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James Vick vs. Niko Price

UFC 9-5-0 vs. 9-11-0 (2 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-5-0
UFC record
9-11-0 (2 NC)
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
39
AgeΔ 2 yrs
37
6'3"
HeightΔ 3"
6'0"
76"
ReachΔ 0"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
84.3
Layoff (months)Δ 84 mo
0.3
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
James Vick carries real power — 0.52 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
James Vick rarely shoots — 0.26 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.
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

James Vick

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 95
Tier 3 — regional circuit 41

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.08 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.4 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

4724.13/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
9115.29/min · norm 3.17
3783.31/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
9495.51/min · norm 3.08
39.8%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
44.0%norm 44.75%
60.5%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
48.4%norm 55.25%
40.52/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
50.44/15 · norm 0.38

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

James Vick

Distance 93.9% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 3.6% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 2.4% (norm 8.0%)

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)

James Vick

Head 77.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.4% (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 Vick L/AAccLightweight med Price L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 422 / 1113 37.9% 38.3% 682 / 1728 39.5% 38.5%
In the clinch 31 / 43 72.1% 67.5% 94 / 159 59.1% 67.8%
On the ground 19 / 29 65.5% 68.8% 135 / 182 74.2% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 288 / 913 31.5% 35.1% 572 / 1600 35.8% 36.4%
To the body 116 / 184 63.0% 69.1% 145 / 236 61.4% 70.7%
To the legs 68 / 88 77.3% 81.8% 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 (Lightweight: 204 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 Vick L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Price L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 304 / 847 35.9% 38.8% 748 / 1537 48.7% 39.1%
In the clinch 39 / 63 61.9% 68.6% 81 / 108 75.0% 68.9%
On the ground 35 / 48 72.9% 68.0% 120 / 193 62.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 220 / 711 30.9% 35.2% 649 / 1481 43.8% 35.6%
To the body 71 / 124 57.3% 68.2% 163 / 208 78.4% 69.6%
To the legs 87 / 123 70.7% 81.5% 137 / 149 91.9% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
233.3% acc · 0.26/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
1230.0% acc · 1.04/15 · norm 1.31
2257.9% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
2352.3% def · norm 63.9%
7:296.5% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
26:5615.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
17:052:14 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
36:083:08 per 15 · norm 3:15
50.66/15 · norm 0.48
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.