Jacobe Smith vs. Niko Price

UFC 3-0-0 vs. 8-11-0 (2 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-0-0
UFC record
8-11-0 (2 NC)
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
30
AgeΔ 6 yrs
36
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
72"
ReachΔ 4"
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
5.5
Layoff (months)Δ 1.1 mo
4.4
WWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jacobe Smith hunts takedowns — 4.52 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Jacobe Smith carries real power — 1.13 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.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jacobe Smith

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.3 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 +3.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

916.85/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
8705.11/min · norm 3.17
483.61/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
9495.57/min · norm 3.06
63.2%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
43.3%norm 44.9%
46.1%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
48.3%norm 55.25%
11.13/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
50.44/15 · norm 0.38

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

Jacobe Smith

Distance 68.8% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 1.4% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 29.9% (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)

Jacobe Smith

Head 77.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 9.7% (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 Smith L/AAccWelterweight med Price L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 56 / 99 56.6% 38.6% 678 / 1722 39.4% 38.6%
In the clinch 2 / 2 too few to rate 67.8% 94 / 159 59.1% 67.8%
On the ground 33 / 43 76.7% 67.2% 98 / 129 76.0% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 65 / 112 58.0% 37.2% 533 / 1543 34.5% 37.2%
To the body 15 / 18 too few to rate 70.7% 143 / 234 61.1% 70.7%
To the legs 11 / 14 too few to rate 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 Smith L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Price L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 40 / 76 52.6% 39.0% 748 / 1536 48.7% 39.0%
In the clinch 4 / 5 too few to rate 68.9% 81 / 108 75.0% 68.9%
On the ground 4 / 8 too few to rate 68.0% 120 / 193 62.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 26 / 61 42.6% 35.6% 649 / 1480 43.9% 35.6%
To the body 8 / 13 too few to rate 69.6% 163 / 208 78.4% 69.6%
To the legs 14 / 15 too few to rate 82.1% 137 / 149 91.9% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
4100.0% acc · 4.52/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
1230.0% acc · 1.06/15 · norm 1.27
4100.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2150.0% def · norm 63.9%
6:1547.1% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
25:1114.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
0:010:01 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
36:083:10 per 15 · norm 3:15
11.13/15 · 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.