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Warlley Alves vs.
Salim Touahri

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

8-8-0 Warlley Alves · UFC
0-3-0 Salim Touahri · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

8-8-0
UFC record
0-3-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
35.6
AgeΔ 1.3 yrs
36.9
5'11"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
72"
ReachΔ 0"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
26.6
Layoff (months)Δ 57.5 mo
84.1
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLL
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Salim Touahri rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Warlley Alves is a submission threat — 0.85 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Salim Touahri defends body shots well — opponents land just 42%, vs a 70% Welterweight norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

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

Salim Touahri

Full career not yet synced for Salim Touahri — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4853.04/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1172.60/min · norm 3.17
6293.95/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
1292.87/min · norm 3.06
48.1%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
47.0%norm 44.9%
50.7%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
58.3%norm 55.25%
30.28/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Warlley Alves

Distance 85.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 9.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 5.1% (norm 8.1%)

Salim Touahri

Distance 78.7% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 16.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 5.2% (norm 8.1%)

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

Warlley Alves

Head 70.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 13.6% (norm 8.4%)

Salim Touahri

Head 62.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 32.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 4.8% (norm 8.4%)

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 Touahri L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 379 / 861 44.0% 38.6% 77 / 196 39.3% 38.6%
In the clinch 71 / 97 73.2% 67.8% 33 / 40 82.5% 67.8%
On the ground 35 / 51 68.6% 67.2% 7 / 13 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 268 / 715 37.5% 37.2% 49 / 155 31.6% 37.2%
To the body 111 / 157 70.7% 70.7% 58 / 82 70.7% 70.7%
To the legs 106 / 137 77.4% 82.9% 10 / 12 too few to rate 82.9%

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: 182 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Touahri L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 466 / 1046 44.6% 39.0% 88 / 254 34.6% 39.0%
In the clinch 128 / 168 76.2% 68.9% 32 / 44 72.7% 68.9%
On the ground 35 / 62 56.5% 68.0% 9 / 11 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 423 / 995 42.5% 35.6% 88 / 239 36.8% 35.6%
To the body 150 / 210 71.4% 69.6% 14 / 33 42.4% 69.6%
To the legs 56 / 71 78.9% 82.1% 27 / 37 73.0% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

1350.0% acc · 1.22/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.27
1763.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1583.3% def · norm 63.9%
35:0822.1% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
2:416.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
37:263:31 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
8:452:55 per 15 · norm 3:15
90.85/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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

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