Miller vs Alves

Who won Miller vs Alves?

Jim Miller beat Thiago Alves by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC 205, on Saturday 12th November 2016 at Madison Square Garden in New York.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Jim Miller.

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).

Miller vs Alves stats

Jim Miller stepped into the octagon with a record of 27 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 14 by submission.

Thiago Alves made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Jim Miller's 44th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2008.

Jim Miller's UFC record stood at 26-17-0, while Thiago Alves' came in at 15-12-0.

The stats suggested Alves had a massive power advantage over Miller, boasting a 62% knock out percentage over Miller's 15%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Miller had a massive advantage over Alves, boasting a 52% submission rate over Alves' 5%.

Jim Miller was the same age as Thiago Alves, at 40 years old.

Alves had a height advantage of 1 inch over Miller. Despite this, he had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Miller was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2005, 4 years and 4 months later than Alves, whose first professional fight was in 2001. He had fought 35 more professional rounds, 122 to Alves' 87.

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Alves' last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 6 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 10 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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