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Niko Price vs.
James Vick

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

8-11-0 (2 NC) Niko Price · UFC
9-5-0 James Vick · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

8-11-0 (2 NC)
UFC record
9-5-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
36.9
AgeΔ 2.5 yrs
39.4
6'0"
HeightΔ 3"
6'3"
76"
ReachΔ 0"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
4.3
Layoff (months)Δ 77.5 mo
81.8
LLLLW
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.

James Vick carries real power — 0.52 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Niko Price absorbs 5.57 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.06 Welterweight norm — hittable.
James Vick rarely shoots — 0.26 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight 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.

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

James Vick

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

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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8705.11/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
4724.13/min · norm 3.42
9495.57/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
3783.31/min · norm 3.37
43.3%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
39.8%norm 43.5%
48.3%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
60.5%norm 56.3%
50.44/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
40.52/15 · norm 0.25

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

Niko Price

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

James Vick

Distance 93.9% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 3.6% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 2.4% (norm 8.0%)

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

Niko Price

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

James Vick

Head 77.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.4% (norm 7.9%)

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 Vick L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 678 / 1722 39.4% 38.6% 422 / 1113 37.9% 37.9%
In the clinch 94 / 159 59.1% 67.8% 31 / 43 72.1% 67.3%
On the ground 98 / 129 76.0% 67.2% 19 / 29 65.5% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 533 / 1543 34.5% 37.2% 288 / 913 31.5% 35.0%
To the body 143 / 234 61.1% 70.7% 116 / 184 63.0% 69.1%
To the legs 194 / 233 83.3% 82.9% 68 / 88 77.3% 81.9%

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 · Lightweight: 201 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 Vick L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 748 / 1536 48.7% 39.0% 304 / 847 35.9% 38.9%
In the clinch 81 / 108 75.0% 68.9% 39 / 63 61.9% 68.6%
On the ground 120 / 193 62.2% 68.0% 35 / 48 72.9% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 649 / 1480 43.9% 35.6% 220 / 711 30.9% 35.1%
To the body 163 / 208 78.4% 69.6% 71 / 124 57.3% 68.1%
To the legs 137 / 149 91.9% 82.1% 87 / 123 70.7% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1230.0% acc · 1.06/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
233.3% acc · 0.26/15 · norm 1.38
2150.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2257.9% def · norm 64.0%
25:1114.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
7:296.5% of cage time · norm 19.5%
36:083:10 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
17:052:14 per 15 · norm 2:46
70.62/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
50.66/15 · norm 0.49

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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