85.7% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
5342.4% acc · 2.75/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
114.3% acc · 0.06/15 · norm 1.35
3973.6% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
5582.1% def · norm 63.3%
80:3527.9% of cage time · norm 17.1%
Control time
13:065.7% of cage time · norm 19.4%
17:280:54 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
33:372:10 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
10.06/15 · norm 0.45

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