Joel Alvarez

"El Fenomeno"

AGE	32 / Mar 2, 1993
HEIGHT	6'2" / 187.96 cm
WEIGHT	170 lbs / 77.11 kg

ASSOCIATION
Bandog Fight Club

CLASS
Welterweight

Wins 23

KO / TKO

22%

SUBMISSIONS

74%

DECISIONS

Losses 3

KO / TKO

67%

SUBMISSIONS

DECISIONS

33%

BIOGRAPHY

Born Joel Alvarez Gonzalez.

FIGHT HISTORY - PRO

Result	Fighter	Event	Method/Referee	R	Time
win	Vicente Luque	UFC Fight Night 261 - Oliveira vs. Gamrot Oct / 11 / 2025	Decision (Unanimous) Osiris Maia VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
win	Drakkar Klose	UFC on ESPN 63 - Covington vs. Buckley Dec / 14 / 2024	KO (Flying Knee and Punches) Dan Miragliotta VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	2:48
win	Elves Brener	UFC on ABC 7 - Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov Aug / 03 / 2024	TKO (Knees and Punches) Lukasz Bosacki VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	3:36
win	Marc Diakiese	UFC Fight Night 224 - Aspinall vs. Tybura Jul / 22 / 2023	Submission (Brabo Choke) Daniel Movahedi VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	2	4:26
loss	Arman Tsarukyan	UFC Fight Night 202 - Makhachev vs. Green Feb / 26 / 2022	TKO (Punches) Chris Tognoni VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	2	1:57
win	Thiago Moises	UFC Fight Night 197 - Holloway vs. Rodriguez Nov / 13 / 2021	TKO (Elbows and Punches) Marc Goddard VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	3:01
win	Alexander Yakovlev	UFC 254 - Nurmagomedov vs. Gaethje Oct / 24 / 2020	Submission (Armbar) Jason Herzog VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	3:00
win	Joseph Duffy	UFC Fight Night 172 - Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2 Jul / 18 / 2020	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Marc Goddard VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	2:25
win	Danilo Belluardo	UFC Fight Night 153 - Gustafsson vs. Smith Jun / 01 / 2019	TKO (Punches) Rebin Saber VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	2	2:22
loss	Damir Ismagulov	UFC Fight Night 145 - Blachowicz vs. Santos Feb / 23 / 2019	Decision (Unanimous) Jakub Muller VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
win	Radu Maxim	AFL 17 - Coal and Blood Nov / 24 / 2018	Submission (Triangle Choke) Tulio Palhares	1	4:29
win	Julio Cesar Alves	AFL 16 - Feudal War Sep / 29 / 2018	Submission (Brabo Choke) Tulio Palhares	2	1:02
win	Alexandre Ribeiro	AFL 15 - Typhoon May / 05 / 2018	Submission (Triangle Choke) Tulio Palhares	1	4:17
win	Kevin Daniel Delgado	AFL 14 - Outbreak Mar / 17 / 2018	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Tulio Palhares	1	0:26
win	Francisco Gonzalez	AFL 13 - Alvarez vs. Gonzalez Oct / 14 / 2017	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Tulio Palhares	2	1:59
win	Jekson Poleza dos Santos	AFL 12 - Warcelona Jun / 03 / 2017	Submission (Triangle Choke)	1	1:57
win	Anthony Muller	FNS - Fight Night Series 2 Mar / 18 / 2017	TKO	1	0:33
win	Moncef Ed Doukani	MMA Casino Fights - Alvarez vs. Ed-Doukani Oct / 08 / 2016	Submission (Anaconda Choke)	1	1:45
win	Jose Luis Bravo	MMA Casino Fights - Alvarez vs. Bravo Jul / 08 / 2016	Submission (Triangle Choke)	1	0:49
win	Carlos Villar	MMA Espana - Bandog Challenge 3 Jun / 12 / 2015	Submission (Armbar) Miky Cid	1	4:20
loss	Ali Abdulkhalikov	M-1 Global - M-1 Challenge 56 Apr / 10 / 2015	KO (Spinning Heel Kick) Marco Broersen	1	0:34
win	Graham Turner	Fightstar Promotions - Rage in the Cage 3 Mar / 21 / 2015	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Grant Waterman	3	0:00
win	Jose Luis Bravo	MMA Espana - Desafio Burgos Pro Fight 2015 Mar / 07 / 2015	Submission (Triangle Choke) Miky Cid	1	3:20
win	Helson Henriques	IPC 6 - International Pro Combat 6 Jan / 26 / 2015	Submission (Anaconda Choke)	2	1:23
win	Hicham Rachid	MMA Espana - Bandog Challenge 2 Apr / 12 / 2014	Submission (Triangle Choke)	2	2:01
win	Aratz Garmendia	Txurdinaga Sutan - Pro Boxing & MMA Dec / 28 / 2013	Submission (Triangle Choke)	1	3:19

FIGHT HISTORY - AMATEUR

Result	Fighter	Event	Method/Referee	R	Time
win	Jose Jaime Benitez	FELUCHA - 2014 Spanish MMA Championship Feb / 22 / 2014	Decision (Split)	3	3:00
loss	Juan Carlos Villar	FELUCHA - 2013 Spanish MMA Championship Feb / 09 / 2013	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00

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