Niko Price

WelterweightOutfighter
8 - 112 NC

21 UFC Fights | 38% Win Rate | 6 Finishes (75%)

Height
6' 0"
Reach
76"
Weight
170 lbs.
Age
36
Orthodox

Niko Price UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Niko Price is 8-11 in the UFC across 21 fights (2 no contests), with 4 wins by knockout, 2 by submission and 2 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 16-11 (2 NC), 8-0 of it outside the UFC. Price competes at welterweight as an orthodox outfighter, standing 6'0" with a 76" reach at 36 years old. The last bout was a loss to Michael Chiesa by submission in Mar 2026.

Best attribute: striking volume (significant strikes landed per minute) — 88th percentile among 280 welterweight fighters (4.8 sig. strikes/min).

Niko Price's UFC win rate is 38% (8 of 21 fights), and 75% of those wins came by finish. Price averages 0.6 takedowns per fight at 32% accuracy and stops 43% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
16-11 (2 NC)
UFC Record
8-11 (2 NC)
Height
6'0"
Reach
76"
Age
36
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
L vs Michael Chiesa · Submission · Mar 2026

Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.

Niko Price's Last 5 Fights

Price is 1-4 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Loss vs Michael Chiesa · Submission · R1 1:03 · UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Pyfer · Mar 2026
  2. Loss vs Nikolay Veretennikov · KO/TKO · R1 1:42 · UFC Fight Night: Bautista vs. Oliveira · Feb 2026
  3. Loss vs Jacobe Smith · Submission · R2 4:03 · UFC 317: Topuria vs. Oliveira · Jun 2025
  4. Loss vs Themba Gorimbo · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira · Oct 2024
  5. Win vs Alex Morono · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier · Jun 2024

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
4.8
Accuracy
44%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.21

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
5.4
Strike Differential
+-0.7
Opp. Accuracy Against
54%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
0.6
Takedown Accuracy
32%
Takedown Defense
43%
Control Time / Fight
1:17
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.4

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
16% KO
5% Sub
R2
5% KO
5% Sub
R3+
0% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Niko Price vs Average

Niko Price lands 13.7 strikes in R1 but 38.8 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.

Niko Price's UFC Fight History

21 UFC fights on record (8-11 (2 NC)), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LMichael ChiesaSubmissionR1 · 1:03UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Pyfer2026-03-28
LNikolay VeretennikovKO/TKOR1 · 1:42UFC Fight Night: Bautista vs. Oliveira2026-02-07
LJacobe SmithSubmissionR2 · 4:03UFC 317: Topuria vs. Oliveira2025-06-28
LThemba GorimboDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira2024-10-12
WAlex MoronoDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier2024-06-01
LRobbie LawlerKO/TKOR1 · 0:38UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez2023-07-08
LPhil RoweKO/TKOR3 · 3:26UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland2022-12-03
WAlex OliveiraDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Walker2021-10-02
LMichel PereiraDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 32021-07-10
D/NCDonald CerroneOtherR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Woodley2020-09-19
LVicente LuqueKO/TKOR3 · 3:37UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje2020-05-09
WJames VickKO/TKOR1 · 1:44UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson2019-10-12
LGeoff NealKO/TKOR2 · 2:39UFC 240: Holloway vs. Edgar2019-07-27
WTim MeansKO/TKOR1 · 4:50UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Dos Santos2019-03-09
LAbdul Razak AlhassanKO/TKOR1 · 0:43UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till2018-09-08
WRandy BrownKO/TKOR2 · 1:09UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Ivanov2018-07-14
WGeorge SullivanSubmissionR2 · 4:21UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Brunson 22018-01-27
LVicente LuqueSubmissionR2 · 4:08UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida2017-10-28
WAlan JoubanKO/TKOR1 · 1:44UFC Fight Night: Pettis vs. Moreno2017-08-05
D/NCAlex MoronoOtherR2 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Bermudez vs. The Korean Zombie2017-02-04
WBrandon ThatchSubmissionR1 · 4:30UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey2016-12-30

How Price Ranks at Welterweight

Percentile among the 280 welterweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume4.8 sig. strikes/min
88th percentile
Striking accuracy44%
45th percentile
Strikes absorbed5.4/min
8th percentile
Takedowns0.6/fight
37th percentile
Takedown defense43%
20th percentile
Knockdown power0.21/fight
55th percentile

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