Jul 27 2019
Saturday

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Canada

Main Card
3 rounds contest @ Welterweight
0-0-0
KO 2
KO 2
13-2-0

The tape

34
Age
35
5' 11" / 180 cm
Height
6' 0" / 183 cm
75.2" / 191 cm
Reach
76" / 193 cm

Tape record

UDKOSUBKOKO
Form
KOKOKOSUBSUB
0
Wins
13
0
By KO
9
0
KO%
69
0
By SUB
3
0
SUB%
23
0
Loses
2
0
Stopped
1
0
Tapped
1
0
Draws
0
2012
Debut
2012
0
Bouts
16
0
Rounds
23
0 seconds
Fight Time
1 hours, 22 minutes

Tape rankings @ Welterweight

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UFC
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Tapology
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Geoff Neal vs Niko Price report

Who won Neal vs Price?

Geoff Neal beat Niko Price by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC 240, on Saturday 27th July 2019 at Rogers Place in Edmonton.

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).

Neal vs Price stats

Geoff Neal stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Niko Price made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Geoff Neal's 12th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018. Niko Price marked his 18th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2016.

Geoff Neal's UFC record stood at 8-4-0, while Niko Price's came in at 8-8-0.

The stats suggested Price had a massive power advantage over Neal, boasting a 69% knock out percentage over Neal's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Price had a large advantage over Neal, boasting a 23% submission rate over Neal's 0%.

Geoff Neal was the younger man by 1 year, at 34 years old.

Price had a height advantage of 1 inch over Neal. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Neal's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Price's, having had 15 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 6 months later than Price, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 2 more professional rounds, 50 to Price's 48.

Neal vs Price form

Neal had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 308 on 26th October 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had lost to Ian Machado Garry at UFC 298 on 17th February 2024 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Honda Center, Anaheim, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Shavkat Rakhmonov at UFC 285 on 4th March 2023 by submission in the 3rd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beaten Vicente Luque at UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Hill on 6th August 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Santiago Ponzinibbio at UFC 269 on 11th December 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Neal's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Neal vs Price?

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