Joel Alvarez
12 UFC Fights | 67% Win Rate | 7 Finishes (88%)
Joel Alvarez UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Joel Alvarez is 8-4 in the UFC across 12 fights, with 4 wins by knockout, 3 by submission and 1 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 23-5, 15-1 of it outside the UFC. Alvarez competes at lightweight as an orthodox striker, standing 6'3" with a 77" reach at 33 years old. The last bout was a loss to Chidi Njokuani by unanimous decision in Aug 2026.
Best attribute: striking accuracy (share of significant strikes that land) — 90th percentile among 300 lightweight fighters (55%).
Joel Alvarez's UFC win rate is 67% (8 of 12 fights), and 88% of those wins came by finish. Alvarez averages 0.1 takedowns per fight at 33% accuracy and stops 46% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 23-5
- UFC Record
- 8-4
- Height
- 6'3"
- Reach
- 77"
- Age
- 33
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Last Fight
- L vs Chidi Njokuani · Decision - Unanimous · Aug 2026
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Joel Alvarez's Last 5 Fights
Alvarez is 3-2 in the last five UFC fights.
- Loss vs Chidi Njokuani · Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 · UFC 330: Makhachev vs. Machado Garry · Aug 2026
- Loss vs Yaroslav Amosov · Submission · R2 1:13 · UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland · May 2026
- Win vs Vicente Luque · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Oliveira vs. Gamrot · Oct 2025
- Win vs Drakkar Klose · KO/TKO · R1 2:48 · UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley · Dec 2024
- Win vs Elves Brener · KO/TKO · R3 3:36 · UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov · Aug 2024
Striking
Fighter Profile
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Defensive
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Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Joel Alvarez vs Average
Joel Alvarez's UFC Fight History
12 UFC fights on record (8-4), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Chidi Njokuani | Decision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 330: Makhachev vs. Machado Garry | 2026-08-15 |
| L | Yaroslav Amosov | Submission | R2 · 1:13 | UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland | 2026-05-09 |
| W | Vicente Luque | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Oliveira vs. Gamrot | 2025-10-11 |
| W | Drakkar Klose | KO/TKO | R1 · 2:48 | UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley | 2024-12-14 |
| W | Elves Brener | KO/TKO | R3 · 3:36 | UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov | 2024-08-03 |
| W | Marc Diakiese | Submission | R2 · 4:26 | UFC Fight Night: Aspinall vs. Tybura | 2023-07-22 |
| L | Arman Tsarukyan | KO/TKO | R2 · 1:57 | UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Green | 2022-02-26 |
| W | Thiago Moises | KO/TKO | R1 · 3:01 | UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodriguez | 2021-11-13 |
| W | Alexander Yakovlev | Submission | R1 · 3:00 | UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje | 2020-10-24 |
| W | Joe Duffy | Submission | R1 · 2:25 | UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2 | 2020-07-18 |
| W | Danilo Belluardo | KO/TKO | R2 · 2:22 | UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Smith | 2019-06-01 |
| L | Damir Ismagulov | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Santos | 2019-02-23 |
How Alvarez Ranks at Lightweight
Percentile among the 300 lightweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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