Thiago Alves vs. Spencer Fisher

UFC 15-12-0 vs. 9-8-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
15-12-0
UFC record
9-8-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
42
AgeΔ 8 yrs
50
5'9"
HeightΔ 2"
5'7"
70"
ReachΔ 2"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
80
Layoff (months)Δ 89.5 mo
169.5
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Thiago Alves carries real power — 0.66 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Spencer Fisher is a submission threat — 0.75 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
Spencer Fisher rarely shoots — 0.67 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Thiago Alves

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1412
Tier 3 — regional circuit 93

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.8 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 38 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.7 wins over .500

Spencer Fisher

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 98
Tier 3 — regional circuit 151

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.09 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

11063.73/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
6373.17/min · norm 3.42
10153.42/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
6093.03/min · norm 3.37
41.8%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
43.5%norm 43.5%
62.5%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
64.1%norm 56.3%
130.66/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
30.22/15 · norm 0.25

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Thiago Alves

Distance 84.1% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 7.9% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 8.0% (norm 8.1%)

Spencer Fisher

Distance 76.6% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 16.5% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 6.9% (norm 8.0%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Thiago Alves

Head 73.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 7.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 18.7% (norm 8.4%)

Spencer Fisher

Head 71.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 17.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 10.5% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Alves L/AAccWelterweight med Fisher L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 867 / 2227 38.9% 38.6% 404 / 1122 36.0% 37.9%
In the clinch 126 / 208 60.6% 67.8% 172 / 241 71.4% 67.3%
On the ground 113 / 213 53.1% 67.2% 61 / 101 60.4% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 569 / 1953 29.1% 37.2% 305 / 1049 29.1% 35.0%
To the body 150 / 200 75.0% 70.7% 203 / 262 77.5% 69.1%
To the legs 387 / 495 78.2% 82.9% 129 / 153 84.3% 81.9%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Lightweight: 201 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Alves L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Fisher L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 731 / 2283 32.0% 39.0% 377 / 1301 29.0% 38.9%
In the clinch 159 / 251 63.3% 68.9% 111 / 151 73.5% 68.6%
On the ground 125 / 174 71.8% 68.0% 121 / 246 49.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 649 / 2203 29.5% 35.6% 343 / 1324 25.9% 35.1%
To the body 218 / 312 69.9% 69.6% 146 / 228 64.0% 68.1%
To the legs 148 / 193 76.7% 82.1% 120 / 146 82.2% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1460.9% acc · 0.71/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
930.0% acc · 0.67/15 · norm 1.38
7763.1% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
5860.4% def · norm 64.0%
30:5610.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
25:1312.5% of cage time · norm 19.5%
76:113:51 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
74:105:32 per 15 · norm 2:46
60.30/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
100.75/15 · norm 0.49

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Alves has more cage time on record.