Niklas Bäckström

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Record

Age / DOB 36
(Aug 22, 1989)

Height 6' 1"

Weight 145 lbs.

Reach N/A

Stance Orthodox

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Career Averages

1.12 Sig. Strikes / Min

41.0% Sig. Strike Acc.

3.65 Absorbed / Min

40.0% Strike Defense

2.92 TD Avg / 15 min

80.0% TD Accuracy

72.0% TD Defense

2.2 Sub. / Fight

Win Methods (1)

KO/TKO 0

Submission 1

Decision 0

Loss Methods (2)

KO/TKO 1

Submission 0

Decision 1

Fight History

Result / Opponent

Event & Date

Method/Round

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Loss

vs Noad Lahat

UFC Fight Night: Jedrzejczyk vs. Penne
Jun 20, 2015

Decision (majority) (28–28, 29–28, 29–28) R3 5:00

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Noad Lahat	0	11 of 31	35%	23 of 46	4 of 5	80%	1	1	5:41
Niklas Bäckström	0	62 of 100	62%	105 of 148	1 of 3	33%	1	3	4:12

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Noad Lahat	1 of 3	33%	8 of 12	0 of 0	---	1	1	2:44
1	Niklas Bäckström	0 of 1	0%	13 of 14	1 of 1	100%	0	0	1:30
2	Noad Lahat	6 of 16	37%	7 of 18	1 of 2	50%	0	0	0:27
2	Niklas Bäckström	49 of 72	68%	71 of 99	0 of 1	0%	1	1	1:58
3	Noad Lahat	4 of 12	33%	8 of 16	3 of 3	100%	0	0	2:30
3	Niklas Bäckström	13 of 27	48%	21 of 35	0 of 1	0%	0	2	0:44

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Noad Lahat	11 of 31	35%	5 of 19	5 of 11	1 of 1	8 of 26	3 of 5	0 of 0
Niklas Bäckström	62 of 100	62%	49 of 82	9 of 13	4 of 5	19 of 40	25 of 34	18 of 26

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Noad Lahat	1 of 3	33%	0 of 1	1 of 2	0 of 0	1 of 3	0 of 0	0 of 0
1	Niklas Bäckström	0 of 1	0%	0 of 0	0 of 1	0 of 0	0 of 1	0 of 0	0 of 0
2	Noad Lahat	6 of 16	37%	2 of 7	3 of 8	1 of 1	4 of 12	2 of 4	0 of 0
2	Niklas Bäckström	49 of 72	68%	38 of 59	8 of 9	3 of 4	12 of 20	23 of 32	14 of 20
3	Noad Lahat	4 of 12	33%	3 of 11	1 of 1	0 of 0	3 of 11	1 of 1	0 of 0
3	Niklas Bäckström	13 of 27	48%	11 of 23	1 of 3	1 of 1	7 of 19	2 of 2	4 of 6

Loss

vs Mike Wilkinson

UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Story
Oct 04, 2014

KO (punches) R1 1:19

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Mike Wilkinson	0	7 of 12	58%	7 of 12	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00
Niklas Bäckström	1	6 of 15	40%	7 of 16	0 of 1	0%	0	0	0:02

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Mike Wilkinson	0	7 of 12	58%	7 of 12	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00
1	Niklas Bäckström	1	6 of 15	40%	7 of 16	0 of 1	0%	0	0	0:02

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Mike Wilkinson	7 of 12	58%	4 of 9	0 of 0	3 of 3	5 of 10	2 of 2	0 of 0
Niklas Bäckström	6 of 15	40%	4 of 12	0 of 1	2 of 2	3 of 10	0 of 0	3 of 5

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Mike Wilkinson	7 of 12	58%	4 of 9	0 of 0	3 of 3	5 of 10	2 of 2	0 of 0
1	Niklas Bäckström	6 of 15	40%	4 of 12	0 of 1	2 of 2	3 of 10	0 of 0	3 of 5

Win

vs Tom Niinimäki

UFC Fight Night: Munoz vs. Mousasi
May 31, 2014

Submission (rear-naked choke) R1 4:15

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Niklas Bäckström	0	7 of 11	63%	11 of 16	2 of 7	28%	0	0	2:46
Tom Niinimäki	0	5 of 12	41%	6 of 13	0 of 0	---	2	0	0:40

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Niklas Bäckström	0	7 of 11	63%	11 of 16	2 of 7	28%	0	0	2:46
1	Tom Niinimäki	0	5 of 12	41%	6 of 13	0 of 0	---	2	0	0:40

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Niklas Bäckström	7 of 11	63%	4 of 8	3 of 3	0 of 0	2 of 6	3 of 3	2 of 2
Tom Niinimäki	5 of 12	41%	3 of 8	1 of 3	1 of 1	2 of 6	1 of 2	2 of 4

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Niklas Bäckström	7 of 11	63%	4 of 8	3 of 3	0 of 0	2 of 6	3 of 3	2 of 2
1	Tom Niinimäki	5 of 12	41%	3 of 8	1 of 3	1 of 1	2 of 6	1 of 2	2 of 4