Price vs Oliveira

Who won Price vs Oliveira?

Niko Price beat Alex Oliveira by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Vegas 38, on Saturday 2nd October 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of winner Niko Price.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Price vs Oliveira stats

Niko Price stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 5 loses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Alex Oliveira made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 9 loses and 1 draw, with 12 of those wins by knock out and 5 by submission.

The stats suggested Price had an advantage in power over Oliveira, with a 71% knock out percentage over Oliveira's 55%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Oliveira had a slight advantage over Price, with a 23% submission rate over Price's 21%.

Niko Price was the younger man by 2 years, at 33 years old.

Price had a height advantage of 1 inch over Oliveira. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Price was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 13 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 months later than Oliveira, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 34 less professional rounds, 42 to Oliveira's 76.

Price vs Oliveira form

Alex Oliveira had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Randy Brown at UFC 261 on 24th April 2021 by submission in the 1st round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Peter Sobotta at UFC Fight Island 3 on 25th July 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Going into that contest, he had beat Max Griffin at UFC 248 on 7th March 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he had been beaten by Nicolas Dalby at UFC on ESPN+ 18 on 28th September 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark.

He had lost to Mike Perry at UFC on ESPN+ 8 on 27th April 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at BB&T Center, Sunrise, United States.

Activity check

Price's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.3 rounds on average.

Oliveira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 4 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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