Rick Story vs Thiago Alves

Rick Story is 19-9-0; Thiago Alves is 23-15-0. Thiago Alves is 1 year older than Rick Story. Rick Story has a 1" · 3 cm reach advantage over Thiago Alves. They have met once: Rick Story 1, Thiago Alves 0.

Rick Story

“The Horror” · 19-9-0

WelterweightMet once

Thiago Alves

“Pitbull” · 23-15-0

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Style & credentials

Rick Story

Folkstyle Wrestling

2006Runner-up · NAIA184 lb Catchweight
2006All-American · NAIA184 lb Catchweight
—Southern Oregon UniversityWrestling Folkstyle · 2004-2006
—Bethel High SchoolWrestling Folkstyle

Thiago Alves

Muay ThaiBJJ

—Brown belt · BJJ
2021Inaugural BKFC Middleweight ChampionshipBKFC

Camp · American Top Team · Coconut Creek, Florida, US

Sig. strikes by zone

Where each fighter lands, as a share of significant strikes

52%

Head

56%

35%

Body

15%

14%

Leg

30%

Time in position

Where their significant strikes are thrown

Rick Storylast 22 fights

59%22%19%

Thiago Alveslast 30 fights

79%12%9%

DistanceClinchGround

How good, really

Each stat against every UFC fighter, in plain words

Rick Story· incl. 3 fights outside the UFC Thiago Alves· incl. 3 fights outside the UFC

Strikes landed / min

3.803.73

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Rick Story · Good · better than 63% of UFC fightersThiago Alves · Good · better than 61% of UFC fighters

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

2.173.42

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Rick Story · Elite · better than 88% of UFC fightersThiago Alves · Average · better than 50% of UFC fighters

Takedowns landed / 15 min

2.530.71

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Rick Story · Good · better than 81% of UFC fightersThiago Alves · Below avg · better than 31% of UFC fighters

Takedown accuracy

48%61%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Rick Story · Good · better than 72% of UFC fightersThiago Alves · Elite · better than 89% of UFC fighters

Takedown defence

63%63%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Rick Story · Average · better than 46% of UFC fightersThiago Alves · Average · better than 46% of UFC fighters

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.900.30

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Rick Story · Good · better than 77% of UFC fightersThiago Alves · Average · better than 40% of UFC fighters

Ranked against 1490 UFC fighters with five or more UFC fights.

Striking & grappling

Same scale left and right on every row

3.80

Strikes landed / min

3.73

2.17

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

3.42

2.53 / 5.3

Takedowns landed / 15 min

0.71 / 1.2

48%

Takedown accuracy

61%

63%

Takedown defence

63%

3:57

Control time / fight

1:09

0.90

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.30

Bars in a row share one scale. The stronger side is solid; the pale tail behind takedowns is attempts.

Where the strikes land

Range × target

Rick Story19 UFC fights · 901 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

35%311/1260

18%164/264

8%73/82

Clinch

5%47/132

13%115/135

4%39/45

Ground

12%107/194

4%33/33

1%12/13

Thiago Alves27 UFC fights · 1050 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

35%367/1484

8%87/117

34%357/453

Clinch

7%71/142

5%51/59

0%4/5

Ground

11%112/211

0%1/2

0%0/0

Share of significant strikes landed by range and target · landed / attempted in each cell.

When it ends

Every early finish of their careers, placed at the minute it ended

Rick Story12 of 31 ended early · 39%19 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

1 early stoppage has no logged time

Thiago Alves22 of 38 ended early · 58%16 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

4 early stoppages have no logged time

finished the opponent got finished· placed at the minute the fight ended

Recent form · last 5

Rick Story3-2

L
Handesson Ferreira
Professional Fighters League - PFL 10: 2018 Season PFL Playoffs 3· Oct 19, 2018
TKO · R2 · 1:15 · Welterweight
W
Carlton Minus
Professional Fighters League - PFL 6: 2018 Regular Season· Aug 15, 2018
Submission · R2 · 2:55 · Welterweight
W
Yuri Villefort
Professional Fighters League - PFL 3: 2018 Regular Season· Jul 4, 2018
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
L
Donald Cerrone
UFC 202: Diaz vs McGregor 2· Aug 20, 2016
TKO · R2 · 2:02 · Welterweight
W
Tarec Saffiedine
UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs Garbrandt· May 29, 2016
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight

Full record · 31 fights

W
Gunnar Nelson
UFC Fight Night: Saffiedine vs MacDonald· Oct 4, 2014
Split Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Leonardo Mafra
UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs Miller· Jul 16, 2014
Submission · R2 · 2:12 · Welterweight
L
Kelvin Gastelum
UFC 171: Hendricks vs Lawler· Mar 15, 2014
Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Brian Ebersole
UFC 167: St-Pierre vs Hendricks· Nov 16, 2013
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
L
Mike Pyle
UFC 160: Velasquez vs Bigfoot 2· May 25, 2013
Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Quinn Mulhern
UFC 158: St-Pierre vs Diaz· Mar 16, 2013
TKO · R1 · 3:05 · Welterweight
L
Demian Maia
UFC 153: Silva vs Bonnar· Oct 13, 2012
Submission · R1 · 2:30 · Welterweight
W
Brock Jardine
UFC on FX: Maynard vs Guida· Jun 22, 2012
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
L
Martin Kampmann
UFC 139: Shogun vs Henderson· Nov 19, 2011
Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
L
Charlie Brenneman
UFC Live: Kongo vs Barry· Jun 26, 2011
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Thiago Alves
UFC 130: Rampage vs Hamill· May 29, 2011
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Johny Hendricks
The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs Team Koscheck Finale· Dec 4, 2010
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Dustin Hazelett
UFC 117: Silva vs Sonnen· Aug 7, 2010
TKO · R2 · 1:15 · Welterweight
W
Nick Osipczak
UFC 112: INVINCIBLE· Apr 10, 2010
Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Jesse Lennox
UFC Fight Night: Maynard vs Diaz· Jan 11, 2010
Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Brian Foster
UFC 103: Franklin vs Belfort· Sep 19, 2009
Submission · R2 · 1:09 · Welterweight
L
John Hathaway
UFC 99: THE COMEBACK· Jun 13, 2009
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Brandon Melendez
EWC 7: Vancouver Cage Fights· Sep 6, 2008
Submission · R1 · 2:17 · Welterweight
W
Wesley Welch
Northwest Invitational· Aug 22, 2008
TKO · Welterweight
W
Jake Ellenberger
SportFight 23· Jun 20, 2008
Unanimous Decision · Welterweight
W
Ryan Healy
EWC 5: May Massacre· May 10, 2008
Unanimous Decision · Welterweight
W
James Dodge
EWC 4: Welterweight War· Feb 23, 2008
Submission · R1 · 3:37 · Welterweight
W
Jake Paul
EWC 3: Capitol Invasion· Jan 12, 2008
TKO · R2 · 1:49 · Welterweight
L
Nathan Coy
SportFight 21· Dec 22, 2007
Unanimous Decision · Welterweight
W
Julio Paulino
Alaska Fighting Championship· Nov 15, 2007
DEC
L
Mario Miranda
Conquest Of The Cage 1· Nov 6, 2007
Unanimous Decision · Middleweight

Thiago Alves1-4

L
Tim Means
UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs Rozenstruik· Dec 7, 2019
Submission · R1 · 2:38 · Welterweight
L
Laureano Staropoli
UFC 237: Namajunas vs Andrade· May 11, 2019
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Max Griffin
UFC Fight Night· Feb 2, 2019
Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
L
Alexey Kunchenko
UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs Oleinik· Sep 15, 2018
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
L
Curtis Millender
UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs Medeiros· Feb 18, 2018
TKO · R2 · 4:17 · Welterweight

Full record · 38 fights

W
Patrick Cote
UFC 210: Cormier vs Johnson 2· Apr 8, 2017
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
L
Jim Miller
UFC 205: Alvarez vs McGregor· Nov 12, 2016
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Catch Weight
L
Carlos Condit
UFC Fight Night: Condit vs Alves· May 30, 2015
TKO · R2 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Jordan Mein
UFC 183: Silva vs Diaz· Jan 31, 2015
TKO · R2 · 0:39 · Welterweight
W
Seth Baczynski
UFC on FOX: Werdum vs Browne· Apr 19, 2014
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
L
Martin Kampmann
UFC on FX: Alves vs Kampmann· Mar 3, 2012
Submission · R3 · 4:12 · Welterweight
W
Papy Abedi
UFC 138: Leben vs Munoz· Nov 5, 2011
Submission · R1 · 3:32 · Welterweight
L
Rick Story
UFC 130: Rampage vs Hamill· May 29, 2011
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
John Howard
UFC 124: St-Pierre vs Koscheck· Dec 11, 2010
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
L
Jon Fitch
UFC 117: Silva vs Sonnen· Aug 7, 2010
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
L
Georges St-Pierre
UFC 100: Lesnar vs Mir II· Jul 11, 2009
Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Josh Koscheck
UFC 90: Silva vs Cote· Oct 24, 2008
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Matt Hughes
UFC 85: BEDLAM· Jun 7, 2008
TKO · R2 · 1:02 · Welterweight
W
Karo Parisyan
UFC Fight Night: Florian vs Lauzon· Apr 2, 2008
TKO · R2 · 0:24 · Welterweight
W
Chris Lytle
UFC 78: VALIDATION· Nov 17, 2007
TKO · R2 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Kuniyoshi Hironaka
UFC Fight Night: Thomas vs Florian· Sep 19, 2007
TKO · R2 · 4:04 · Welterweight
W
Tony DeSouza
UFC 66: Liddell vs Ortiz 2· Dec 30, 2006
TKO · R2 · 1:10 · Welterweight
W
John Alessio
Ortiz vs Shamrock 3: The Final Chapter· Oct 10, 2006
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
L
Jon Fitch
UFC Fight Night: Goulet vs Cummo· Jun 29, 2006
TKO · R2 · 4:37 · Welterweight
W
Derrick Noble
UFC 59: Reality Check· Apr 15, 2006
TKO · R1 · 2:54 · Welterweight
W
Ansar Chalangov
UFC 56: Full Force· Nov 19, 2005
TKO · R1 · 2:25 · Welterweight
L
Spencer Fisher
UFC Fight Night 2· Oct 3, 2005
Submission · R2 · 4:43 · Welterweight
W
Jeff Cox
KOTC: Payback· Feb 25, 2005
TKO · R1 · 0:15 · Welterweight
W
Jason Chambers
Ironheart Crown 8· Nov 20, 2004
TKO · R1 · 4:57 · Welterweight
W
Nuri Shakir
Absolute Fighting Championship· Feb 27, 2004
DEC
L
Derrick Noble
Absolute Fighting Championship· Dec 6, 2003
Submission
W
Marcus Davis
Hardcore FC 2· Oct 18, 2003
Split Decision · Lightweight
W
Mike Littlefield
Mass Destruction 12· Aug 16, 2003
TKO · R2 · 0:50
W
Carlos Pereira
Bitetti Combat· Mar 20, 2003
TKO
W
Fabio Holanda
Bitetti Combat· Nov 28, 2002
DEC
W
Wilson Belchoir
Brazil Regional· Oct 8, 2001
TKO
L
Lucas Lopes
Paraiba Regional· Sep 28, 2001
DEC
L
Gleison Tibau
Ceara Regional· Jun 30, 2001
Submission

Head-to-Head History

UFC 130: Rampage vs Hamill
Sun, May 29, 2011
Rick Story
Unanimous Decision · ROUND 3 · 5:00

Common Opponents

How each fared against the same opponents.

Rick StoryThiago Alves

LSplit Decision · ROUND 3 · 5:00Sat, Nov 19, 2011
Martin Kampmann
LSubmission · ROUND 3 · 4:12Sat, Mar 3, 2012

Frequently asked questions

Have Rick Story and Thiago Alves ever fought?

Yes, once. Most recently at UFC 130: Rampage vs Hamill (Sun, May 29, 2011), where Rick Story won by Unanimous Decision.

What are the records of Rick Story and Thiago Alves?

Rick Story is 19-9-0 and Thiago Alves is 23-15-0.

Who has the longer reach, Rick Story or Thiago Alves?

Rick Story has the longer reach: 71" · 180 cm against 70" · 178 cm for Thiago Alves, a 1" · 3 cm advantage.

Who is taller, Rick Story or Thiago Alves?

Neither. Both stand 5'9" · 175 cm.

Who is older, Rick Story or Thiago Alves?

Thiago Alves is 43 and Rick Story is 42.

Who has more finishes, Rick Story or Thiago Alves?

Rick Story has 9 wins inside the distance (4 by KO/TKO, 5 by submission); Thiago Alves has 14 wins (13 by KO/TKO, 1 by submission).

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