Skip to content
The Clinch

United States of America “The Assassin” 2005-2010 · 21 rounds on file

Alex Karalexis

5-5-0 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 214/507
Takedown accuracy 15/33
Sig. strikes / round 10.2
Control / round 1:19
Inside the distance 60% 3 of 5 wins
Height
5′8″172.7 cm
Reach
66″167.6 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
4920 SEP 1977
Listed weight
155 lb70.3 kg
Positional Controller Automatically assigned from data across 10 fights - 4.7 takedown attempts and 32% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Grappling 4 2-2-0 vs 1479 avg
Positional Controller 2 2-0-0
Submission Grappler 2 0-2-0
Striking 2 0-2-0 vs 1500 avg
Distance Striker 1 0-1-0
Pressure Striker 1 0-1-0
Hybrid 1 0-1-0 --
Well-Rounded 1 0-1-0
-- Not classified 3 3-0-0 vs 1476 avg

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 4 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

09 APR 2005 - beat Josh Rafferty · Technical Knockout 06 AUG 2005 - lost to Kenny Florian · Technical Knockout 16 JAN 2006 - lost to Jason Von Flue · Submission 17 AUG 2006 - beat Thomas Denny · Decision (Unanimous) 20 JAN 2007 - beat Olaf Alfonso · Technical Knockout 03 JUN 2007 - beat Josh Smith · Decision (Majority) 12 DEC 2007 - lost to Ed Ratcliff · Technical Knockout 03 DEC 2008 - lost to Bart Palaszewski · Technical Knockout 01 MAR 2009 - beat Greg McIntyre · Technical Knockout 24 APR 2010 - lost to Anthony Pettis · Submission

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 21 rounds across 10 of 10 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 10.2
Sig. strikes absorbed 9.5
Takedowns landed 0.7
Knockdowns 0.0
Sub. attempts 0.2
Control time 1:19 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 42% 214/507
Takedowns 45% 15/33
Opponents’ accuracy 46% 199/434

Where the strikes land

Head 81% 174
Body 7% 15
Leg 12% 25

And from where

At distance 27% 57
In the clinch 29% 62
On the ground 44% 95

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 3 won Technical Knockout · 3-3
Submission 0 won Submission · 0-2
Decision 2 won Decision (Majority) · 1-0 Decision (Unanimous) · 1-0

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
24 APR 2010 Anthony Pettis Lost Submission R2 1:35 9 16 WEC 48: Aldo vs. Faber
01 MAR 2009 Greg McIntyre Won Technical Knockout R1 4:19 17 8 WEC 39: Brown vs. Garcia
03 DEC 2008 Bart Palaszewski Lost Technical Knockout R2 1:11 23 26 WEC 37: Torres vs. Tapia
12 DEC 2007 Ed Ratcliff Lost Technical Knockout R2 1:26 3 29 WEC 31: Faber vs. Curran
03 JUN 2007 Josh Smith Won Decision (Majority) R3 5:00 21 11 WEC 28: Faber vs. Farrar
20 JAN 2007 Olaf Alfonso Won Technical Knockout R2 3:53 48 5 WEC 25: McCullough vs. Cope
17 AUG 2006 Thomas Denny Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 51 37 WEC 23: Hot August Fights
16 JAN 2006 Jason Von Flue Lost Submission R3 1:17 18 28 UFC Fight Night 3
06 AUG 2005 Kenny Florian Lost Technical Knockout R2 2:52 18 38 UFC Fight Night 1
09 APR 2005 Josh Rafferty Won Technical Knockout R1 1:40 6 1 The Ultimate Fighter: Team Couture vs. Team Liddell Finale