Houston Alexander

"The Assassin"

2-4

Record

Age / DOB 54
(Mar 22, 1972)

Height 6' 0"

Weight 205 lbs.

Reach 72.0"

Stance Orthodox

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Career Averages

3.06 Sig. Strikes / Min

54.0% Sig. Strike Acc.

3.2 Absorbed / Min

52.0% Strike Defense

1.19 TD Avg / 15 min

57.0% TD Accuracy

33.0% TD Defense

0.0 Sub. / Fight

Win Methods (2)

KO/TKO 2

Submission 0

Decision 0

Loss Methods (4)

KO/TKO 2

Submission 1

Decision 1

Fight History

Result / Opponent

Event & Date

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Loss

vs Kevin Ferguson

The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights Finale
Dec 05, 2009

Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) R3 5:00

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Kevin Ferguson	0	27 of 66	40%	36 of 76	4 of 4	100%	1	0	3:21
Houston Alexander	0	43 of 79	54%	61 of 98	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:16

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Ctrl
1	Kevin Ferguson	3 of 17	17%	4 of 18	0 of 0	---	0	0:00
1	Houston Alexander	12 of 25	48%	12 of 25	0 of 0	---	0	0:00
2	Kevin Ferguson	13 of 21	61%	19 of 28	3 of 3	100%	1	2:15
2	Houston Alexander	11 of 12	91%	20 of 22	0 of 0	---	0	0:10
3	Kevin Ferguson	11 of 28	39%	13 of 30	1 of 1	100%	0	1:06
3	Houston Alexander	20 of 42	47%	29 of 51	0 of 0	---	0	0:06

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Kevin Ferguson	27 of 66	40%	23 of 62	4 of 4	0 of 0	12 of 46	4 of 9	11 of 11
Houston Alexander	43 of 79	54%	11 of 35	0 of 0	32 of 44	40 of 68	1 of 8	2 of 3

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Kevin Ferguson	3 of 17	17%	3 of 17	0 of 0	0 of 0	3 of 15	0 of 2	0 of 0
1	Houston Alexander	12 of 25	48%	1 of 8	0 of 0	11 of 17	12 of 21	0 of 4	0 of 0
2	Kevin Ferguson	13 of 21	61%	12 of 20	1 of 1	0 of 0	2 of 7	2 of 5	9 of 9
2	Houston Alexander	11 of 12	91%	0 of 0	0 of 0	11 of 12	11 of 12	0 of 0	0 of 0
3	Kevin Ferguson	11 of 28	39%	8 of 25	3 of 3	0 of 0	7 of 24	2 of 2	2 of 2
3	Houston Alexander	20 of 42	47%	10 of 27	0 of 0	10 of 15	17 of 35	1 of 4	2 of 3

Loss

vs Eric Schafer

UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Neer
Sep 17, 2008

Submission (arm-triangle choke) R1 4:53

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Eric Schafer	0	24 of 38	63%	53 of 69	1 of 4	25%	2	1	3:16
Houston Alexander	0	12 of 21	57%	22 of 31	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:32

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Eric Schafer	0	24 of 38	63%	53 of 69	1 of 4	25%	2	1	3:16
1	Houston Alexander	0	12 of 21	57%	22 of 31	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:32

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Eric Schafer	24 of 38	63%	21 of 32	3 of 6	0 of 0	0 of 1	3 of 6	21 of 31
Houston Alexander	12 of 21	57%	7 of 15	3 of 4	2 of 2	3 of 5	4 of 7	5 of 9

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Eric Schafer	24 of 38	63%	21 of 32	3 of 6	0 of 0	0 of 1	3 of 6	21 of 31
1	Houston Alexander	12 of 21	57%	7 of 15	3 of 4	2 of 2	3 of 5	4 of 7	5 of 9

Loss

vs James Irvin

UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Lauzon
Apr 02, 2008

KO (superman punch) R1 0:08

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
James Irvin	1	3 of 4	75%	3 of 4	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:02
Houston Alexander	0	0 of 1	0%	0 of 1	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	James Irvin	1	3 of 4	75%	3 of 4	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:02
1	Houston Alexander	0	0 of 1	0%	0 of 1	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
James Irvin	3 of 4	75%	3 of 4	0 of 0	0 of 0	1 of 1	0 of 0	2 of 3
Houston Alexander	0 of 1	0%	0 of 1	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 1	0 of 0	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	James Irvin	3 of 4	75%	3 of 4	0 of 0	0 of 0	1 of 1	0 of 0	2 of 3
1	Houston Alexander	0 of 1	0%	0 of 1	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 1	0 of 0	0 of 0

Loss

vs Thiago Silva

UFC 78: Validation
Nov 17, 2007

TKO (punches) R1 3:25

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Thiago Silva	0	22 of 35	62%	33 of 46	1 of 1	100%	0	0	1:56
Houston Alexander	0	2 of 8	25%	2 of 8	1 of 1	100%	0	0	0:28

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Thiago Silva	0	22 of 35	62%	33 of 46	1 of 1	100%	0	0	1:56
1	Houston Alexander	0	2 of 8	25%	2 of 8	1 of 1	100%	0	0	0:28

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Thiago Silva	22 of 35	62%	16 of 29	5 of 5	1 of 1	4 of 5	3 of 3	15 of 27
Houston Alexander	2 of 8	25%	0 of 5	1 of 2	1 of 1	0 of 6	2 of 2	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Thiago Silva	22 of 35	62%	16 of 29	5 of 5	1 of 1	4 of 5	3 of 3	15 of 27
1	Houston Alexander	2 of 8	25%	0 of 5	1 of 2	1 of 1	0 of 6	2 of 2	0 of 0

Win

vs Alessio Sakara

UFC 75: Champion vs. Champion
Sep 08, 2007

TKO (knee and punches) R1 1:01

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Houston Alexander	1	18 of 36	50%	18 of 36	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:14
Alessio Sakara	0	1 of 5	20%	1 of 5	1 of 2	50%	0	0	0:09

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Houston Alexander	1	18 of 36	50%	18 of 36	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:14
1	Alessio Sakara	0	1 of 5	20%	1 of 5	1 of 2	50%	0	0	0:09

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Houston Alexander	18 of 36	50%	17 of 34	1 of 2	0 of 0	1 of 9	4 of 5	13 of 22
Alessio Sakara	1 of 5	20%	1 of 5	0 of 0	0 of 0	1 of 5	0 of 0	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Houston Alexander	18 of 36	50%	17 of 34	1 of 2	0 of 0	1 of 9	4 of 5	13 of 22
1	Alessio Sakara	1 of 5	20%	1 of 5	0 of 0	0 of 0	1 of 5	0 of 0	0 of 0

Win

vs Keith Jardine

UFC 71: Liddell vs. Jackson
May 26, 2007

KO (punches) R1 0:48

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Houston Alexander	2	17 of 20	85%	17 of 20	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:19
Keith Jardine	0	5 of 8	62%	6 of 9	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Houston Alexander	2	17 of 20	85%	17 of 20	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:19
1	Keith Jardine	0	5 of 8	62%	6 of 9	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Houston Alexander	17 of 20	85%	14 of 17	2 of 2	1 of 1	1 of 1	13 of 15	3 of 4
Keith Jardine	5 of 8	62%	4 of 7	1 of 1	0 of 0	3 of 4	2 of 4	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Houston Alexander	17 of 20	85%	14 of 17	2 of 2	1 of 1	1 of 1	13 of 15	3 of 4
1	Keith Jardine	5 of 8	62%	4 of 7	1 of 1	0 of 0	3 of 4	2 of 4	0 of 0