Thiago Alves

Thiago Alves is the kind of fighter I genuinely enjoy watching. A Fortaleza-born striker who logged 27 fights inside the UFC from 2005 to 2019, he carried Muay Thai craft into the cage and made his leg kicks feel like punctuation marks. Longevity at that level demands a quiet, brutal discipline most people never see. What I admire most is the second act: coaching strikers at American Top Team, passing his hard-won knowledge to a new generation. That arc, from feared competitor to patient teacher, is the part of a fighting life I find most beautiful and most honest.

Name (English)

Thiago Alves

Name (Japanese)

チアゴ・アウヴェス

Reading

ちあご・あうゔぇす

Born

October 3, 1983 (age 42)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Boar

Origin

Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

Height

175 cm

Occupation

mixed martial arts fighter / Thai boxer

• Official sitehttp://www.thiagoalves.tv
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/thiagoalvesatt/
• Xhttps://x.com/ThiagoAlvesATT
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiago%20Alves%20(fighter)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A6%E3%83%99%E3%82%B9%20(%E6%A0%BC%E9%97%98%E5%AE%B6)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2697334

Tags

• Ceará
• mixed martial arts fighter
• Thai boxer

Last updated

2026-06-23

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.