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Geoff Neal vs. Niko Price

UFC 8-6-0 vs. 9-11-0 (2 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-6-0
UFC record
9-11-0 (2 NC)
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
36
AgeΔ 1 yrs
37
5'11"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
75"
ReachΔ 1"
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
7.9
Layoff (months)Δ 7.6 mo
0.3
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Geoff Neal carries real power — 0.87 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Geoff Neal absorbs 5.56 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.08 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Niko Price absorbs 5.51 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.08 Welterweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Geoff Neal

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 96
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 30
Tier 3 — regional circuit 42

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.07 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.3 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 +2.9 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6875.00/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
9115.29/min · norm 3.17
7645.56/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
9495.51/min · norm 3.08
50.7%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
44.0%norm 44.75%
57.0%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
48.4%norm 55.25%
80.87/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
50.44/15 · norm 0.38

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

Geoff Neal

Distance 86.9% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 8.0% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 5.1% (norm 8.1%)

Niko Price

Distance 83.5% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 7.7% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 8.8% (norm 8.1%)

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

Geoff Neal

Head 90.5% (norm 78.3%) · Body 6.1% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 3.5% (norm 8.0%)

Niko Price

Head 77.3% (norm 78.3%) · Body 11.4% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 11.3% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Neal L/AAccWelterweight med Price L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 566 / 1177 48.1% 38.5% 682 / 1728 39.5% 38.5%
In the clinch 72 / 108 66.7% 67.8% 94 / 159 59.1% 67.8%
On the ground 49 / 69 71.0% 67.0% 135 / 182 74.2% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 585 / 1225 47.8% 36.4% 572 / 1600 35.8% 36.4%
To the body 58 / 82 70.7% 70.7% 145 / 236 61.4% 70.7%
To the legs 44 / 47 93.6% 83.0% 194 / 233 83.3% 83.0%

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: 180 fighters · Welterweight: 180 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 Neal L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Price L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 684 / 1658 41.3% 39.1% 748 / 1537 48.7% 39.1%
In the clinch 73 / 104 70.2% 68.9% 81 / 108 75.0% 68.9%
On the ground 7 / 13 too few to rate 68.0% 120 / 193 62.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 477 / 1409 33.9% 35.6% 649 / 1481 43.8% 35.6%
To the body 208 / 280 74.3% 69.6% 163 / 208 78.4% 69.6%
To the legs 79 / 86 91.9% 82.2% 137 / 149 91.9% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
545.5% acc · 0.55/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
1230.0% acc · 1.04/15 · norm 1.31
2689.7% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2352.3% def · norm 63.9%
19:5514.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
26:5615.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
7:280:48 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
36:083:08 per 15 · norm 3:15
10.11/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
70.61/15 · norm 0.44

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