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Niko Price vs. Vicente Luque

UFC 9-11-0 (2 NC) vs. 17-9-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-11-0 (2 NC)
UFC record
17-9-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
37
AgeΔ 3 yrs
34
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
5'11"
76"
ReachΔ 1"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
0.3
Layoff (months)Δ 1.9 mo
2.2
WLLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLW

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.
Vicente Luque carries real power — 0.66 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Vicente Luque absorbs 5.19 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.08 Welterweight norm — hittable.

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

Vicente Luque

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 178
Tier 3 — regional circuit 74

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.18 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 21 finish wins over 37 documented bouts

In the UFC: 12-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

9115.29/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
11814.69/min · norm 3.17
9495.51/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
13065.19/min · norm 3.08
44.0%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
50.2%norm 44.75%
48.4%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
51.6%norm 55.25%
50.44/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
110.66/15 · 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%)

Vicente Luque

Distance 92.3% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 3.4% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 4.3% (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%)

Vicente Luque

Head 75.5% (norm 78.3%) · Body 9.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 15.0% (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 Luque L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 682 / 1728 39.5% 38.5% 1046 / 2170 48.2% 38.5%
In the clinch 94 / 159 59.1% 67.8% 65 / 81 80.2% 67.8%
On the ground 135 / 182 74.2% 67.0% 70 / 101 69.3% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 572 / 1600 35.8% 36.4% 718 / 1775 40.5% 36.4%
To the body 145 / 236 61.4% 70.7% 160 / 225 71.1% 70.7%
To the legs 194 / 233 83.3% 83.0% 303 / 352 86.1% 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 Luque L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 748 / 1537 48.7% 39.1% 1037 / 2319 44.7% 39.1%
In the clinch 81 / 108 75.0% 68.9% 144 / 197 73.1% 68.9%
On the ground 120 / 193 62.2% 68.0% 125 / 184 67.9% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 649 / 1481 43.8% 35.6% 985 / 2290 43.0% 35.6%
To the body 163 / 208 78.4% 69.6% 179 / 247 72.5% 69.6%
To the legs 137 / 149 91.9% 82.2% 142 / 163 87.1% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1230.0% acc · 1.04/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
1446.7% acc · 0.83/15 · norm 1.31
2352.3% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
3960.9% def · norm 63.9%
26:5615.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
34:5513.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
36:083:08 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
49:412:57 per 15 · norm 3:15
70.61/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
120.72/15 · norm 0.44

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