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Warlley Alves vs. Bryan Barberena

UFC 8-8-0 vs. 9-10-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-8-0
UFC record
9-10-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
35
AgeΔ 2 yrs
37
5'11"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
72"
ReachΔ 0"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
29.1
Layoff (months)Δ 2 mo
31.1
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Warlley Alves is a submission threat — 0.85 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.44 Welterweight norm.
Bryan Barberena rarely shoots — 0.13 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.
Bryan Barberena outworks the Welterweight division — 5.35 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

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

Bryan Barberena

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 910
Tier 3 — regional circuit 92

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.74 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 30 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4853.04/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
11915.35/min · norm 3.17
6293.95/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
10224.59/min · norm 3.08
48.1%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
48.0%norm 44.75%
50.7%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
44.2%norm 55.25%
30.28/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
60.40/15 · norm 0.38

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

Warlley Alves

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

Bryan Barberena

Distance 83.3% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 11.8% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 4.9% (norm 8.1%)

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

Warlley Alves

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

Bryan Barberena

Head 80.6% (norm 78.3%) · Body 8.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 10.7% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Alves L/AAccWelterweight med Barberena L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 379 / 861 44.0% 38.5% 897 / 2065 43.4% 38.5%
In the clinch 71 / 97 73.2% 67.8% 202 / 293 68.9% 67.8%
On the ground 35 / 51 68.6% 67.0% 92 / 121 76.0% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 268 / 715 37.5% 36.4% 833 / 1997 41.7% 36.4%
To the body 111 / 157 70.7% 70.7% 158 / 216 73.1% 70.7%
To the legs 106 / 137 77.4% 83.0% 200 / 266 75.2% 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 (Welterweight: 180 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 Alves L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Barberena L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 466 / 1046 44.6% 39.1% 804 / 1546 52.0% 39.1%
In the clinch 128 / 168 76.2% 68.9% 158 / 212 74.5% 68.9%
On the ground 35 / 62 56.5% 68.0% 60 / 73 82.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 423 / 995 42.5% 35.6% 656 / 1392 47.1% 35.6%
To the body 150 / 210 71.4% 69.6% 269 / 333 80.8% 69.6%
To the legs 56 / 71 78.9% 82.2% 97 / 106 91.5% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1350.0% acc · 1.22/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
222.2% acc · 0.13/15 · norm 1.31
1763.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
6250.0% def · norm 63.9%
35:0822.1% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
17:197.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
37:263:31 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
66:314:28 per 15 · norm 3:15
90.85/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
40.27/15 · norm 0.44

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