
Joel Álvarez
Joel Álvarez, “El Fenomeno”, is a Welterweight from Spain with an official record of 23-5. Cage Brothers holds 23 of those bouts: 19 wins and 4 losses, the wins coming 5 by knockout, 13 by submission and 1 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a decision loss to Chidi Njokuani at UFC 330: Makhachev vs. Machado Garry on 15 August 2026, the second defeat in a row.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2026 | Chidi Njokuani | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 330: Makhachev vs. Machado Garry |
| May 9, 2026 | Yaroslav Amosov | LOSS | SUBArm Triangle | R2 · 1:13 | UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland |
| Oct 11, 2025 | Vicente Luque | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Oliveira vs. Gamrot |
| Dec 15, 2024 | Drakkar Klose | WIN | KOKnee | R1 · 2:48 | UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley |
| Aug 3, 2024 | Elves Brener | WIN | KOKnees | R3 · 3:36 | UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov |
| Jul 22, 2023 | Marc Diakiese | WIN | SUBD'Arce Choke | R2 · 4:26 | UFC Fight Night: Aspinall vs. Tybura |
| Feb 26, 2022 | Arman Tsarukyan | LOSS | KOPunches | R2 · 1:57 | UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Green |
| Nov 13, 2021 | Thiago Moisés | WIN | KOElbows | R1 · 3:01 | UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodriguez |
| Oct 24, 2020 | Alexander Yakovlev | WIN | SUBArmbar | R1 · 3:00 | UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje |
| Jul 18, 2020 | Joe Duffy | WIN | SUBGuillotine Choke | R1 · 2:25 | UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2 |
| Jun 1, 2019 | Danilo Belluardo | WIN | KOPunches | R2 · 2:22 | UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Smith |
| Feb 23, 2019 | Damir Ismagulov | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Santos |
| Nov 24, 2018 | Radu MaximTitle | WIN | SUBSubmission (Triangle Choke) | R1 · 4:29 | AFL 17: Coal And Blood |
| Sep 29, 2018 | Julio Cesar Alves | WIN | SUBSubmission (Anaconda Choke) | R2 · 1:02 | AFL 16: Feudal War |
| May 5, 2018 | Alexandre Ribeiro | WIN | SUBSubmission (Triangle Choke) | R1 · 4:17 | AFL 15: Typhoon |
| Mar 17, 2018 | Kevin Daniel Delgado | WIN | SUBSubmission (Guillotine) | R1 · 0:26 | AFL 14: Outbreak |
| Oct 14, 2017 | Francisco Gonzalez | WIN | SUBSubmission (Guillotine) | R2 | AFL 13: Alvarez vs Gonzalez |
| Jun 3, 2017 | Jekson Poleza Dos Santos | WIN | SUBSubmission (Triangle Choke) | R1 | AFL 12: Warcelona |
| Mar 18, 2017 | Anthony Muller | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 · 0:33 | FNS: Fight Night Series 2 |
| Oct 8, 2016 | Moncef Ed Doukani | WIN | SUBSubmission (Anaconda Choke) | R1 | MMA Casino Fights: Alvarez vs Ed Doukani |
| Jul 8, 2016 | Jose Luis Bravo | WIN | SUBSubmission (Triangle Choke) | R1 | MMA Casino Fights: Alvarez vs Bravo |
| Mar 21, 2015 | Graham Turner | WIN | SUBSubmission (Guillotine) | R3 · - | Fightstar Promotions: Rage in the Cage 3 |
| Jan 26, 2015 | Helson Henriques | WIN | SUBSubmission (Arm Triangle) | R2 · 1:23 | IPC 6: International Pro Combat 6 |
Wins, losses and draws are Joel Álvarez’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 23 bouts we hold a full result for — method, round and time. Per-fight striking and grappling statistics are not published in our data source, so they are not shown.
Joel Álvarez’s record, in numbers
Joel Álvarez’s official record is 23-5. Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 23 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for — 19 wins, 4 losses — because 5 bouts from the official record are not in the history we hold.
The 19 wins break down as 5 by knockout, 13 by submission and 1 by decision — 18 of 19 inside the distance, a finish rate of 95%. Across the 22 of 23 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 5 minutes 46 seconds.
Joel Álvarez has been stopped twice in the 23 bouts on file — 1 by knockout and 1 by submission — which is 9% of them. The last 2 bouts on file are both losses.
Of the 23 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for, 1 was for a title and 7 were the main event of the card. Four of them have come since September 2024.
Set against the 569 Welterweight fighters Cage Brothers holds eight or more bouts for, Joel Álvarez has a finish rate above 89% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 78% of them and a two-year bout count above 89% of them. The comparison is made inside the division rather than across the whole roster, because how often a division finishes depends heavily on what it weighs.
Joel Álvarez is listed at 6ft 3in with a reach of 77in, fights orthodox and is 33, born 2 March 1993.
These figures are recomputed from Joel Álvarez’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.


















