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Niko Price vs. Alex Oliveira

UFC 9-11-0 (2 NC) vs. 11-10-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-11-0 (2 NC)
UFC record
11-10-0 (1 NC)
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
37
AgeΔ 1 yrs
38
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
5'11"
76"
ReachΔ 0"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
0.3
Layoff (months)Δ 55.2 mo
55.5
WLLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Alex Oliveira hunts takedowns — 2.35 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.
Niko Price absorbs 5.51 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.08 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Alex Oliveira owns the mat — in control 33% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

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

Alex Oliveira

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1110
Tier 3 — regional circuit 159

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.41 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 21 finish wins over 48 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

9115.29/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
6292.99/min · norm 3.17
9495.51/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
5372.55/min · norm 3.08
44.0%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
51.1%norm 44.75%
48.4%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
46.7%norm 55.25%
50.44/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
60.43/15 · norm 0.38

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

Niko Price

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

Alex Oliveira

Distance 69.7% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 17.0% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 13.3% (norm 8.1%)

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

Niko Price

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

Alex Oliveira

Head 71.9% (norm 78.3%) · Body 17.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 10.4% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Price L/AAccWelterweight med Oliveira L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 682 / 1728 39.5% 38.5% 374 / 857 43.6% 38.5%
In the clinch 94 / 159 59.1% 67.8% 142 / 209 67.9% 67.8%
On the ground 135 / 182 74.2% 67.0% 113 / 164 68.9% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 572 / 1600 35.8% 36.4% 356 / 884 40.3% 36.4%
To the body 145 / 236 61.4% 70.7% 158 / 218 72.5% 70.7%
To the legs 194 / 233 83.3% 83.0% 115 / 128 89.8% 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 Price L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Oliveira L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 748 / 1537 48.7% 39.1% 303 / 704 43.0% 39.1%
In the clinch 81 / 108 75.0% 68.9% 108 / 141 76.6% 68.9%
On the ground 120 / 193 62.2% 68.0% 126 / 162 77.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 649 / 1481 43.8% 35.6% 328 / 737 44.5% 35.6%
To the body 163 / 208 78.4% 69.6% 90 / 135 66.7% 69.6%
To the legs 137 / 149 91.9% 82.2% 119 / 135 88.1% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1230.0% acc · 1.04/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
3338.4% acc · 2.35/15 · norm 1.31
2352.3% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
3063.8% def · norm 63.9%
26:5615.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
69:2733.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
36:083:08 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
52:553:46 per 15 · norm 3:15
70.61/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
80.57/15 · 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.