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From the tape · 10 Oct 2006

Thiago Alves vs John Alessio

Ortiz vs Shamrock 3: The Final Chapter · Hollywood, Florida, USA
Result

Thiago Alves beat John Alessio

Method
Decision - Unanimous
Round
3 of 3
Clock
5:00
WelterweightMain cardReferee · Troy Waugh

We published no prediction for this bout. Everything on this page is the official record and the tape it was fought on — the result, the round-by-round counts, the judges’ cards where they exist and the sportsbook line where one was published. Our graded calls start in 2026 and live on the public record.

TA
Red corner ThiagoAlves“Pitbull”American Top Team · Fortaleza, Ceara
VSOn the tape
JA
Blue corner JohnAlessio“The Natural”Xtreme Couture · Vancouver, British Columbia
Welterweight3 rounds10 Oct 2006
The story going in
  • Lands 1.6 more significant strikes a minute than Alessio.
  • Has dropped 2 straight in the UFC.
  • Averages 1.1 more takedowns per 15 minutes than Alves.
23-15
Record
35-17
−4 yr23
Age
27
5' 9"
Height
+1″5' 10"
70″
Reach
+2″72″
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
+24
UFC bouts
2
American Top Team
Gym
Xtreme Couture
Fortaleza, Ceara
From
Vancouver, British Columbia
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Round by round

Every round the fight went, shaded by where the significant strikes actually landed — and the takedowns, control time and knockdowns beside them.

UFCStats · per round

3 rounds of tape

Round 15:00 of action
Thiago Alves21 sig landed
HEAD29%6 of 27BODY29%6 of 7LEGS43%9 of 9
John Alessio2 sig landed
HEAD50%1 of 13BODY0%0 landedLEGS50%1 of 1
21 of 43
Sig.
strikes
2 of 14
0 of 0
Take-
downs
0 of 4
0:00
Control
2:03
Distance 12Clinch 9Ground 0
Where it
happened
Distance 2Clinch 0Ground 0
JudgesNo per-round card for this bout in our decisions source — the judges’ totals are in the scorecards section below.
Round 25:00 of action
Thiago Alves18 sig landed
HEAD56%10 of 33BODY11%2 of 2LEGS33%6 of 10
John Alessio7 sig landed
HEAD100%7 of 41BODY0%0 landedLEGS0%0 landed
18 of 45
Sig.
strikes
7 of 41
0 of 0
Take-
downs
1 of 4
1:15
Control
1:28
Distance 9Clinch 2Ground 7
Where it
happened
Distance 4Clinch 2Ground 1
JudgesNo per-round card for this bout in our decisions source — the judges’ totals are in the scorecards section below.
Round 35:00 of actionEnded 5:00
Thiago Alves24 sig landed
HEAD46%11 of 35BODY12%3 of 4LEGS42%10 of 15
John Alessio4 sig landed
HEAD100%4 of 25BODY0%0 of 2LEGS0%0 landed
24 of 54
Sig.
strikes
4 of 27
0 of 0
Take-
downs
1 of 2
0:01
Control
0:42
Distance 20Clinch 4Ground 0
Where it
happened
Distance 4Clinch 0Ground 0
JudgesNo per-round card for this bout in our decisions source — the judges’ totals are in the scorecards section below.

Significant strikes, takedowns, control time, knockdowns and submission attempts exactly as UFCStats recorded them for this bout, round by round. Zone percentages are that round’s landed head, body and leg counts over their own total — raw arithmetic, nothing modelled or smoothed. A round in which a fighter landed nothing shades empty and reads zero; it is never filled in from the round before.

Judges’ scorecards

The judges’ totals, the media’s cards beside them, and how these judges usually score.

Official card

Decision - Unanimous

Referee · Troy Waugh
Official totals — Thiago Alves first
JudgeTotal
Mike Ross30–27
Michael Pernick30–27
Tim Vannatta30–27

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Takedowns

Takedowns

The level change — head to head

Career UFC takedown rates. Red corner left, blue corner right.

Thiago Alves

0.71takedowns / 15 min
0.71 / 15m
TAKEDOWNS
1.85 / 15m
1.18 / 15m
ATTEMPTS
4.87 / 15m
60%
ACCURACY
38%
0.30 / 15m
SUB ATT
1.20 / 15m

John Alessio

1.85takedowns / 15 min

Career UFC takedown rates exactly as UFCStats publishes them: takedowns landed per 15 minutes, completion rate, submission attempts per 15 minutes, and the share of takedowns tried on them that they stuffed. Attempts per 15 is the one derived figure — landed ÷ completion rate — and it is omitted wherever either input is missing. UFCStats writes 0% where no attempt was recorded at all, so a percentage of exactly zero reads “n/a” here rather than as a measured rate. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average. Rate bars run to the population’s 95th percentile (5.32 takedowns / 15m); a fighter above it pins the bar. Percentages are drawn on their own axis.

Ranked roster-wide

The market story

What the market did on the way to the cage — the price, not our model. This bout is settled; the window below is closed.

We hold no market price for this bout — no captured price series, and no opening or closing line in the sportsbook record we fall back on. So there is nothing to show, and we would rather show nothing than draw a line that was never there.

Thiago Alves vs John Alessio.

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