Reported prose from our newsroom. BJJ specialist
Joel Alvarez is 8-3 in the UFC through 11 fights since his debut on Feb. 23, 2019.
He won four in a row before his most recent outing. Alvarez submitted Marc Diakiese in the second round in July 2023, stopped Elves Brener by TKO in the third round in August 2024 and stopped Drakkar Klose by TKO in the first round that December, all at lightweight.
He then moved to welterweight and beat Vicente Luque by unanimous decision over three rounds on Oct. 11, 2025.
That run ended on May 9, 2026, when Yaroslav Amosov submitted him in the second round, again at welterweight.
Three of those four wins came by finish, and the Luque decision was the only one of his last five fights to reach the scorecards.
The facts, plainly — vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality, hometown and camp from the public fighter register. A field we can't source stays “pending”; it never shows a fake value.
| Nickname | El Fenomeno |
| Nationality | Spain |
| Hometown | Gijon, Asturias |
| Fighting out of | Bandog Fight Club |
| Height | 6' 3" |
| Reach | 77.0" |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Age | 33 |
| Date of birth | Mar 02, 1993 |
| Weight | 170 lbs. |
| Pro record | 23-4 |
| Finish split | pending |
Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against every fighter on record. Tap any i for what a score measures.
The moat — every call we've made on this fighter, timestamped and graded in public. Nobody else can copy this.
FightIQ has picked Joel Alvarez 5×, 4 correct (4-1 — 80% right). The confidence % is the number we stood behind at the time — losses shown, toss-ups included.
| Date | Opponent | Card | We said | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-15 | Chidi Njokuani | Makhachev vs Machado Garry | 76.8% | Missed |
| 2025-10-11 | Vicente Luque | UFC Fight Night: Lacerda vs Oliveira | 70.7% | Correct |
| 2024-12-14 | Drakkar Klose | UFC Fight Night: Knutsson vs Rodriguez | 52.4% | Correct |
| 2024-08-03 | Elves Brener | UFC Fight Night: Dudakova vs Hughes | 53.1% | Correct |
| 2023-07-22 | Marc Diakiese | UFC Fight Night: Muradov vs Barberena | 53.1% | Correct |
Where the strikes go — and where they land on him. Career UFC totals, straight off the tape.
Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do.
Pro record: 23-4. Timeline below is the bouts FightIQ has tracked (most recent first).
