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Niko Price vs. Robbie Lawler

UFC 9-11-0 (2 NC) vs. 15-10-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-11-0 (2 NC)
UFC record
15-10-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
37
AgeΔ 7 yrs
44
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
5'11"
76"
ReachΔ 2"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
0.3
Layoff (months)Δ 39.1 mo
39.4
WLLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Niko Price absorbs 5.51 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.08 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Robbie Lawler absorbs 5.18 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.08 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Niko Price outworks the Welterweight division — 5.29 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 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

Robbie Lawler

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1510
Tier 3 — regional circuit 156

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.83 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 23 finish wins over 47 documented bouts

In the UFC: 10-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

9115.29/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
13344.19/min · norm 3.17
9495.51/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
16505.18/min · norm 3.08
44.0%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
48.3%norm 44.75%
48.4%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
58.3%norm 55.25%
50.44/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
100.47/15 · 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%)

Robbie Lawler

Distance 78.8% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 14.6% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 6.6% (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%)

Robbie Lawler

Head 85.9% (norm 78.3%) · Body 11.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 2.4% (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 Lawler L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 682 / 1728 39.5% 38.5% 927 / 2176 42.6% 38.5%
In the clinch 94 / 159 59.1% 67.8% 288 / 403 71.5% 67.8%
On the ground 135 / 182 74.2% 67.0% 119 / 181 65.7% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 572 / 1600 35.8% 36.4% 1012 / 2371 42.7% 36.4%
To the body 145 / 236 61.4% 70.7% 265 / 323 82.0% 70.7%
To the legs 194 / 233 83.3% 83.0% 57 / 66 86.4% 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 Lawler L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 748 / 1537 48.7% 39.1% 1319 / 3467 38.0% 39.1%
In the clinch 81 / 108 75.0% 68.9% 293 / 437 67.0% 68.9%
On the ground 120 / 193 62.2% 68.0% 38 / 53 71.7% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 649 / 1481 43.8% 35.6% 1049 / 3155 33.2% 35.6%
To the body 163 / 208 78.4% 69.6% 332 / 468 70.9% 69.6%
To the legs 137 / 149 91.9% 82.2% 269 / 334 80.5% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1230.0% acc · 1.04/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
1773.9% acc · 0.80/15 · norm 1.31
2352.3% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
7064.8% def · norm 63.9%
26:5615.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
32:0910.1% of cage time · norm 18.5%
36:083:08 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
56:212:39 per 15 · norm 3:15
70.61/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.44

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