Thiago Alves (23-15, 14) was born in Fortaleza, Brazil on October 3, 1983. At the age of 17 years on June 30, 2001, he made his professional MMA debut against Gleison Tibau, losing the fight via 2nd-round submission.
On October 3, 2005, 22-year old Thiago Alves made his UFC debut on his 12th professional MMA fight at UFC Fight Night 2 against a 29-year old Spencer Fisher but lost the fight via submission in the 2nd round.
Alves' last fight was a 1st-round submission loss to Tim Means at UFC on ESPN: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik at age 36 on December 7, 2019. He retired on a 2-fight losing streak.
He has fought 26 times in the UFC, and has a record of 14 wins and 12 losses in the promotion.
Some of Thiago Alves' best fights have been against Papy Abedi, Jordan Mein, Matt Hughes, Chris Lytle, Tony DeSouza, Kuniyoshi Hironaka and Karo Parisyan.
Alves has 15 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
38  | Dec 7, 2019 36 years, 2 months 23-15 (14) | 35 years, 9 months 28-11-1 (23) | UFC | WL | 1 | SUB | LOSS Guillotine choke |
37  | May 11, 2019 35 years, 7 months 23-14 (14) | 26 years, 2 months 8-1 (7) | UFC | WL | 3 | UD | LOSS |
36  | Feb 2, 2019 35 years, 3 months 23-13 (14) | 33 years, 2 months 14-5 (9) | UFC | WL | 3 | SD | WIN |
35  | Sep 15, 2018 34 years, 11 months 22-13 (14) | 34 years, 4 months 18-0 (14) | UFC | WL | 3 | UD | LOSS |
34  | Feb 18, 2018 34 years, 4 months 22-12 (14) | 30 years, 2 months 14-3 (5) | UFC | WL | 2 | KO | LOSS Knee |
33  | Apr 8, 2017 33 years, 6 months 22-11 (14) | 37 years, 1 months 23-10 (13) | UFC | WL | 3 | UD | WIN |
32  | Nov 12, 2016 33 years, 1 months 21-11 (14) | 33 years, 2 months 27-8 (17) | UFC | LT | 3 | UD | LOSS |
31  | May 30, 2015 31 years, 7 months 21-10 (14) | 31 years, 1 months 29-8 (27) | UFC | WL | 2 | TKO | LOSS Doctor stoppage |
30  | Jan 31, 2015 31 years, 3 months 21-9 (14) | 25 years, 3 months 29-9 (22) | UFC | WL | 2 | KO | WIN Body kick |
29  | Apr 19, 2014 30 years, 6 months 20-9 (13) | 32 years, 4 months 19-10 (17) | UFC | WL | 3 | UD | WIN |
28  | Mar 3, 2012 28 years, 5 months 19-9 (13) | 29 years, 10 months 18-5 (13) | UFC | WL | 3 | SUB | LOSS Guillotine choke |
27  | Nov 5, 2011 28 years, 1 months 19-8 (13) | 33 years, 4 months 8-0 (7) | UFC | WL | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke |
26  | May 28, 2011 27 years, 7 months 18-8 (12) | 26 years, 9 months 12-3 (6) | UFC | WL | 3 | UD | LOSS |
25  | Dec 11, 2010 27 years, 2 months 18-7 (12) | 27 years, 9 months 14-5 (10) | UFC | WL | 3 | UD | WIN |
24  | Aug 7, 2010 26 years, 10 months 17-7 (12) | 32 years, 5 months 23-3 (11) | UFC | WL | 3 | UD | LOSS |
23  | Jul 11, 2009 25 years, 9 months 17-6 (12) | 28 years, 1 months 18-2 (13) | UFC | WL | 5 | UD | LOSS For UFC welterweight title |
22  | Oct 25, 2008 25 years 17-5 (12) | 30 years, 10 months 11-2 (6) | UFC | WL | 3 | UD | WIN |
21  | Jun 7, 2008 24 years, 8 months 16-5 (12) | 34 years, 7 months 42-6 (33) | UFC | 2 | TKO | WIN Flying knee and punches | |
20  | Apr 2, 2008 24 years, 5 months 15-5 (11) | 25 years, 7 months 18-4 (9) | UFC | 2 | TKO | WIN Knee and punches | |
19  | Nov 17, 2007 24 years, 1 months 14-5 (10) | 33 years, 2 months 24-14-5 (20) | UFC | 2 | TKO | WIN Doctor stoppage | |
18  | Sep 19, 2007 23 years, 11 months 13-5 (9) | 31 years, 3 months 11-3 (6) | UFC | 2 | TKO | WIN Punch and knee | |
17  | Dec 30, 2006 23 years, 2 months 12-5 (8) | 32 years, 5 months 10-2 (7) | UFC | 2 | KO | WIN Knee | |
16  | Oct 10, 2006 23 years 11-5 (7) | 27 years, 3 months 18-8 (15) | 3 | UD | WIN | ||
15 | Jun 28, 2006 22 years, 8 months 10-5 (7) | 28 years, 4 months 13-2 (8) | UFC | 2 | TKO | LOSS Upkick and punches | |
14 | Apr 15, 2006 22 years, 6 months 10-4 (7) | Derrick Noble | UFC | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
13 | Nov 19, 2005 22 years, 1 months 9-4 (6) | Ansar Chalangov | UFC | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
12  | Oct 3, 2005 22 years 8-4 (5) | 29 years, 4 months 14-1 (13) | UFC | 2 | SUB | LOSS Triangle choke | |
11 | Feb 25, 2005 21 years, 4 months 8-3 (5) | Jeff Cox | KOTC | 1 | KO | WIN Knee and punches | |
10  | Nov 20, 2004 21 years, 1 months 7-3 (4) | 24 years, 7 months 15-1-1 (13) | 1 | TKO | WIN Submission to punches | ||
9 | Feb 27, 2004 20 years, 4 months 6-3 (3) | Nuri Shakir | 2 | UD | WIN | ||
8 | Dec 6, 2003 20 years, 2 months 5-3 (3) | Derrick Noble | 2 | SUB | LOSS Rear-naked choke | ||
7  | Oct 18, 2003 20 years 5-2 (3) | 30 years, 1 months 1-0 (1) | 3 | SD | WIN | ||
6 | Aug 16, 2003 19 years, 10 months 4-2 (3) | Mike Littlefield | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches | ||
5 | Mar 20, 2003 19 years, 5 months 3-2 (2) | Carlos Alexandre Pereira | 2 | TKO | WIN Doctor stoppage | ||
4 | Nov 28, 2002 19 years, 1 months 2-2 (1) | Fabio Holanda | 3 | UD | WIN | ||
3 | Oct 8, 2001 18 years 1-2 (1) | Wilson Belchoir | 1 | KO | WIN Punch | ||
2 | Sep 28, 2001 17 years, 11 months 0-2 (0) | Lucas Lopes | 3 | UD | LOSS | ||
1  | Jun 30, 2001 17 years, 8 months 0-1 (0) | 17 years, 11 months 2-0 (1) | 2 | SUB | LOSS Armbar |
