Niko Price Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	#15Michael Chiesa Welterweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	1:03	UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Pyfer	Mar 28, 2026
L	Nikolay Veretennikov Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	1:42	UFC Fight Night: Bautista vs. Oliveira	Feb 7, 2026
L	Jacobe Smith Welterweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	4:03	UFC 317: Topuria vs. Oliveira	Jun 28, 2025
L	Themba Gorimbo Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira	Oct 12, 2024
W	Alex Morono Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier	Jun 1, 2024
L	#14Robbie Lawler Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head In Clinch	R1	0:38	UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez	Jul 8, 2023
L	Phil Rowe Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R3	3:26	UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland	Dec 3, 2022
W	#15Alex Oliveira Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Walker	Oct 2, 2021
L	Michel Pereira Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3	Jul 10, 2021
NC	#13Donald Cerrone Welterweight	No Contest	—	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Woodley	Sep 19, 2020
L	#13Vicente Luque Welterweight	KO/TKO	—	R3	3:37	UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje	May 9, 2020
W	James Vick Welterweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head From Bottom Guard Upkick	R1	1:44	UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson	Oct 12, 2019
L	#14Geoff Neal Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Guard	R2	2:39	UFC 240: Holloway vs. Edgar	Jul 27, 2019
W	Tim Means Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	4:50	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Dos Santos	Mar 9, 2019
L	Abdul Razak Alhassan Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	0:43	UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till	Sep 8, 2018
W	Randy Brown Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head From Bottom	R2	1:09	UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Ivanov	Jul 14, 2018
W	George Sullivan Welterweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	4:21	UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Brunson 2	Jan 27, 2018
L	Vicente Luque Welterweight	Submission	D'Arce Choke After Drop to Ground	R2	4:08	UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida	Oct 28, 2017
W	Alan Jouban Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R1	1:44	UFC Fight Night: Pettis vs. Moreno	Aug 5, 2017
NC	Alex Morono Welterweight	No Contest	—	R2	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Bermudez vs. The Korean Zombie	Feb 4, 2017
W	Brandon Thatch Welterweight	Submission	Arm Triangle On Ground	R1	4:30	UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey	Dec 30, 2016

Outside the UFC

8-0across 8 bouts · 5 promotions · wins by 6 KO · 1 sub · 1 decFight Time Promotions · Fight Time 23 · Fight Time 21 · Fight Time 19 · Fight Time 8

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Willie Hosch5-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Fight Time Promotions	Aug 12, 2016
W	Jose Caceres15-12	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:31	Fight Time Promotions	Apr 22, 2016
W	Maurice Salmon5-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:38	Fight Time Promotions	Jul 17, 2015
W	Michael Lilly7-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:05	Fight Time 23	Feb 6, 2015
W	Danilo Padilha da Silva1-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:22	Fight Time 21	Nov 7, 2014
W	David Hayes1-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:07	Fight Time Promotions	Aug 29, 2014
W	Mikerson Lindor1-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:59	Fight Time 19	May 30, 2014
W	Alejandro Gomez1-6	Submission	Armbar	R1	2:49	Fight Time 8	Feb 17, 2012

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

10 wins, 6 losses

W10

L6

Submission

3 wins, 3 losses

W3

L3

Decision

3 wins, 2 losses

W3

L2

Finishes

UFC KOs

4

Above avg · 13%Welterweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.21

Below avg · 0.24Welterweight

UFC submissions

2

Above avg · 7%Welterweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.37

Below avg · 0.39Welterweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Niko Price

PowerChin

Knockout rate

21%

4 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

4

0.91 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

6

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

4

0.73 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Decision behavior

Judging

4 scorecards on file

Niko Price

Unanimous4 decisions · 100%

2W2L

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC54th

43%697 / 1,581

Striking accuracy

48%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.46 differential

Landed5.11

Absorbed5.57

49%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-9%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head63%83rd441
Body15%67th107
Leg21%83rd149

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

76%Standing

Standing76%530
Clinch10%73
Ground13%94

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Niko Price

Landed per 15

Head

A+

88th

45.5

88th

Body

B

68th

11.0

68th

Leg

A+

86th

15.4

86th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

F

10th

56.7

10th

Body

D

31st

11.9

31st

Leg

F

14th

13.1

14th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	45.5	441	1,231	36%
Body	11.0	107	175	61%
Leg	15.4	149	175	85%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	56.7	549	1,187	46%
Body	11.9	115	150	77%
Leg	13.1	127	139	91%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Niko Price

32%

Takedown accuracy

43%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-1.1 min net

On top2.5

On bottom3.6

Offense

Takedowns

C

55th

1.2

55th

TD accuracy

D

38th

32%

38th

Sub attempts

B

70th

0.7

70th

Control

C

50th

2.5 min

50th

Defense

TD defense

D

28th

43%

28th

Controlled

3.6 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	12 / 38
Submission attempts	7
Control time	24:24

Defense

TDs defended	16 / 37
Control absorbed	35:10

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (145min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Niko Price

19 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 145 min

177%

R3 pace · 6 bouts

Price builds (+30% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Price lifts to 177% of round-1 output by round 3 (6 bouts).

Price ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Pricelanded / min

Takedown attempts

Priceattempts / min

Control time

Price% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.4	3.6	5.0	0.29	21%	19
R2	5.7	4.4	5.4	0.28	13%	11
R3	9.5	8.6	6.7	0.15	11%	6

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Niko Price

21 resolved UFC bouts · 6 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

42/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

B

69th

42%

69th

Win quality

C

53rd

41%

53rd

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

4

3

5

2

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Long-tenured vet12+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.60 win rate
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	1	0-1	0%
Top-5	4	0-3, 1 NC	0%
Top-15	3	1-2	33%
Cross-div ranked	1	1-0	100%
Long-tenured vet	1	1-0	100%
Contender-level	3	2-0, 1 NC	100%
Established	1	1-0	100%
Building	5	1-4	20%
Unproven	2	1-1	50%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Michael Chiesa#15	Top-5	72	Mar 28, 2026
L	Nikolay Veretennikov	Unproven	8	Feb 7, 2026
L	Jacobe Smith	Building	15	Jun 28, 2025
L	Themba Gorimbo	Building	18	Oct 12, 2024
W	Alex Morono	Contender-level	50	Jun 1, 2024
L	Robbie Lawler#14	Champion	87	Jul 8, 2023
L	Phil Rowe	Building	18	Dec 3, 2022
W	Alex Oliveira#15	Top-15	62	Oct 2, 2021
L	Michel Pereira	Top-15	46	Jul 10, 2021
NC	Donald Cerrone#13	Top-5	73	Sep 19, 2020
L	Vicente Luque#13	Top-5	75	May 9, 2020
W	James Vick	Cross-div ranked	45	Oct 12, 2019
L	Geoff Neal#14	Top-15	70	Jul 27, 2019
W	Tim Means	Established	35	Mar 9, 2019
L	Abdul Razak Alhassan	Building	18	Sep 8, 2018
W	Randy Brown	Long-tenured vet	45	Jul 14, 2018
W	George Sullivan	Building	18	Jan 27, 2018
L	Vicente Luque	Top-5	59	Oct 28, 2017
W	Alan Jouban	Contender-level	40	Aug 5, 2017
NC	Alex Morono	Contender-level	32	Feb 4, 2017
W	Brandon Thatch	Unproven	12	Dec 30, 2016

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

19 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

3-3

6 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

1-2

3 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

3-6

9 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

5-5

10 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

2-6

8 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

0-1

1 bout

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

0-1

1 bout

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

3 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Niko Price

Active

3 monthssince last bout

vs Michael Chiesa · Mar 28, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 3-2As underdog 5-8

56.0

DK avg

54.7

Median

105.0

Ceiling

5.6

Floor

37%

Boom

37%

Bust

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