Thiago Alves, a seasoned mixed martial artist, competed with a record of 23-15-0 and held a weight class of 170 lbs. during his UFC career, which spanned 15 wins, 12 losses, and no draws. Standing at 5' 9' with a reach of 70', Alves adopted an orthodox stance in the octagon. In terms of performance statistics, Alves demonstrated a significant striking rate of 3.73 per minute, landing strikes accurately 41% of the time while absorbing 3.42 strikes per minute. His strike defense was commendable at 62%, and he averaged 0.71 takedowns every 15 minutes with a takedown accuracy of 60%. Alves attempted 0.3 submissions per 15 minutes during his UFC career. Throughout his career, Alves achieved one notable victory over Matt Hughes, who had an ELO rating of 1172 at the time. However, in his most recent five fights, Alves faced adversity, losing four consecutive bouts. His last fight was on December 7th, 2019, where he suffered a submission loss against Tim Means via guillotine choke. Prior to that, he lost to Curtis Millender via KO/TKO knee in February 2018 and faced two decisions losses against Aleksei Kunchenko and Laureano Staropoli in September 2018 and May 2019, respectively. In between these losses, Alves managed to secure a split decision victory over Max Griffin in February 2019.