Price vs Rowe

Who won Price vs Rowe?

Philip Rowe beat Niko Price by knockout in the 3rd round during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 3rd December 2022 at Amway Center in Orlando.

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 Rowe stats

Niko Price stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Philip Rowe made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Niko Price's UFC record stood at 7-7-0, while Philip Rowe's came in at 3-2-0.

The stats suggested Price had an advantage in power over Rowe, with a 67% knock out percentage over Rowe's 56%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Rowe had a large advantage over Price, boasting a 44% submission rate over Price's 20%.

Niko Price was the older man by 1 year, at 34 years old.

Rowe had a height advantage of 3 inches over Price. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Price was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 years and 7 months earlier than Rowe, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 13 more professional rounds, 42 to Rowe's 29.

Price vs Rowe form

Price had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Alex Oliveira at UFC Vegas 38 on 2nd October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Michel Pereira at UFC 264 on 10th July 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, his fight against Donald Cerrone at UFC Vegas 11 on 19th September 2020 ended in a no contest.

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

He had been beaten by Geoff Neal at UFC 240 on 27th July 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Rogers Place, Edmonton, Canada.

Activity check

Price's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 8 months and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Price vs Rowe?

Niko Price was a 4/5 (-130) favourite going into the contest, while Philip Rowe made his way into the ring at 1/1 (+100) with oddsmakers.