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Matchup deep-dive

Alan Jouban vs.
Niko Price

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

8-5-0 Alan Jouban · UFC
8-11-0 (2 NC) Niko Price · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

8-5-0
UFC record
8-11-0 (2 NC)
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
44.7
AgeΔ 7.8 yrs
36.9
6'0"
HeightΔ 0"
6'0"
73"
ReachΔ 3"
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
68.5
Layoff (months)Δ 64.2 mo
4.3
WLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Alan Jouban carries real power — 1.15 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Niko Price absorbs 5.57 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.06 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Alan Jouban outworks the Welterweight division — 5.67 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Alan Jouban

Full career not yet synced for Alan Jouban — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 3-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Niko Price

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 811
Tier 3 — regional circuit 80

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.68 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6635.67/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
8705.11/min · norm 3.17
4413.77/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
9495.57/min · norm 3.06
50.3%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
43.3%norm 44.9%
60.0%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
48.3%norm 55.25%
91.15/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
50.44/15 · norm 0.38

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Alan Jouban

Distance 85.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 10.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 4.8% (norm 8.1%)

Niko Price

Distance 85.7% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 7.9% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 6.4% (norm 8.1%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Alan Jouban

Head 72.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 11.4% (norm 8.4%)

Niko Price

Head 76.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 11.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Jouban L/AAccWelterweight med Price L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 538 / 1120 48.0% 38.6% 678 / 1722 39.4% 38.6%
In the clinch 86 / 135 63.7% 67.8% 94 / 159 59.1% 67.8%
On the ground 39 / 63 61.9% 67.2% 98 / 129 76.0% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 398 / 961 41.4% 37.2% 533 / 1543 34.5% 37.2%
To the body 138 / 207 66.7% 70.7% 143 / 234 61.1% 70.7%
To the legs 127 / 150 84.7% 82.9% 194 / 233 83.3% 82.9%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Welterweight: 182 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Jouban L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Price L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 362 / 971 37.3% 39.0% 748 / 1536 48.7% 39.0%
In the clinch 53 / 89 59.6% 68.9% 81 / 108 75.0% 68.9%
On the ground 26 / 43 60.5% 68.0% 120 / 193 62.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 327 / 934 35.0% 35.6% 649 / 1480 43.9% 35.6%
To the body 67 / 107 62.6% 69.6% 163 / 208 78.4% 69.6%
To the legs 47 / 62 75.8% 82.1% 137 / 149 91.9% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

444.4% acc · 0.51/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
1230.0% acc · 1.06/15 · norm 1.27
1058.8% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2150.0% def · norm 63.9%
8:006.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
25:1114.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
13:221:42 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
36:083:10 per 15 · norm 3:15
20.26/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
70.62/15 · norm 0.45

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Price has more cage time on record.

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