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 46th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2008.

Jim Miller's UFC record stood at 27-18-0, 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 41 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 39 more professional rounds, 126 to Alves' 87.

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Jim Miller had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Roosevelt Roberts at UFC Vegas 3 on 20th June 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Clay Guida at UFC on ESPN 5 on 3rd August 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Prudential Center, Newark.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Charles Oliveira at UFC on FOX 31 on 15th December 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center, Milwaukee.

Before that, he had been beaten by Dan Hooker at UFC Fight Night 128 on 21st April 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City.

He had been defeated by Francisco Trinaldo at UFC Fight Night 119 on 28th October 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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Miller's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years and 8 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

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