Diakiese vs Alvarez

Who won Diakiese vs Alvarez?

Joel Alvarez beat Marc Diakiese by submission in the 2nd round during the prelims of UFC Fight Night London – Aspinall vs. Tybura, on Saturday 22nd July 2023 at O2 Arena in London.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Diakiese vs Alvarez stats

Marc Diakiese stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 6 loses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Joel Alvarez made his way to the cage with a record of 19 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, with 3 of those wins by knock out and 16 by submission.

The stats suggested Diakiese had a large advantage in power over Alvarez, boasting at 38% knock out percentage over Alvarez's 16%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Alvarez had a massive advantage over Diakiese, boosting at 84% submission rate over Diakiese's 6%.

Marc Diakiese was the same age as Joel Alvarez, at 30 years old.

Alvarez had a height advantage of 5 inches over Diakiese. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Diakiese was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 3 months earlier than Alvarez, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 19 more professional rounds, 53 to Alvarez's 34.

Diakiese vs Alvarez form

Diakiese had lost to all of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Rafael Alves at UFC Vegas 42 on 13th November 2021 by in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Rafael Fiziev at UFC Fight Island 2 on 18th July 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Nasrat Haqparast at UFC Fight Night 134 on 22nd July 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg, Germany.

Before that, he had been beaten by Dan Hooker at UFC 219 on 30th December 2017 by unanimous decision in the 3rd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

He had lost to Drakkar Klose at The Ultimate Fighter 25 Finale on 7th July 2017 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Diakiese's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 3 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Alvarez's last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 10 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.5 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Diakiese vs Alvarez?

Marc Diakiese was a 33/20 (+170) underdog going into the contest, while Joel Alvarez made his way into the ring at 1/2 (-200) with oddsmakers.