JOEL ÁLVAREZ

The Spanish welterweight athlete Joel Alvarez trains out of the Bandog Fight Club. An orthodox fighter with a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu brown belt, he is recognized for his technical grappling skills. Before joining the UFC, Alvarez served as the lightweight champion for the Ansgar Fighting League, and he has frequently utilized submission techniques to secure wins throughout his career.

Alvarez currently maintains a professional record of 23-4-0. He enters this bout following a May 2026 loss to Yaroslav Amosov, who defeated him with an arm-triangle choke. This defeat ended a four-fight winning streak, a sequence that featured a unanimous decision win against Vicente Luque, a flying knee knockout of Drakkar Klose, a TKO victory over Elves Brener, and a brabo choke submission of Marc Diakiese.