Price vs Pereira

Who won Price vs Pereira?

Michel Pereira beat Niko Price by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC 264, on Saturday 10th July 2021 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Michel Pereira.

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 Pereira stats

Niko Price stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Michel Pereira made his way to the cage with a record of 25 wins, 11 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

Niko Price's UFC record stood at 7-7-0, while Michel Pereira's came in at 8-2-0.

The stats suggested Price had a massive power advantage over Pereira, boasting a 71% knock out percentage over Pereira's 40%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pereira had a slight advantage over Price, with a 28% submission rate over Price's 21%.

Niko Price was the older man by 4 years, at 34 years old.

Pereira had a height advantage of 1 inch over Price. Despite this, he had 3-inch reach advantage.

Price was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 18 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 1 month later than Pereira, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 54 less professional rounds, 42 to Pereira's 96.

Price vs Pereira form

Niko Price had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, his fight against Donald Cerrone at UFC Vegas 11 on 19th September 2020 ended in a no contest.

Previous to that, he had won against James Vick at UFC on ESPN+ 19 on 12th October 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Amalie Arena, Tampa.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Geoff Neal at UFC 240 on 27th July 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Rogers Place, Edmonton, Canada.

Before that, he had beaten Tim Means at UFC on ESPN+ 4 on 9th March 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita, United States.

He had been beaten by Abdul Razak Alhassan at UFC 228 on 8th September 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at American Airlines Center, Dallas.

Activity check

Price's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

Pereira's last 4 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 7 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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