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✓ Niko Price won · by TKO · R1

Niko Price vs Leon Shahbazyan — Honest Elo matchup

Final result · recorded Oct 11, 2026
Niko Price
defeated Leon Shahbazyan by TKO in round 1

Honest Elo mode pre-fight: Niko Price 25.5% · Leon Shahbazyan 74.5%

Pure Elo pre-fight: Niko Price 44.9% · Leon Shahbazyan 55.1%

The Honest Elo Meter is hidden once a bout is recorded — win-probability simulations only make sense before the fight. Pre-fight ratings have been updated in both fighters' profiles below to reflect this result.

Notable

Price

Finishes 78% of wins (5 KO · 2 SUB; 56% of wins end in round 1).

Shahbazyan

Fewer than 4 UFC fights — the rating is provisional and the uncertainty band is wide.

Tale of the tape

9-11-0 UFC record 0-2-0
KO 5 · Sub 2 Finishes KO 0 · Sub 0
+1 Streak -2
37 Age 30
6'0" 183 cm Height 6'4" 193 cm
76" 193 cm Reach 74" 188 cm
Orthodox Stance Orthodox
1509 Global Elo 1478
1463 Elo rating 1452
Niko Price — Notable ▼
At a glance
  • 78% of wins by KO or submission
  • 56% of wins finished in round 1
  • UFC veteran since 2016
Leon Shahbazyan — Notable ▼

Niko Price — Striking profile

Where significant strikes land — by target zone and by position. 911 landed total · career

Targets head · body · leg
63% Head
  • Head 63%
  • Body 16%
  • Leg 21%
Positions distance · clinch · ground
75% Distance
  • Distance 75%
  • Clinch 10%
  • Ground 15%

Leon Shahbazyan — Striking profile

Where significant strikes land — by target zone and by position.

Striking breakdown unavailable for this fighter.

Performance comparison

Career averages. Edge highlighted on the side that's better. = division average.

5.29
0.00
div avg 4.36
44%
0%
div avg 50%
5.51
20.00
div avg 3.18
48%
33%
div avg 56%
1.04
0.00
div avg 1.85
30%
0%
div avg 44%
52%
—
div avg 70%
0.61
0.00
div avg 0.45
2
0
div avg 4

Division-adjusted profile

each axis = percentile in own division
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The size-fair view: each fighter is measured against his own division, so a heavyweight's lower raw pace isn't punished. Toughness inverts strikes absorbed. Raw career numbers are in Performance above.

Finish & durability

How each tends to win, against how hard the other is to finish.

Niko Price
78% finish rate
KO 5 · Sub 2
can finish?
Leon Shahbazyan
finished 100%
2 of 2 losses
Leon Shahbazyan
0% finish rate
KO 0 · Sub 0
can finish?
Niko Price
finished 82%
9 of 11 losses

Strength of schedule in UFC

Niko Price has faced the tougher recent slate — last-5 avg 1530 vs 1496, 2 quality wins to 0.

Niko Price red corner
Avg opp Elo (last 5)
1530
UFC level
Quality wins (1600+)
2
of 9 UFC wins
Toughest win
James Vick
Elo 1614 at fight time
Expected wins
10.0
−1.0 below schedule
Opponent Elo over career · 22 fights
1480
1467
Leon Shahbazyan blue corner
Avg opp Elo (last 5)
1496
Developing slate
Quality wins (1600+)
0
of 0 UFC wins
Toughest win
—
Expected wins
1.0
−1.0 below schedule
Opponent Elo over career · 2 fights
1500
1492
Corner A recent form
Niko Price
Corner B recent form
Leon Shahbazyan
Source Per-fighter stats and bout records from Niko Price & Leon Shahbazyan on UFCStats. Honest Elo Meter samples each fighter's rating uncertainty (1,000 Monte Carlo iterations). Data analysis, not betting advice. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Ultimate Fighting Championship.