Joel AlvarezAll-Around

Welterweight · 23-4 · orthodox

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Height
6'3"
190.5 cm
Reach
6'5"
195.58 cm
Age
33
Elo Rating
1623.9

Scouting report

Career stats ranked against 196 Welterweight fighters in our database with 5+ UFC fights. The tick marks the division median.

Strengths

  • Lands 54% of the significant strikes they throw — better than 93% of Welterweight fighters
  • Lands 4.53 significant strikes per minute — better than 82% of Welterweight fighters
  • Attempts 1.10 submissions per 15 minutes — better than 82% of Welterweight fighters

Weaknesses

  • Averages just 0.18 takedowns per 15 minutes — worse than 94% of Welterweight fighters
  • Stops only 46% of opponents' takedown attempts — worse than 83% of Welterweight fighters

Striking

  • Strikes landed / min
    4.53
    Top 18%
  • Striking accuracy
    54%
    Top 7%
  • Strikes absorbed / min
    3.03
    Top 48%
  • Striking defense
    53%
    Bottom 37%

Grappling

  • Takedowns / 15 min
    0.18
    Bottom 6%
  • Takedown accuracy
    33%
    Bottom 31%
  • Takedown defense
    46%
    Bottom 17%
  • Submission attempts / 15 min
    1.10
    Top 18%

Recent opponents

Last 5 opponents averaged Elo 1578, higher than 66% of Welterweight fighters. Ratings are each opponent's current Elo, not their rating on fight night. The tick marks this fighter's own Elo (1624).

Last 5 — Fight Time
051015202513:36Brener2:48Klose15:00Luque6:13Amosov15:00Njokuani
Win Loss Draw/NC

Fight History

UFC 330: Makhachev vs Machado Garry
2026-08-16 · Decision - Unanimous, R3 5:00
UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland
2026-05-09 · Submission, R2 1:13
UFC Fight Night: Oliveira vs. Gamrot
2025-10-11 · Decision - Unanimous, R3 5:00
UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley
2024-12-14 · KO/TKO, R1 2:48
UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov
2024-08-03 · KO/TKO, R3 3:36
UFC Fight Night: Aspinall vs. Tybura
2023-07-22 · Submission, R2 4:26
UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Green
2022-02-26 · KO/TKO, R2 1:57
UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodriguez
2021-11-13 · KO/TKO, R1 3:01
UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje
2020-10-24 · Submission, R1 3:00
UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2
2020-07-18 · Submission, R1 2:25
UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Smith
2019-06-01 · KO/TKO, R2 2:22
UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Santos
2019-02-23 · Decision - Unanimous, R3 5:00